Sounds like that Gravity backlash is in full swing. Still it can be content that the Oscars for Best Cinematography and Best VFX are surefire locks, assuming the DP and VFX supervisors don't get caught together in a car with a dead hooker in the trunk.

Oh yes I'd agree, he has some very definite opinions about modern architecture and design, but he stops short outright criticizing or taking a stance in opposition to those who have embraced the lifestyle, which I appreciate. I've grown tired of filmmakers who like to establish a holier than thou stance, looking down…

Sadly the talented ones hold themselves to higher standards and suffer more for their pursuits than mediocrities who are content to do average work for average pay.

Ebeneezer Scrooge..the very first troll…he would've done well in the age of the interwebs.

Awe, who downvoted this? I appreciate your perspective @Amy W. Reminds me of a poem by Kipling quoted by Welles in "F for Fake"

Takes me right back to when David Foster Wallace died. I don't intend to make a direct comparison because the two are apples and oranges, apart from that both dealt with themes of depression, but both had a great voice which was silenced way too soon.

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Yeah, the trailer made it look pretty abhorrent and cliched in its depiction of mental illness and treatment facilities. Roger Ebert had a name for this: Baked Potato People (don't ask me how he came up with it). Basically it goes like this: baked potato people are any denizens of mental institutions who help to…

A key scene in "Playtime" bears out precisely what you say. The entire movie we see these rather cold, perfectly designed buildings, and we see people trying to navigate the city, and then at the restaurant on its opening night we see an actual architect, one of the men who has presumably helped engineer this…

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Sure thing, hit me up and I'll share you the secrets (it involves a secret decoder ring and a password, but once you've got those, it's your key into a glorious bacchanal of no strings attached sex, drugs, money and writerly ennui). Look forward to hearing from you!

I write doc scripts…PBS and the likes. But more narrative driven so I straddle both worlds.
I'd be fascinated to hear more about your work…I don't 'spose you'd be up for corresponding? brrfilm at gmail :)

Do I take it by your profile name you're a working writer? So am I!

An American who speaks French? Didn't the Patriot Act outlaw that?

Sometimes too that is a polite term to avoid getting explicit, since a lot of suicides can leave behind pretty nasty scenes…We code a lot of our language that way. Like when after a family friend died, his obit said "brief illness" which is far nicer than saying, "complications due hospital acquired infections…

Hey I was just trying to give advice based on my experience, I never said it was universal. Chill out.

But considering this is Lifetime we're talking about, I'd imagine they'll be casting Catherine Bell.

Imaginary? My innocence is shattered! Thank goodness I have Santa to confide in.

OH! Now I get what everyone's been kidding about. I completely missed that last name connection.

I currently see a counselor for my anxiety and depression. All I can say is keep an open mind. I'm not a believer in drugs beyond as a means to allow you to function. Once you depend on them, that's a problem. I really believe in good ole fashioned cognitive-behavioral therapy…getting at the underlying roots of…