Oct
05
TEARS OF A CLOWN (A FRAGMENT)
Since Carlo—that matto cavallo—ate all the pages of my diary, mistaking them for apples (no doubt because I
2 min read
Digital Renegade
Oct
05
LATE NIGHT TAKEAWAY
Proustian memories inspired by madeleine cakes are all very well and good, but I think I can do one better.
3 min read
Oct
02
VISSI D'ARTE
Royal Opera Director Oliver Mears probably has some sense of how Russian soprano Anna Netrebko feels about calls for her
3 min read
Sep
30
RULES FOR RADICALS
"If the ends don't justify the means, what does?" - Saul Alinsky
Mad Max meets Mad
4 min read
Sep
27
THE MOON AND YOU
Another project of mine that got consigned to the shelf many years ago was a screenplay I wrote with my
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Sep
25
LAYABOUT (FRAGMENT 3)
"You forget where you live again?"
"Saw your light was on and thought you might like me
3 min read
Sep
24
BELLADONNA
Of course, there’s Marilyn, Rita, Audrey, and perhaps a few others I’ve forgotten in my internal cine-reel hall
2 min read
Sep
22
STANFORD IN SEPTEMBER
If you have a music library as vast as mine (by which I mean mostly CDs and records), you eventually
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Sep
17
CAMELOT
“Don’t let it be forgot, that once there was a spot, for one brief, shining moment that was known
2 min read
Sep
16
FROZEN FRAMES
Though screenwriters aren’t often asked about their favourite shots in cinema, I thought I’d venture a selection of
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