IBM / Satin Curtain

Family

So I make my deal and get the shooting script for SPACE JAM. It’s actually not titled SPACE JAM yet. I don’t remember …

DIANE KEATON

DIANE KEATON When I first started doing commercials, Diane Keaton was doing them as well. I cast her in a commercial for …

REVENGE OF THE NERDS

Everybody’s on the internet.  Facebook, Twitter, Google, Myspace, Ebay, Netflix, Vimeo, Hulu, etc. etc. etc. timewastersall. Everybody’s trying to figure out how …

LOUISE LASSER

I really don’t remember exactly when I worked with Woody’s ex. I just remember it was extremely difficult. Louise Lasser was playing a transmission …

Sight and Sound

I discovered the magazine while I was trying to survive engineering school at Pitt (University of Pittsburgh). I would go the the …

No. 1s

number ones MUHAMMAD ALI Heavyweight Boxing Champion My NUMBER ONE NUMBER ONE is Muhammad Ali. Not only do I think he’s the …

DOORS

I started collecting authentic material to reconstruct a Santa Fe property. A guy from the village of Mora would bring a pickup truck …

TAKES

TAKES I ran into an old editor I knew and we chatted a bit and he remarked to the friends I was …

VOGUE

Madonna had asked me to do a documentary of her BLOND AMBITION TOUR and I was interested, but not really interested, in …

The Hurdler

THE HURDLER I was filming a Kodak spot for the Los Angeles Olympics and we had some authentic Olympic hopefuls. The amateur conditions …

TOWNE

I had just won a cinematography award and Hannah asked me for a favor. Robert Towne wanted to do a screen test of …

Paella

On my second tour of living (?) in New York, I fell in love with the Spanish Restaurant, El Faro, in The …

I was re re re re reading Larry McMurtry’s book of essays, FILM FLAM, a journal of some of his impressions of …

VW RT 66

I was doing a road film on Rte 66 and got a call to do an electric truck commercial for Cummins Diesel. I …

Lunch with George & Ed

Ed McCabe and I were having lunch and Ed said that he and George Lois were upset that the FOUR SEASONS restaurant …

WILL WORK FOR FOOD (VENICE)

WILL WORK FOR FOOD I discovered Venice by accident. I was traveling from Milan to Vienna on a tour of concert halls, La …

Hotels

Back in the day, I always stayed at great hotels, THE BEVERLY HILLS in Los Angeles, THE ST. REGIS in New York, …

Miller Time

I was filming a mindless Miller Beer spot in Louisana. All Miller wanted were scenes of interesting people (no women) having a …

The Plumber

I’ve already spoken about ‘scripts’ and how ridiculous most are. On the two films I’ve done, the writers simply didn’t know what …

DIRTY DIANA

I had a huge fight with the record company about the video. They wanted to pull the footage and edit themselves because the …