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|November 7, 2006|
I've been sending the DVD out slowly...I haven't gotten
any complaints yet so I figure it's okay at least. I also
continued adding Nathan DuPree photographs to my most of the
pages on my website so I think I've moved on from Motel Room
(except on this news page). The next project is still the
older works, which might move along more quickly now that I
heard from Jim Vidal and he's also interested in transferring
his old stuff, which means we could get it together and send
it to DuArt or another lab together. Or if not I'll just have
to get my act together and do it myself...recently my
creative energy has gone mostly into writing and thinking
about a new film project, which I suppose could come as early
as next year. I've been transposing a larger writing project
that I wrote recently by hand, which after typing will need
huge revisions so that will keep me busy for a while at
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|October 24, 2006|
This past week I went to a screening of another film shot
by Bill Winters at The Jacob Burns Film Center, which is in
Pleasantville, NY. The film was good and the film center is
an amazing place to see movies if you happen to be in the
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|October 17, 2006|
I added a few more Nathan DuPree pictures on the main
pages of the site...I'm pretty impressed with the pictures I
have from Nathan DuPree, considering it was shot over seven
years ago on a very small budget, and still Chris Johnson and
I managed to take a good amount of photographs. It never
seems like enough, however, and you always end up with too
much of something and not enough (or nothing at all) of
something else.
There are also continuing delays in making more copies of
the DVD, all due to a combination of Amazon.com and the
necessary chaos of the mail system in Brooklyn. Have no fear,
however, it will be available soon... |
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|October 9, 2006|
I changed two pages on www.preginning.com, including the
front page, to
include newly retouched pictures from Nathan DuPree. Also, I
saw Marta again this past weekend. She had a photograph in
Acting 101, the opening exhibit of The Midwives Collective
Gallery in Philadelphia (if you're interested you can contact
midwivescollective@yahoogroups.com.
I do not have Marta's photograph from the show to put up here,
but I did finally get a picture of us at the reception after
the Myriad Arts ceremony from two weeks ago. Here it is!
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|October 3, 2006|
The Michael Heck DVD is complete!!! I finally at long
last (and Marta's insistence) completed the last missing
piece: the Nathan DuPree photo slideshow. I also made a test
and fixed a few small things and now it is complete! Of course
I am already looking forward to volume two because this DVD
does not include any of my sight and sound films or the long
lost (and yet to be completed) Puzzled. |
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|September 27, 2006|
So Monday night I went to a really fun ceremony at the
Tribeca Screening Room. It was the tenth anniversary of Myriad Arts, and they had a ceremony to
honor fifteen people who had especially influenced their
success. Among the honored was founding Group 8 member Marta
Bartholomew for her directing work. Unfortunately I don't
have any pictures from the evening but Marta promised she'd
email me a picture of me and her so here's hoping! Anyway
congratulations to Marta for a well-deserved recognition
and all the best to everyone at Myriad Arts. |
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|August 29, 2006|
Okay, so until I have all my pictures organized, I only
have the digital pictures I took in Japan on my computer.
Here are six from the fireworks display I went to in Gifu on
July 29, 2006...I have no idea how many people were there but
it was a whole lot.
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|August 28, 2006|
I have taken the summer off from updating this news page,
but I am back and Tuesday updates can be (almost) regularly
expected. I have much to tell and pictures to show...I went
to Japan for two weeks and I have also been writing quite a
bit, so expect some amazing things soon (but not yet).
Those (few) of you who have been following along through
the months and years may have noticed that I never actually
finished my DVD...well not for long!!! This fall will be
full of great news, so drop me a line and let me know what's
up...CLICK! |
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|June 27, 2006|
I have done nothing but watch soccer because I am
obsessed with the world cup. I admit I was rooting for Ghana,
even though they topped the USA last week...
Really nothing else is going on. Really. Nothing. |
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|June 20, 2006|
This week I've been busy with a couple of friends helping
them get their feature script together...I've always been
good at helping people make their existing scripts better,
giving feedback and that sort of thing. I'm much better at
that then actually writing my own scripts...the problem is
that I can never take my own advice, which I guess is common
enough. This script actually may have a future, however, so
you may be hearing much more about it soon, especially if I
continue to be part of the project, which I'm hoping. I'm
really not sure how any of that works, so for now I'm just
doing my best to help out and I guess we'll all see what
happens next. |
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|June 13, 2006|
Today I am enjoying a real day off...nothing much to
report except it is a really beautiful day in Brooklyn. Maybe
I'll take some pictures later...
Also, if you check out the Hollywood video be
sure to click on the Starr D Jeans banner. They provided all
of the wardrobe for the dancing scenes in the video and I
certainly couldn't have done it without them, so if you get
the chance to drop them a line about their stylish jeans that
would be really fantastic.
I saw a wonderful reading of a dramatic work-in-progress
by Matt Carlson last night...I hope to have a lot more to say
about that later because it was really interesting and should
have a prosperous future...
I think that's it for this week. I'm not really sure
what's next...I still have a little bit of work to do for the
DVD project I've been working on for the last few months, but
when that's all done I'll of course let you know all about it.
For you: CLICK. |
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|June 6, 2006|
Yesterday I once again had the pleasure of shooting with
the lovely Amy, star of the Hollywood video. I wanted to make
the video a little more dynamic so I went to the beach and
took some really pretty shots for the final version of the
video. Since yesterday I've been cutting the new section,
after spending most of this past week cutting the video as
best I could...I think my favorite part now is the beach
stuff from yesterday...all in all it was quite a tough
project but now that it's all said and done (even though I
can't promise I won't keep fiddling with it) I'm happy to
have what I consider a good music video under my belt. Of
course you might disagree...but here's your chance! Let me
know what you think after you check out the latest "final"
version of the Hollywood video by The Rugby Club. But I
think this is the really real final version.
» Hollywood |
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|May 30, 2006|
Okay...so last week I wrote that "The Hollywood video is
complete and up!" Perhaps that was true at the time, but it
is no longer true...the Hollywood video is up, yes, but it is
no longer complete. I have gone back to the drawing board and
am cutting madly to have it finished by, well, sometime soon.
So feel free to click HERE and see what I
have so far, but be confident in the knowledge that changes
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|May 23, 2006|
The Hollywood video is complete and up! Be among the
first to check it out...click HERE.
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|May 16, 2006|
So lately I've been working on getting together my second
music video...this time it was for the track Hollywood by the
hiphop group The Rugby Club. The shoot was last night
and was nothing short of a dream...it lasted about three
hours and I couldn't be happier with the result. Of course it
will be a week or two before I have the finished product up,
but for now, I'll tease you with this picture:
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|May 9, 2006|
It is with much sadness that I must report the passing of
Richard Thomas, aka Rigel Hunter. He was a wonderful and
unique individual, and my favorite actor. He was the beloved
Narrator in all three installments of the Nathan DuPree saga
and was featured as Richard in Motel Room.
He died on February 20, 2006, age 55. He will be missed
with great affection.
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|May 2, 2006|
It's Tuesday, so I've got something new for you...not
that I'll have something new every Tuesday, but I do today.
It's my long awaited version of the Freemasons' No More Bad
Moods video featuring A.D. Check it out:
» No More Bad Moods
(Heck.Mr Re.Version) |
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