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OREGON HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL
I visited the Oregon Holocaust Memorial in Washington Park in Portland last October. The photos don’t require further commentary.
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Notes in the News, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged arch, Auschwitz, children, cobble stones, doll, family, Holocaust, memorial, Oregon, photography, Portland, stone, suitcase, Wall, Washington Park, World War 2
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P&P on HORROR ISLAND
NEW UPDATE: 12/7/22 – The new time for the Horror Island Film Festival has been posted. December 31st. Looks to be the same location as before. It can now be part of your jet setting New Year’s Eve extravaganza: 31 … Continue reading
A TOURIST ON HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD
I woke up early, still on New York time, the Sunday morning of my Skiptown Film Festival visit in LA. The actors panel I was participating in was scheduled for 1pm, so I had time to play tourist on Hollywood … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Academy Awards, Alfred Hitchcock, All About Eve, Amy Adams, Bela Lugosi, Ben Hur, Billy Wilder, Boulevard, Brabra Streisand, Brokeback Mountain, Capitol Records, Carrie Fisher, Chinese Theater, Crash, Dolby Theater, Elizabeth Taylor, Fonda, Frances MacDormand, Gene Kelly, Gone With the Wind, Graumans, Harry Potter, Hollywood, Hollywood Sign, Hollywood United Methodist Church, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Jimmy Durante, Joel Grey, Judy Garland, Julie Andrews, Katherine Hepburn, La La Land, Liberace, Lord of the Rings, Lou Costello, Mary Pickford, Meryl Streep, Orson Welles, Oscars, Peter Jackson, Peter Lorre, queen, Return of the King, Richard Burton, ruby slippers, RuPaul, Star Trek, stars, Steven Spielberg, sunrise, Susan Sarandon, The Godfather, Tim Robbins, Titanic, Village People, Vine, Walk of Fame, Walt Disney, Wings, Yma sumac
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“Thank you for making me enjoy a musical, in a special way.”
THE SPOOKY EMPIRE INTERVIEW Scott C. Biery from Guru Reviews interviewed me in conjunction with “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” screening at the Spooky Empire Film Festival in Orlando, where my musical Edgar Allan Poe adaptation won … Continue reading
THE SKIPTOWN EXPERIENCE
“The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” wins awards for Best Musical Performance Best Original Score Best Production Design – Short at the Skiptown Playhouse International Film Festival in Los Angeles The top picture is me sitting with the … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Live! On Stage, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres
Tagged Awards, burlesque, Cartas Para Axél, Edgar Allan Poe, Film Festival, Fredrick Byers, I Fell in Love with a Balloon, International, Jean-Luc Servino, John Vamvas, Jonathan de la Torre, Los Angeles, Mariana Soares da Silva, musicabre, Musical Performance, Olga Montes, Original Score, Pedro Pano, Playhouse, Production Design, Scarpedicemente, short film, Skiptown, The Last Jack O' Lantern, The Pit and the Pendulum, Vencenzo Carubia, Will Grave
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Honor the Editor!
Stolis Hadjicharalambous won Best Editor at The NEXT International Short Film Festival for his work on The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre Congratulations, Stolis!
SYTYCA DIRECTING AWARD for P&P
“The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” won the OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE Award for Directing from SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DIRECT OR ACT (which is especially nice because my first musical Poe adaptation “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” … Continue reading
A Walk Through Central Park
Central Park was in fall splendor this recent November Monday as I walked from Sheep Meadow through to the Plaza at the 5th ave / 59 Street exit, but the hot sun and blue sky framed the autumnal scene in … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged 5th Avenue, Autumn, Central Park, New York City, photography, sculpture, Sheap Meadow, skyscrapers, Sunshine, The Plaza
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P&P in NY & LA & NY again
There will be three opportunities to attend a screening of “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” coast to coast in the next 10 days. plus an on-line screening opportunity 1st chance – NYC – 11/11 “The Pit and … Continue reading
P&P – Day 6 – The Plaque
Edgar Allan Poe’s classic short story opens with the following Latin inscription and parenthetical annotation: Impia tortorum longos hic turba furors Sanguinis innocui, non satiata, aluit. Sospite nunc patria, fracto nunc funeris antro, Mors ubi dira fuit vita salusque patent. … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Literary Lyricism, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres
Tagged adaptation, classic, Edgar Allan Poe, film shoot, French Revolution, Han Jang Houston, haze, Inquisition, Inscription, Ja'rel Ivory, Jacobin, Jason Chua, Keisuke Nojima, Latin, lighting, Mariana Soares da Silva, musicabre, plaque, short film, short story, smoke, The Pit and the Pendulum, Theater for the New City
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BROOKLYN HALLOWEEN
Or rather Park Slope Halloween. Or more specifically some of the Halloween decorations I photographed in my neighborhood. Vroom Vroom! Hello, Sailor!
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged brooklyn, cobwebs, decorations, dragon, ghost, Halloween, motorcycle, Mummy, neighborhood, Park Slope, photography, pumpkin, sculpture, skeleton, spider, wreath, zombies
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BEST SOUNDTRACK at NMIIFF
“The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” wins Best Soundtrack at the Naked Mountain International Independent Film Festival P&P’s award was one of three handed out tonight. I snuck some photos from the back of the screening room, but … Continue reading
P&P Climbs the NAKED MOUNTAIN in the SPOOKY EMPIRE
“The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” in NYC & Orlando this Weekend This Saturday, October 22, my short film musical Edgar Allan Poe adaptation will play during the Naked Mountain Film Festival at 253 West 28th Street in … Continue reading
5 Awards for P&P at The Artists Forum Festival of the Moving Image
Juror’s Award Best Dark Themed Short Best Director Best Actor Best Editing Plus nominations for Best Cinematography Best Sound Design Last night “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” won 5 of the 7 awards it was nominated for … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres
Tagged adaptation, Amos White V, Artists Forum, Awards, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Editing, cinematography, Dolby, Edgar Allan Poe, festival, Jason Chua, Juror's Award, Kaitlin Leslie, Manhattan, Moving Image, musicabre, musical, Sara Shelton, Screening Room, short film, Sound Design, Stolis Hadjicharalambous, Teddy Bear, The Pit and the Pendulum, Todd Maki
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REDWOODS!
While visiting Portland, Oregon to screen my short film “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” at the H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival, I went to Washington Park with my cousin. Plenty of lovely nature and more to experience … Continue reading
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Tagged nature, Oregon, photography, Portland, Redwood, trees, Washington Park
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P&P at THE ARTISTS FORUM
SCREENING THIS SATURDAY at the DOLBY SCREENING ROOM in NYC “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre”, my musical short film adaptation of the classic Edgar Allan Poe story, has been chosen to close out The Artists Forum Festival … Continue reading
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