One of the delights of the shoot of “City Island” was observing the genuinely warm and admiring friendship between Andy Garcia and the great Alan Arkin. Alan plays the role of the “great and failed acting teacher Michael Malakov” (as Emily’s character Molly characterizes him) and though he’s only in
What can I say? Giddy with acheivement I can’t stop the flow of love and appreciation. So more tributes! Let’s start with…myself. Click here to read a superb and insightful review of my documentary “Tis Autumn: The Search For Jackie Paris”,which opened a few weeks ago in Canada and will make
“City Island” wrapped at dawn, Thursday morning and immediately gave itself a wrap party that very evening. I hired two excellent jazz musicians–bass and sax–to accompany me (I play piano) and gave the movie’s crew the gift of jazz as background entertainment. Then Andy Garcia brought in a Cuban band
This is a post I had been meaning to do for a very long time and then there came a point when it could only be done on the final night; only now it seems apt. Our producer Zachary Matz has been the darkest of horses when it comes to
Our last night has been spent at the fitting and classic Empire Diner, right in the heart of Chelsea. Fitting, I think, because the movie takes a route from the fringes of Bronx and un-germinated dreams to the hub-bub of New York and the promise of a bright future. We
The external of our fictional Dalegrove correctional facility. The concept of filming in a prison seems exciting but in reality you cannot have your cell phone or internet! What good am I as a blogger if I am not connected to the rest of the world? So no doubt today
Today we were back in Manhattan (where we belong), shooting in the village is such a pleasure. Above is the preparations for the casting office scene, where Andy Garcia brought Vince Rizzo to his fruition, it was awe inspiring to watch.
Today we were shooting in three different locations. We kicked of the day with the Bronx Science High School doing the last shots of Ezra Miller. That’s a wrap!
Images by Phil Caruso.Another of our locations was the Port Authority Bus Station uptown and the George Washington Bridge, Epic stuff. Our stills photographer has been awesome and I want his job, especially because of the box the camera goes in to shut it up and not bother Jan “Friend
From Day Two of our strip club shooting at the wonderful, but fictional “Hell’s Half arcre which is right next door to a Gymnastics center… This is some behind the scenes action featuring Steven Strait.Shout out to all the extras on set today, thanks for being here and I know