My Photo

About

Subscribe to this blog's feed

Twitter Updates

    follow me on Twitter

    More Ramblings

    Archives

    More...

    Recent Posts

    Recent Comments

    Categories

    December 2010

    Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
          1 2 3 4
    5 6 7 8 9 10 11
    12 13 14 15 16 17 18
    19 20 21 22 23 24 25
    26 27 28 29 30 31  

    Maps

    Take Action

    Celebrity Sightings

    • Christina Applegate and Chole Sevigny
      at the BWE 100th episode party. They are both so blonde. That color blonde that does not exist in real life but only with chemical enhancement. They're beautiful though.
    • Melba Moore
      in the airport in Nairobi, Kenya! We smiled at each other over Nescafe (aka coffee).
    • Parker Posey
      at Murray's Bagels. She looked really punk rock.
    • Jessica Lange and Sam Shephard
      at A History of Violence at Cinema Village. They were so cute and followed us everywhere from the movies to Cedar Tavern and back to the movies. They probably thought we were following them.
    • Nicole Ari Parker and Boris Kodjoe
      pushing their baby down 13th Street. I was having a meeting at Cosi around the corner from my overcrowded office. I looked out the window and there they were. They stopped in front of my window and were doing the, who should take the baby conversation. I was trying to listen to the person talking to me but I could not and she was not the type of person who would understand my distraction by these celebs. They are both really attractive but almost too much so. His sneakers were new. His jeans were new. It was weird. I like imperfection.
    • Joshua Redman
      running on 18th Street. I realized that I've seen him many times before and just did not realize it. He was smaller than I thought he's be but I guess most people are.
    • Patti Smith
      which was not a big deal to me but my friend Marina apparently sees her all the time. This was her fourth sighting. I said she should say something like, "I see you everywhere. We should hang out." Marina wouldn't take the bait.
    • Leonardo DiCaprio
      with Isha on our way to the PATH station on 9th Street and 6th Ave. He is very tall but as my friend says, one cheeseburger away from being fat. His bodyguard "subtely" was wearing a jogging suit next to him. I guess they exercise together. He wasn't so hot to me but another girl flipped out when she saw him so what do I know.
    • Sam Rockwell and Liev Schreiber
      on New Year's Eve but you gotta buy me a few drinks to hear that story.
    • John Turturro
      in Union Square looking tall and handsome. I’ve always had a strange little crush on him.
    Blog powered by Typepad
    Member since 02/2004

    « I'm Finally Commenting | Main | A Few Funny and Bizarre Things »

    April 03, 2004

    Art vs Commerce

    wriblo_01.jpg

    I have had many a coffee, dinner, innocent phone conversation about when I am going to get off my rump and get started on making my own films. I do have a plan but I have to admit that all of the innocent inquiries are making me kind of take pause. I have been having a really, really hard time doing another draft of my short. It is at that close but no cigar stage. I feel as if I was in another brain when I started it and now can't get back to that place. Can't get to a new place.

    My advisor/life mentor, Tom Kalin, is making a new flick with Julianne Moore. He hasn't made a film in 12 years and it's a big deal for him. Right before he left for eight months of production and editing in London, I came by his house for some coffee and cigarettes (his of course). There, we talked a bit about my future, what I think I got out of film school, when am I going to shoot Divine (my short that isn't quite right). He was excited for me about Deadline doing so well. No one can deny that Deadline being at Sundance and having such a large broadcast is great for me but Tom being Tom had to be real with me. "Honey, I know all that you've contributed to this project but in the end, you're an Associate Producer. Not the Producer and not the Director. Take what you can from this but move on and forward. There is a great film in you and you just haven't made it yet."

    My last film, Conversations with Id, was OK but in the words of Tom, "It didn't set the world on fire." Even I have to agree. Still I learned a lot. I am feeling kind of drained right now. Deadline's promotion/outreach is really draining. Important but draining and when I get home, I barely have enough energy to put dinner in the microwave.

    I don't have any real answers other that trying to take it all one step at a time. Still, this strange thing happened just now. I've been searching for this woman forever to interview for my documentary but had no idea how to get in touch with her. Then, she was featured in The New York Times' Habitat's section. I feel like this is some kind of divine intervention to get going on some of my personal projects.

    The photo above is of Sheryl Oring's exhibit. Learn more about her incredible work here

    Posted at 12:56 PM in Columbia/The Joy and Pain of the Ivy League, Creativity (Or My Lack Thereof) |

    Comments

    The comments to this entry are closed.