By Bob Hill “Hey, Fred.” This is what Robert Connors said. He was buzzed, but not drunk, slumped alone over a barstool at the Firehouse Tavern around 2 AM. It was the second Friday in May, a week prior to when … Read More … Read More
Author Archives: Bob Hill
Nick Cave on The Power of Ideas (2014)
“All of our days are numbered. We cannot afford to be idle. To act on a bad idea is better than to not act at all, because the worth of the idea never becomes apparent until you do it. Sometimes … Read More
7 Iconic Directors & Their 7 Iconic Movies
Originally published via the Untitled Magazine on October 22nd, 2014. There comes a point in every budding director’s career, usually a few movies in, where the circumstances align to allow for a breakthrough. The backing is there, the level of … Read More
UNTITLED (2014)
No, seriously.
‘America Today’ by Thomas Hart Benton @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Jackson Pollock served as a model for several of the male archetypes featured in Thomas Hart Benton’s 10-panel mural, America Today. And Benton, in turn, served as a mentor to Pollock. Given their relationship, one might find it odd that … Read More
Richard Dawkins on Getting Something From Nothing (2012)
“It does violate common sense, but – as I said earlier this evening – you can’t go by common sense. If we could do things by common sense, we wouldn’t need physicists. Common sense, of course, comes from what was … Read More
In a City Without Scofflaws
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All About Fincher
“In focus groups people always say – and I have never had this not happen with any movie I have ever made – ‘I really liked it, but I don’t know that I can recommend it to any of my … Read More
Stand Your Ground
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Pauline Kael on Fear of Movies (1978)
“Discriminating moviegoers want the placidity of nice art – of movies tamed so that they are no more arousing than what used to be called polite theatre. So we’ve been getting a new cultural puritanism – people go to the … Read More