Year: 2007

So, here’s what happened. In mid-February of 2004 I flew back to NY with Scarlett Johansson’s commitment to do the film and several of her ideas about developing K’harma’s character. Two things were now happening at once; I was in the process of incorporating her ideas into the script and I was utilizing her involvement […]

Well, chicos y chicas, the time has come to swing open the corral gate and let this pony go. I’ve got a couple films I’m trying to usher into production as well as the pointed elbows of another script idea poking me with annoying persistence. I’m afraid it is time to move on. I’ve greatly enjoyed […]

Howdy lensbusters. Just a quick note to let you know I’m still alive and kicking–punching a little bit too. I’ve got two scripts in development and am working hard to get them into production. The DVD release of Delirious is slated for a mid-March and I am in the process of putting the extras package […]

Mark TK’s wife suggested posting the wallpaper Les Galantine (Steve Buscemi) has on his computer in the film. So I tried doing so. You’ll find it in the TRIVIA PAGE above, entitled; Buscemi Wallpaper. I believe you can download it by right-clicking the enlarged image and hitting “save picture as.” I’m not very adept at […]

In the olden days, about 200,000 years ago, before Mankind had developed the thumb and intelligence to operate a TV remote, a guy named Twain wrote a few books. In one of them, Roughing It (1872) he described his journey across America. He was heading west to get rich by digging for gold. He was 37 and had […]

This just in: I’ve just been informed that someone claiming to be Michael Pitt has sent word (again) that he will not be doing any press for Delirious. According to this “Michael Pitt” he was going to do press until he saw the fake video podcast we made in which Kieran Culkin agrees to play […]

I’m back. Sorry about the delay. A week ago Delirious left all theatres in NYC. The reality of its departure shall we say, affected me.  I’ve lived with this film for 6 years. Now that it is gone I’m experiencing an acute sense of loss. I know the reason why. I put everything I had into […]

Alright. So now you’ve got your 1st Draft. Give yourself some credit. In fact, give yourself a lot of credit. I may have been exaggerating about the 42 million other screenwriters out there but I’ll tell you this much, at least 41 million have never finished a script and never will. Take yourself out to […]

Just a quick observational note: Perhaps some of you have noticed the advertising campaign for the new alt western 2:10 To Zima. Perhaps you have noticed the ads for this movie are everywhere and are in just about every SIZE and form known to man. I saw one on the side of a bus on […]

So. Here we go with a little detour into the writing of Delirious. This one delves a bit deeper and may be a great big yawn to some of you. If so, just skip this blog and wait until my medication from Dr. Owen wears off and I go kkkrrraaaassscccszzzzyyyyy again. Let’s sum up; as […]

This just in from Gestation: Nothing. For over a week; no emails, no phone calls–no nothing. I checked the weekly flyspeck of an ad in today’s NY Times to see if the film was still playing. It was; at one theater with only two evening showings. So I filled a sock with 6 years of blood, […]

Wednesday, September 5, 2007  Well, I’m back in New York now. The chainsaw’s put away and it’s time to face the jungle of reality barehanded. Delirious is miraculously still playing in one theater here and has opened somewhere in Brooklyn. People continue to write in and say they’ve seen the film, which is truly astonishing […]

I know I said I was traveling further north. I was lying. I traveled west; far west. A few days ago this email from Gestation blinked into my inbox: “To All Concerned, a private screening of Delirious has been set up for Hugh Hefner at The Playboy Mansion.” I kid you not. The phone call I […]

Well, it is 8:30 pm here in Vermont. I’ve had only the tiniest morsel of news from Gestation; an email that read: “Film holding in NY with ads; not likely for LA.” There. Now you know what I know. If anyone can decipher the above please feel free to share. Apparently though there is still […]

Friday, Aug. 24. I’m taking it easy today. I made such a mess in the back yard that Jane had to call a tree service to come in and repair the damage. I wonder if such a service exists for crazed filmmakers. My snit yesterday has done little but further convince the folks at Gestation […]

Thursday, Aug. 23. I have spent the last three days alternating between writing frenzied emails and cutting down trees with a chainsaw behind our house. A neighbor came by and remarked in nervous alarm, “It looks like a hurricane just came through here.” Apparently I’ve wreaked the same havoc online as well. The powers that […]

Left NY today. Heading north up into the Vermont woods. I leave Delirious on its own, playing on two screens daily. With every mile that passes beneath the wheels I feel a sharp twinge of distress, like I’m abandoning a newborn infant on the sidewalk. With every mile I hear it crying. It is hungry. […]

Here’s a funny story for you.  Just finished two days of NY press for the film. Nothing much to report there. Except one guy asked me at a “roundtable” if I’d ever shoot films for other directors again. No, that’s not the funny story.  The official New York Premiere of the film was sponsored by […]

Dear Friends, Mr. DiCillo is under intense sedation at the moment. He has asked me to fill in for him while he is incapacitated. Just before going under he completed the final Promotional Video for his film DELIRIOUS. He asked me to share it with you HERE.  This one is called “Casting Michael Pitt,” whatever […]

Wed. Aug 15. 2007  Delirious had its final word-of-mouth screening last night at the Angelika Theater on Houston Street. The Q&A afterwards was to be the last one for the film and I was really looking forward to it. Jane and I arrived a few minutes before the film ended. I peered in and was […]