timothy c goodwin.nyc-based actor, photographer, writer, and cohost of The Tiffin Inn Writing Workshop.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Thursday, July 17, 2008
post 476. casting moby dick.
reading moby dick has turned out to be much easier than i thought; after hearing everyone and their mom tell me it was a long, laborious book, i was loaded for bear; only to find out that it's quite funny. of course, this might have something to do with my imagination's casting charlie day as ishmael. seems strange? melville has a good ear for humor, and charlie is perfect as the everyman narrator. so perfect, i think, that i've caught myself daydreaming of making tons of money and filming the book verbatim (and try as i might, i cannot find the same mental discipline to have danny devito in ahab's shoes; my brain always pictures patrick stewart). of course, for the theatrical release, it'll be cut down to the action, but i envision a dvd with so many extras...oh, man.
for example: the snoring chapter where ishmael tries to catagorize all the whales? we'll film that in the ship's hold. char...er, ishmael will be giving a sort-of lecture to the ship's dimmer complement, and drawing the different types of whales on a rudimentary chalk board. and while it's obvious that ishmael is a pretty decent scholar, perhaps he's not a good artist, so all the whales look alike. hilarious, no?
clear your schedule in a year or two, mr. day - your chance at oscar gold will come when i make enough money and garner enough hollywood muscle to film moby dick.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Monday, July 14, 2008
Saturday, July 12, 2008
post 472. you know what gets better every time i see it?
pop and i stayed up late (for him) last night and watched the matador, which gets better and better every time i see it. pierce? way to go, man.
Friday, July 11, 2008
Saturday, July 05, 2008
post 469. at j & m special effects, brooklyn.
while picking up a $130 box of six break-away wine bottles, we asked the kids working in the warehouse: what's the coolest thing you have here? without hesitation, the tall one answered, "guns." the other, taking a moment, replied, "we once had this machine that made fifteen-foot high coloured flames."
ah, if only i had massive amounts of disposable income.
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