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Exit Music (For a Film): My Little Eye
With another potential Hollywood strike looming (the SAG contract has expired and the actors have yet to reach acceptable terms with the studios), it’s possible that reality television will see a revival in the
Read More »Exit Music (For a Film): “Lost in Translation”
When I was living in Johannesburg, I spent about four months dating a woman who worked as a professional editor for film and television commercials. She put together a video of surfing clips for
Read More »Exit Music (For a Campaign): Hillary Clinton
It’s the end of the road for Hillary Clinton’s campaign. A few signs lately have pointed towards Hillary finally packing it in, and after Barack Obama sweeps up enough of the black vote in
Read More »Exit Music (For a Film): True Romance
In the final few moments of Tony Scott’s True Romance (1993) Alabama, accompanied by an injured Clarence, drives past a sign that reads “Last U.S. Exit, Mexican Border 5 miles.” It’s at this very
Read More »Exit Music (For a Film): “Sling Blade”
Playing a disabled or mentally ill character seems like it would be one of the most demanding roles for an actor to portray. It’s probably just as tough for an actress, although few films
Read More »Exit Music (For a Film): “The Breakfast Club”
When The Breakfast Club begins, we’re presented with the five characters as easily defined stereotypes – “a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, and a criminal.” In the film’s closing moments, against
Read More »Exit Music (For a Film): No Doubt, “New”
Like many suburban teenagers, I was first introduced to world of ska by the plaid-clad, Boston-based, masters of merchandising the Mighty Mighty Bosstones. It was the first time I ever became part of a
Read More »Exit Music (For a Film): The Pogues, “Old Main Drag”
Like many students, I was assigned to read Tom Stoppard’s existential classic Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead during my junior year of high school. I’ve always hated reading plays – in my opinion the
Read More »Exit Music (For a Film): The Foundations, “Build Me Up Buttercup”
Even though I live in Los Angeles, I’ve never been an actor, a writer, a director, a writer-director, a grip, a cameraman, or worked in the film industry in any capacity whatsoever. However, when
Read More »Exit Music (For a Film): Erasure, “Stop!”
Most people are familiar with the concept of the alpha male. Aggressive and dominating, he exists in our society as a result of our evolution as primates, when relatively small social groups were typically
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