ON VARIOUS BOOKS ABOUT DIRECTING…
“I’m frequently asked for suggestions of books about directing–by students, and others who want to direct. Here are some of my favorites, which hopefully provide a good place to start.”
FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH, MY ADVICE…
“A friend used to say to me–free advice is worth exactly what you pay for it, which is nothing. However, that doesn’t seem to stop people from asking and I find that I say the same things over and over. So here goes: my advice here on my blog, where I can direct people to read it when they come knocking…
These are some random thoughts–some specific, some more general–but hopefully some of you will find some of it helpful.”
HITCHCOCK’S MID-CENTURY AMERICAN MAN
“Even Hitchcock films that are considered lighter entertainment—like NORTH BY NORTHWEST—can be analyzed for their insightful examination of human behavior. After all, what is the journey of Roger Thornhill (played by Cary Grant), if not the journey of a man towards self-realization?”
TO WANT AND NOT TO HAVE – AN ANALYSIS OF “A PLACE IN THE SUN”
“Indeed her effect on him was electric—thrilling—arousing in him a curiously stinging sense of what it was to want and not to have—to wish to win and yet to feel, almost agonizingly that he was destined not even to win a glance from her.” –Theodore Dreiser
STILL HERE WITH ME — MEDITATIONS ON THE FILM “BIRTH”
“Perhaps this film affects me so much because it feels so personal to me. In 1988 my first significant other died, when he and I were both 32. It was a shattering loss for me and completely upended my sense of reality. For a very long time, my grief enveloped everything and colored the way I looked at the world. Years passed before the wound could heal–grief takes a long time to transform, to give birth to something else.”
THE DAVYD WHALEY FOUNDATION COMPLETES ITS FIRST YEAR
Davyd described himself on Twitter, “Contemporary painter, husband, pet owner & joyful do-gooder.” There are ripples from the great good that Davyd did in his life and I am grateful that the Foundation will continue his legacy.
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