Sonic Cinema

OK, this may not be the best way to shoot a film- days spread out over months- but I think we’ve made considerable progress over the four days of shooting we’ve had on this film since we began back in late February. We have one- maybe two- more days of shooting before “Movement I” of […]

Snooch to the Nooch! Earlier this year (on April’s Fool Day, to be exact), you may recall I posted a list-happy look at my favorites in films, film music, and DVDs (that would be Brian’s Movie 250- still in the archives). At the time, it was between posting that or what you see before you. […]

I had another title for his entry, but I’ll save that one for another day. After almost three months since our last filming date (and two cancelled dates in May), we staked this one out for our third day of filming. Well, a funny thing kind of happened. Originally we had hoped to film at […]

Snooch to the Nooch! What has it been this year with me and movies? I mean, it’s not as if there hasn’t been anything I’ve wanted to see- Lord knows there has been. I guess I just haven’t wanted to take the time to go see it. Part of it is my continuingly tight financial […]

So, uh, about those nine pages I was going to get filmed today… Seriously, today was supposed to get this thing mostly finished. After getting 2 1/2 pages of a 13 page script done our first day of filming, we reconvened today, over a month later, with my intention to get as far as the […]

Updated: May 11, 2006 Hello one and all. Haven’t had much going on on the new moviewatching front- the last ones I saw were “V for Vendetta” and “Basic Instinct 2,” but I haven’t stopped watching. Instead, I’ve been catching up on many of the older films I’ve been interested in seeing for sometime. It’s […]

Snooch to the Nooch! So, uh, yeah. The Oscars were last night. Here are my thoughts. Viva La Resistance! Brian Skutle http://www.sonic-cinema.com What Was Good: 1. The winners were widespread. Four movies tied for the most Oscars with a paltry three each (not a surprising high mark considering the most nominated film only had 8). […]

Snooch to the Nooch! The title, again, says it all. Hope you enjoy! Oh, and all the nominees are in order of preference. Viva la Resistance! Brian Skutle http://www.sonic-cinema.com BEST PICTURE -“Brokeback Mountain”: With eight nominations, four Golden Globes (including Best Drama), and wins at the Producers, Directors, and Writers Guilds, Ang Lee’s lyrical and […]

So, the writer-director is done with his first day of shooting. And what has he learned…this filmmaking thing is hard work. Well, no shit Sherlock. I could have told you that before today. But though I’ve worked on low-budget sets before (I helped film- and acted in- “The Case” series I’ve been scoring), being in […]

Snooch to the Nooch! Brian’s 10 Best Movies of 2005 1. “Nobody Knows” (Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda)- Early on in Kore-eda’s lyrical drama about childhood lost through a parent’s neglect, young Akira (Yuya Yagira, deserving of an Oscar nomination he’ll likely not receive as the youthful actor at the center of this film, also deserving […]