Author: John Welsh

Let’s get something straight. These youngsters who claim they want to work on movies? That’s not what they want. If, IF, you can get a job, it means long hours, hard work, terrible working conditions…

You’ve seen the types in movies over the years. Tough relentless men, searching out the truth no matter where it takes them. They walk down the mean streets of New York, Denver, Seattle, and yes, LA. They are untouched by the corruption of society, keeping true to their own private code.

A mind is a terrible thing to waste.

An underemployed actor stages a production of Hamlet in order to save a village church from the wrecking ball.

Inherent Vice is what Raymond Chandler’s The Long Goodbye would be like is the detectives were the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers (Google it, Gen Xers).

The triumph of production design over story, characterization or common sense.

The mythology of the frontier plays a large role in American life.  Whereas ancient civilizations had to dream-up the appearance of Zeus, Thor, Moses or Jesus, we have photographs.