Alberto on NBC's New York Live

Hey guys,

Some new things:

1. Sara Gore interviewed Alejandro Santoni and Hill Harper about Alberto and the Concrete Jungle, for NBC's New York Live.
   

2. Do you know Ralph Steadman? Illustrator of this. 
   

3. I now know that my favorite hero actually speaks lines from Tom Stoppard, brilliant playwright.
    

4. Let's get microscopic again. Also on the tiny side of things: Tiny World.
   

5. Seems David Gordon Green is continuing his split-career approach. (Not counting the commercials or TV episodes he directs). He's got the genre stuff (Halloween Kills coming out, and a resume including Pineapple Express and The Sitter). And in between, he swings for more prestige and very indie. A running thread: he likes his non-plot moments, where we simply watch the characters behave or work through their thoughts/emotions.
   
   It's possible his more successful expressions of this were early on. Especially his debut film George Washington. Watch it on Amazon or Criterion. (The Criterion DVD was once a part of my recurring library rentals. I'd watch it with his director's commentary track.) He infused the film with his own version of the Terrence Malick Poetic Style + a love for humble small town life. It was notable enough to influence this commercial -- see the similarities? I wonder if the brief was, "Copy the tone of this opening sequence."
   

6. My view the other day (Pancake board, Nolita Hall, San Diego)

   

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