When I was a kid, I thought all movies made before 1980 were crap. Boy, was I wrong! To make amends, here are 10 great films from the Seventies in no particular order: “The Conversation“ “Deliverance“ “Straw Dogs“ “Apocalypse Now“ “The Godfather“ “Papillon“ “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest“ “Taxi Driver“ “Dog Day Afternoon“ “Chinatown“ The […]
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HARD EVIDENCE REVIEWED
ComicsForge just put up a review of my hardboiled detective story “Hard Evidence“. “Palle Schmidt is a brilliant writer and perfectly creates the image of a crime riddled city filled with crooked cops, beyond the law wealthy, and straight up criminals and kingpins that will please any fans of a well done noir story” Thank you, […]
The Devil’s Concubine: MAYNARD [spoiler warning]
Just another day at the office Although he has been parked in homicide, watching everyone else get promoted through the years, Maynard stands by Alphonse and get’s the job done. Where Alphonse is both younger, smarter and prettier, Maynard has the choice role of grumpy, world-weary and cynical sidekick. A family man, Maynard simply wants […]
Working Methods: REWRITE..?
I was at a seminar at the Danish Film School recently. The speaker said: “People begin their education out here, and they think what they write is just perfect”. The speaker smiled with glee: “Then we tell them they have to do not one or two, but FORTY rewrites!”. Forty re-writes? Hmm. I don’t know if […]
Interviewed: MEGAN BRENNAN
Tell us a little about yourself I’m from New Jersey, and I’ll graduating from the School of Visual Arts this May. I’ve been working on posting short stories (well, compared to a graphic novel , 30-something pages is short. To me it seems pretty long right now) online at www.megan-brennan.com. Besides comics, I’m also interested […]