Back in the 1980s, cinema journalists Phillippe Garnier and Claude Ventura seem to have created a show consisting of interviews with Hollywood directors (and occasionally actors) that I can only presume was made for French TV. Titled ‘Cinema, Cinemas’ (English translantion: ‘Film, Films’ or, colloquially, ‘Movie, Movies’) the show consists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32Oym82CAlI Yes, Ryan Murphy’s much-anticipated “The Feud” promises to take us behind the scenes of the legendary “Whatever Happened To Baby Jane”, showing us the no-doubt tense and downright nasty dynamic between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. But what was it really like on that fabled set? The answer is
Longtime readers of this blog know by now that I have a complete lack of self-consciousness about self-promotion (a quality, I hasten to add, that can almost always be found in a show-biz kid). So it is with no humility whatsoever that I announce that the Directors Guild of America
https://www.youtube.com/embed/bPFxe6l8Ibc Our investigation of Bernie Madoff’s real estate portfolio continues with a not very thorough examination of his Montauk Long Island beach house. Built in the early 80s, it is every bit as depressing as the one we used in the movie–high ceilings ruined by bad galleries, formica counters, faux-stone
So I’m going to let go–though I’m not going quietly. Madoff is still on my mind and above I’ve posted a very nice little tour of Bernie and Ruth’s Manhattan digs which were then for sale for 15 million dollars. Located on Lexington Avenue and 64th street, the apartment is
You’d never know it from the puzzlingly different reports from different news orgs, but it turns out that our “Madoff” miniseries kicked some serious ass on its last night. As this is my first venture into TV, I’m learning a few things; namely that the news gets reported based on
https://www.youtube.com/embed/v-A2EH0vyd4 Sometimes it’s nice to give a blog a month off. Unfortunately, the silence of the past month was an inadvertent one–I’ve been directing the Bernie Madoff mini-series for ABC, an event that normally I would have blogged to death. For reasons that are a bit murky and not really
Hollywood.com has unleashed a handful of stills from “Rob The Mob” and gives the headline of the exclusive to Ray Romano, who appears in the film as a crime reporter who befriends Tommy and Rosie and writes their story. It was odd to me how many people professed curiosity and
Raymond De Felitta & Ray Romano with actors GREAT shoot with Ray Romano, Frank Whaley & Michael Pitt. Ray Romano & Frank Whaley Michael Pitt, Ray Romano & Raymond De Felitta at work Raymond De Felitta on set Our AWESOME stand-ins on set while DP Chris Norr and his crew