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10 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Go to Film School

Found this while I was surfing John August’s website (JohnAugust.com): 10 Reasons You Shouldn’t Go to Film School

This has been my creed since I started making movies almost nine years ago. I didn’t know someone had written it down.

Read it and be free.

And to all my film school friends: don’t be insulted, guys, you paid your money, we’re happy for you.

Posted at 5pm on 10/18/06 | no comments; | Filed Under: General | read on

The Covenant and the End of all Stories

Went to see The Covenant last night. I had originally written it off as a cheesy “Horror 90210″ kind of thing, but it actually wasn’t bad at all.

Spoilers follow. If you want to see the movie (and you might, it’s not bad at all) then don’t read the following yet. Go out, see the movie, then come back and click “read more”.

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Posted at 12pm on 9/23/06 | 1 comment | Filed Under: Screenwriting, Mini-Essays | read on

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Earl Newton is a writer-producer in northwest Florida. He considers himself fortunate to be included in one of the most prestigious film schools in the country: Hard Knocks. His teachers included David Mamet in “Glenngarry, Glen Ross”, Alfred Hitchcock in “Vertigo”, and Guy Ritchie in “Snatch”.

He is the director of “Sins of the Mother” and the internationally-recognized “Fall of a Saga”. Infrequently, he releases a podcast called “The Creative Orgasm”.

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