Author Archives: Bob Hill

“Guilt was the existential edge of sex. Without guilt, sex was meaningless. One advanced into sex against one’s sense of guilt, and each time guilt was successfully defied, one had learned a little more about the contractual relation of one’s … Read More

The new superhero trilogy model breaks down something like this: Origin story: Establish main character, main conflict … explore protagonist’s motivation, flaws, strengths, weaknesses and values. Insert average villain for good measure. If the franchise tag is bankable enough, name … Read More

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“Essentially, the fun factor had gone out of Rolling Stone. It was an outlaw magazine [when it was based] in California. In New York it became an establishment magazine, and I have never worked well with people like that. Today … Read More

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October 1, 1975. Phillippine Islands. The Thrilla in Manila – a world-title match considered by most boxing aficionados to rank among the most brutal in heavyweight history. In one corner, Muhammad Ali, the self-proclaimed greatest of all-time. In the other, … Read More … Read More

“We had a yard up in Harlem on 135th Street where the trains would lay up over night. The kids would come the first night and paint the side of the train white. Then they would come the next night … Read More

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Here’s the thing about Safety Not Guaranteed: This film does not dawdle. It does not get hunkered down in details, or tangled up in non-stop layers of self-importance. It simply hums along in the most charming way possible, somehow managing … Read More