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• How to Create a Cult Movie in Only 36 Years

  

  Well, I am back. A long time. Basically a move. All the way from warm sun to snowy mountains. But it's still my blog, maybe a few changes. Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2017 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Moving

  

  Sorry for the delay, I'm in the middle of moving, or as I see it, "Hell!!" It is not fun, trying to sell off some stuff and just trying to not go crazy. I shoul... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2017 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• More

  Okay, end of the Heaven and Hell story. I'm actually going back there in the next month to visit and hang out with some of the friends I made on the show. Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2017 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• H&H Part 23 - the End is Near

  

  They are well into the filming of my episode. The director meets me and says he's filming the scene as I had originally written it rather than the Kaplan/Mahon... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2017 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• H&H Part 22 - My Show

  

  One of the actors playing a Park Ranger, nice guy and easy to work with. The old guy is me.The time has finally come when my first episode will be shot. Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2017 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• H&H Part 21: Hollywood Donuts

  As usual, I end up at a farewell party at the bar for Dan Cooper, the production designer who's off to do two western movies, and he's not all that unhappy to b... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2017 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• H&H Part 20: Secret Lives of Townspeople

  

  Okay, so I'm being a little dramatic but nothing much in the writing and fighting department so I'm going to catch up on the local gossip in Jackson. The pic... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2017 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• H&H Part 19: Bad to Worse

  

  Sorry for the delay, I was running around town and spent more time in traffic than any human wants to be.Summer is now just around the corner, more tourists,... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2017 SELF EXPRESSION

• H&H Part 18 - The Stalker

  

  After Easter break the crew reassembled back in Jackson. I spent time with friends in Calgary. Kaplan was still back east. I end up at Ari the Greek's with... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2017 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• H&H Part 17 - A New Player

  

  I've made a ritual out of going to a little coffee place on Sunday mornings for breakfast. The cottage was built in 1918 and has been turned into "Hava Java"... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2017 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• H&H Part 16 - Dancing with Elk and Greeks

  

  One of the interesting aspects of working in the Rockies are the somewhat "wild" animals that walk nonchalantly along sidewalks downtown or in backyards. They... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2017 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• H&H Part 15 - Kaplan Vs Everyone

  

  Producer Kaplan has decided that Jonathan and I rework Jonathan's wife's outline. The one that everyone from the network on down hates - except for Jonathan... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2017 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• H&H Part 14: Filming Finally Begins

  

  After all the preparation and the rewrites and everything else, the first day of filming begins. Rino and I are stuck in the office doing rewrites of the next... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2017 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• H&H - Part 13 - More Erica

  

  Above is the entire town below with a road leading to it and the magnificent Rocky Mountains far off. I made the shot on a tripod just after the last light... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2017 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• H&H Part 12 - The Star Comes Down to Earth

  

  Spring is beginning to show up in the mountains, days are a little warmer, snow is melting on the brownish lawns and the Rocky Mountain sheep graze closer to... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2017 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• H&H - 11 Kaplan's Bad News and the Actors Arrive

  

  One of my winter shots.The network sends a 4-page memo on Kaplan's 4th rewrite of his script, Episode 11 which will be filmed in two weeks. They tell us we're... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2017 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• H&H Part 10 - More Discontent That I Knew

  

  On one of my downtown walks, I find a local drug store that brings in out-of-town newspapers and agrees to bring in the Sunday LA Times at a cost of $5 which,... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2017 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• H&H - Part 9 The Game of Writing

  

  I woke up early one morning when it was barely getting light outside and realized I could get a great shot of the sun rising over the mountains. Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2017 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• H & H - Part 8 - My Replacement?

  

  Back to the TV series again where a terrific rainbow appears outside the writer's office.As the TV machine begins to unfold, more crew arrive into Jackson and... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2017 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Heaven & Hell - Part 7 - Preproduction

  

  The big day arrives. We began pre-production. We're using the big room, as now every department from props to camera to make-up is here. Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2017 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL