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 …
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 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
I’m on an airplane right now. Spiderman XXVII is playing silently on the overhead video screen and looks like it is being projected through 5 pairs of pantyhose. Just after takeoff flight attendants moved …
Sorry about the black cloud a few days ago. My fever has eased and I’m better now. At least now I can read email attachments. Apparently I’m to fly to LA where there will …
A few days ago I was called into a development meeting at Gestation with Arnold and George, the executive in charge of distribution. The long and short of it was this; they were cutting …
Got the first week’s numbers in from France. Not a blockbuster but the film did very well for itself. Delirious was number 4 behind Live Free and Die With a Hardon, Spiders of the …
Just before returning to NY I flew from Paris to Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic where Delirious was presented as the Opening Night film. At the ceremony a long line of limousines dropped guests …
After San Francisco I went to France in the middle of June to promote Delirious for the French release. It was set to open July 4th on about 70 screens; 11 just in Paris …
Got some good news after returning from Istanbul. Gestation has formed its own distribution company and will make Delirious its first theatrical release. What excites me most about this is that the film will …
Woke up the next morning hungry and hungover. The Festival had planned a boat trip up the Bosphorus. The boat was crowded and the river was unexpectedly rough leaving me gripping the railing …
After Sundance I came back to NY and fell in a hole for about a month. After I crawled out of it I called Buscemi just to see how he was doing and to …
I came back from San Sebastian in October and immediately began preparing for Sundance. It’s funny; when I was first invited to Sundance in 1990 with Johnny Suede my reaction was hesitation. At that time …
The best news about San Sebastian was that Steve Buscemi and his wife Jo Andres were coming. Steve had only seen a rough cut of the film and I wanted him to have the …
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 …
Shooting ended Dec. 15, 2005. I took a week off to recover then the holidays hit so my first real day in the editing room wasn’t until after New Year’s. I was working …
25 days. That’s how long I was on the set directing Delirious. Out of 6 years; 25 days. I’ve often wondered what was my job all the other days--delivery man, inmate, prison warden, shrink, …
Oh, I forgot to mention; one of the reasons the financiers agreed to my cast was that I cut 2 million dollars out of the budget. There is only one way to do this; …
Since I had now “tricked” the investors into letting me cast Steve Buscemi and Michael Pitt for my male leads they demanded that the part of K’harma be given to a Real Star. So, …
The paparazzi idea was one of two that motivated the script. The other was the ferocious addiction to fame and celebrity gripping the world today. People not only want to devour the stars, they …
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 …