I went to see Birdman. It inspires! The artistic filmmaking of
Alejandro González Iñárritu says one thing, "Master of the art form of
film making". What command he has over the performer. Boy! I was
inspire, I laughed my ass off at all the balls jokes. It was silly, deep
and at points emotionally moving. Birdman wins but more importantly it
inspires, or should inspire filmmakers such as myself to reach for new
heights. Often I see filmmakers trying to mimic styles of other
filmmakers when Alejandro makes it cool just to be you. Wow! I know at
least a nomination is coming. On another note I watched some pretty
amazing trailers before the film. The art house film world has some
pretty cool films about to hit the market. I only hope to join the ranks
with Lucid Dreams. See ya at the theater. Center seat, middle row.
BALTIMORE'S VISIONARY OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE By Belinda Trotter-James Derick Thomas now Derick Prince always wanted to be a filmmaker. As a kid he was inspired by the actor Robert Guillaume; you may best know him on the hit television show Benson. At the age of six he has always been a fan of television and it just unfolded into the film-making business when he was a teenager. That’s when he finally got a chance to explore all aspects of film-making. “At the age of six there were not a lot of us on television and television influences children which is one of the reasons why we have so many bad influences today, but that’s another story,” says Derick. “Robert Guillaume was intelligent, articulate, he had power, he had persuasion plus he was the guy who had everything and at six years old I watched him and thought, ‘I can do that.’ He was just a great role model for that time.” When I asked what was he like as a child, he...
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