2016-03-19 18:53
There's an online petition going around. Here's the text:One Percent for the Arts CampaignCongress will soon pass a stimulus package aimed at creating jobs and stimulating the economy. We as… Read More
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What started as a blog about a single film, became a blog about a career in film and has now become an epic web series. And is still about a career in film.
2016-03-19 18:53
I had lunch with a friend last week and we were talking about the state of films and film making (I'm conflicted on the grammaticality of the elision of those two words into one in our popul… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Sorry for the lack of scintillating words, but it's been awfully hard to concentrate on developing really stinging snarks about the film biz when you're working so damn hard. Now - if I coul… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
So Clay Aiken is on the cover of People (which was lying handily on the floor in our library bathroom) and apparently he's come out as gay, which, according to some of the radio I've been li… Read More
2008-09-20 00:07
I've been a member of Netflix for neigh on three years now and over the course of that time I've gotten several mailers from them, and today I got an email from them, all along the same line… Read More
2008-09-10 01:16
Yeesh,It's been a while since I posted here. Well, things have been busy. This industrial I'm working on, I just realized yesterday, is feature length. I mean, quite literally. At its curren… Read More
2008-07-31 19:29
Apparently, as I ponder new episodes for the series of webisodes that the Sunday Evening Daily Morning Register called, "brilliant in it's latitude," the world has decided to assist.Today is… Read More
2008-07-30 20:23
but I've been shooting and editing and just lose all track of time and bodily functions while I'm doing that Read More
2008-07-09 21:36
Finally had the shoot - two days for the paying gig. It was fun in a weird sort of way. Weird because it was a tough shoot - too much material, not enough time and not enough money - but yet… Read More
2008-06-18 17:19
After suffering through the indignities of the Funny or Die website re-design and the carnival freakshow atmosphere of YouTube - we've put up our own damn site.Here it is right here.grandeco… Read More
2008-06-14 17:41
I've only once before delved into anything kind of relating to politics on this blog but considering that I am (only just barely) in the media business, as a filmmaker and published author… Read More
2008-06-14 16:24
Sorry - forgot to cross post this here...Grande Con Carne: Ep.8 "Double Lesbian Twist" on FunnyOrDie.com Read More
2008-05-29 18:15
After a few weeks of being buried in a script for the current project, I'm back to editing Grande Con Carne while I wait for client notes. It's a long script, so I'm not expecting anything f… Read More
2008-05-19 17:58
The last week has been particularly brutal on my sinuses. It tends to happen when the weather changes, which it did last week, from kind of cold and muggy (down here at the beach) to really… Read More
2008-05-08 15:51
Sorry the posting here and of new episodes (of which there are two awaiting my digital razor blade) has been slow but it turns out I had to take a little time off to work for some actual mon… Read More
2008-05-02 17:44
As an off topic, little bit of fun, I'm posting this: (At least, I think it might be a little bit of fun provided you have sufficient bug spray and aren't working anywhere near anything thor… Read More
2008-05-02 17:31
Well, we're up on YouTube. I had kind of resisted posting on YouTube for two reasons, one - is I think it's essentially a freakshow with the best and the brightest falling behind the weirdes… Read More
2008-04-28 17:29
So I just posted Episode 7, "Hi, Hi, Bernie" of Grande Con Carne. I'm looking forward to seeing what the reaction is on this one since it has a couple of industry "in" jokes. But in keeping… Read More
2008-04-25 20:21
Well, for those of you who may not know, which accounts for the whole entire world, minus about 12 people, "Grande Con Carne" has been submitted for Emmy consideration. A few weeks ago, I go… Read More
2008-04-23 17:00
In my blog rolling adventures I came across this link at another blog. It's a glossary of film terms, yet I find it sorely lacking. Anyone who's been around the business long enough will cer… Read More
2008-04-23 16:31
A Script Supervisor is one of those positions that, when you are making something for a very low budget, seems superfluous. It's also one of the jobs on set that can be extremely important… Read More
2008-04-21 19:06
"Grande Con Carne" is looking for a home. I realize that while we look like a slickly produced, big-budget, high-concept, years-in-development webseries with gobs and gobs and gobs of v… Read More
2008-04-20 22:08
There was a time when it seemed like being a Coppola was a sure ticket to Hollywood success. I'm not sure if all of these names are related to the grand-master Francis (though a staggering n… Read More
2008-04-16 19:52
The LA Times writes today about Judd Apatow's engorged efforts to thrust the display of male genetalia more securely into the modern film age. The story outlines an episode in the new "Forge… Read More
2008-04-04 23:18
For all my adoring fans and loyal readers here is episode 6 without the added heartache of navigating away from this page:Grande Con Carne: Ep 6 "Brokeback Martin" on FunnyOrDie.com Read More
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