Tag: Filmmaking

• Vintage Cable Box: “Irreconcilable Differences, 1984”

  “This Civil War ain’t gonna get me down. I’m taking my act to a brand new town. This belle rings in old Atlanta. I’m gonna find myself a brand new Santa!” Irreconcilable Differences, 1984 (Drew Barrymore), Warner Bros. At the end of a particularly biting monologue delivered by Drew Barrymore to her befuddled, self-absorbed parents…

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  July 25, 2017

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  1984, comedy, Drew Barrymore, Filmmaking, Irreconcilable Differences, Peter Bogdanovich, Polly Platt, romantic comedy, Ryan O’Neal, Sharon Stone, Shelley Long

• New Episode! “T.n.T. (Terror ‘n Tinseltown)”

  88th Academy Awards with Chris Rock, Angela Bassett, Louis C.K., and Leonardo DiCaprio produced by David Hill and Reginald Hudlin. Directed by Glenn Weiss. “Act Naturally” (Johnny Russell/Voni Morrison) by Buck Owens and the Buckaroos. “Til It Happens to You” (Lady Gaga/Diane Warren) by Lady Gaga. “Mad Max: Fury Road” (a 2015 film directed by…

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  April 18, 2016

  Podcast

  88th Academy Awards, Action International Pictures, Andrew La Ganke, Batman, Batman Begins, Bridge of Spies, Cast Away, Chris, Christopher Nolan, comparison, Daughters of Darkness, David A. Prior, David Lawler, Diane Warren, digital, Filmmaking, films, Gary Busey, Gena Rowlands, George Miller, Harry Kumel, High Definition, Hollywood, Joe Versus The Volcano, John Cassavettes, John Patrick Shanley, Kevin Lindenmuth, Lady Gaga, Louis C.K., Mad Max, Peter Falk, Podcast, Point Break, Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino, race baiting, racism, rape, Reginald Hudlin, Samuel L. Jackson, Sony email scandal, Steven Spielberg, The Road Warrior, Tom Hanks

• NEW PODCAST: “Stop Stealing My Sunshine And Make Your Own!”

  We went off-script for this episode of BlissVille Fridays with Andrew La Ganke. I had started writing a script for the first time in a long time and I was excited about it. From, I want to say, 2005-2010, I was writing and I had some lofty ideas, but it came down to the choice…

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  March 27, 2015

  Podcast

  Andrew La Ganke, David Lawler, Filmmaking, Podcast, screenwriting, writing

• “Gary, Get Me A Scotch!”

  “I’d say “unfocused” sums it up nicely. The basic concept (I guess) seemed to be taking a look at underground music with The Shy Guys being the central, unifying element. I mean, that’s weird enough as it is, but that could, at the very least, be charming. My best guess as to what actually ended…

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  March 25, 2015

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  American Punk, American Punk NYPP, Chadd Derkins, Chris Grivet, David Lawler, Dirt Bike Annie, Documentary, Filmmaking, Grath Madden, Jon Vafiadis, New York Pop Punk, Pia Vivas, The Ergs