Rebel Without a Crew - reading

Finished "Rebel Without A Crew" by Robert Rodriguez. Mr. Rodriguez has a pretty incredible story about making his first film, El Mariachi, which I still haven't seen in any form (yet). The book itself, though heavily redundant in places, was a pretty easy read, and was inspiring to me. I might have to read it again if it helps get me off my butt!

In the Blink of an Eye - reading

Finished "In the Blink of an Eye" by Walter Murch. This was the second edition of a book about film editing, though really it's more about the history and earlier days and technology of editing, simply because it hasn't been updated. There are a couple interesting tidbits in here for the aspiring editor, but much of the talk of technology and speculation of the future are lost now that we've advanced another decade and a half.

That said, the guy's still a far better editor than I am.

One of the things that drew me to this book was the title. I had co-written an IFGS game once named "In the Blink of an Eye." That game and this book of course had nothing in common. I didn't see a single mention in the book of a seven-headed cryo-pyro-were-blink hydra.