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Box of Moonlight is perhaps my most misunderstood film. I wrote it during the four years it took me to raise the money for Johnny Suede, and it was supposed to be my second …
April 25, 2025
Stereo Embers The Podcast 0410: Tom DiCillo (Living In Oblivion, Box Of Moonlight) - November 13, 2024 I had a great talk with Alex Green on his Stereo Embers podcast (Stereo Embers Magazine) on …
November 15, 2024
Box of Moonlight premiered at the Venice Film Festival in September 1996. As I headed to the theatre, all I could think about was how, just two months earlier, the head of another festival …
December 20, 2023
In Box of Moonlight, the script called for Al (John Turturro) to jump into a pool of water and swim leisurely while acting in several scenes. John had never learned to swim and confessed …
December 19, 2023
I first met Sam Rockwell in 1990 when he came in to audition for Johnny Suede. The part ultimately went to another unknown and rising talent, Brad Pitt, but Sam made such an impression …
October 12, 2023
Columbia University Press announces the release of THE CINEMA of TOM DiCILLO, the first book to cover Tom DiCillo's entire film career to date. The book's foreword is by Steve Buscemi. The official release is …
August 24, 2017
Flew to Munich for a Retrospective of my films at the end of June. I was not sorry to leave that world behind for a few days. The Munich Film Festival put us up …
August 7, 2011
Creating an energized, productive set begins long before you ever get there. It starts with the people you've chosen to join the team. Making a decision about who to hire is never easy. No …
June 23, 2009
CHRONIC After the financing fell through on Box Of Moonlight for the 3rd time I got an email from one Fred Knimble. Fred had a production company based in South Africa that was looking for low-budget …
May 27, 2009
When I was 23, I moved to NYC and started classes at NYU Film School. As the months went by I kept waiting for the day when I would actually learn something. I knew the art …
May 16, 2009
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. …
December 10, 2007
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 …
August 16, 2007
The next most important festival for us was Toronto, the biggest film festival in North America. It screens thousands of films and it is a huge market for films seeking US distribution. The encouraging …
July 26, 2007
And so, the first sentence; probably typed by 100 million people by now: “This is the first blog I’ve ever written.” The concept is still a little strange to me. I mean, what is …
July 18, 2007