More from Ischia

The Ischia Global Festival was a great experience. More than a film festival, it is a gathering of great minds and artists in a splendid location for a little more than a week to discuss the hard realities of motion picture making, as well as the creative possibilities.
It was inspirational to be in [...]

Card Shark

I have been spending some time in competitive poker, and it got noticed by Soaps.com.
Check out this link
Soaps.com

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Ischia Global Fest

I have been going back and forth between shooting Il Bene e il Male in Torino and attending the Ischia Global Festival.  This is a splendid gathering of filmmakers including Steve Zaillian, Paul Haggis, Bille August, and a young man from Italy, Silvio Muccino who screened his film “Speak to me of Love” to an [...]

Cruising with a new version

We must have a little fun.
I saw the ads for Tom Cruise’s new site (flash, fantastic, fabulous, but where is the forum?)

I thought I’d keep a conversation going here with a spoof ad. I’ll sprinkle them out in the media and see what happens.  If you found your way here…please leave a comment.  Thanks!

Ciao.

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Preparation

Part of my work in this past year has been learning Italian, and working on my pronunciation. I may speak Italian as well as Schwarzenegger speaks English, but I am working with a great coach, Danilo Bruni here in Torino.
Follow along in the video!

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