I finally finished watching la dolce vita. Two weeks and five attempts later…. I watch fellini less as a moviegoer and more as a student or artist in resident I think. Less for entertainment and more for learning. It’s a study for me I’ve come to realize. La Principesa asked me once, ‘why do you…
Author: Ed Hale
Zoroastrianism
O.k. check it. while studying Iran, and then Persia, I came upon the old religion of Zoroastrianism. This is the original religion of Iran/Persia; before all the invasions from other countries/religions/armies — for a while they were forced into Christianity because of the Roman invasions, and then the final Muslim/Arabian invasion that turned almost the…
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O.k. this from our friends at the normally-commendable nightline, but prepare yourself for some of the most inane and worthless drivel this side of the Fox network or the wb: “For those of you looking for love this Valentine’s Day, we bring you the ultimate love story. Fred and Gladys, 35 years after they first…
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Went to central park to meet Jim the filmmaker about the video he wants to shoot for somebody killed the DJ. Cool art exhibit in the park by christo, the gates. I am still sick. Worse today. I have decided that I do not like being sick as much as I thought I did. Tonight…
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Went to a club to see Jim Camacho perform… brilliant. he is on fire. He is totally THERE. I will try hard to get him further in his career. he deserves it. Because I’m sick I went home early and lied in bed to watch DVDs. First was an Iranian movie called Maryam. Reminded me…
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Dasher still trying to get me to hone in on the show, make it more cohesive, a stronger, bolder, more singular statement….more filming, more shooting, more editing, just to film a fucking pilot… almost fifty hours of film now scattered about the office desks… and I just keep going all over the place with it….
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An amazing day and night. no I take that back. a good day and an interesting evening. a new friend of mine is a singer in the metropolitan opera here in New York and invited me to the Players Club to see if I wanted to become a member. A private club for actors, singers,…
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Today one of the camera ops on the show broke down to me and told me this inspiring and beautiful story of how he believes that God led him to the church he is now a member of. And how he feels that God led him and is leading him to work with us on…
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In New York. you are in a constant state of awareness of the possible threat of terrorism. It is not something that is necessarily conscious, but more just a frame of mind that you are always thinking in. a filter you see all of life through when you live here… When I get on a…
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Bomb goes off in Spain. It is by a group of ETA/Basque loyalists… CNN says: “ ETA stands for Euskadi ta Askatasuna, which in the Basque language of Euskara means Basque Homeland and Freedom. Designated a terrorist group by the United States and the European Union, the group has been blamed for more than 800…