Necktie Films

Jean-Jacques Beineix's 1981 film Diva. Opera, a moped chase through nighttime Paris, a fan who won't sell a pirated recording, Wilhelmenia Wiggins-Fernandez, some of the best cinematography ever. What's not to love?

Other favorites include Chris Marker's La Jeteé, Alain Resnais's Last Year at Marienbad, Michelangelo Antonioni's La Notte, Dziga Vertov's Man with a Movie Camera, and Andrey Zvyagintsev's The Return. If you've seen all of them, check out Kristina Buožytė's Vanishing Waves.

It's what I can afford. Grant money is increasingly scarce, and my films are self-funded.

If you go to the "Watch" tab on this site, you can view videos, including the latest, Tag and Requiem.

Well, here's what Entertainment Weekly had to say:

With rare-as-a-Kathryn Bigelow exceptions, women directors still hit the “celluloid ceiling” in studio systems from Hollywood to Bombay’s Bollywood. Most turn to independent filmmaking, and these 33 profiles of globe-spanning female directors spotlight everything from the joys of creative control (like Susan Seidelman on her 1982 debut, Smithereens, the first independent American feature to win at Cannes) to financing hell (documentarian Allie Light requested $25 from every woman she knew). Film columnist Brownworth and filmmaker Redding keenly integrate the women’s words with their work, making this a must-read for future Jane Campions. A-

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,281587,00.html

To read the profile of experimental filmmaker Margaret Tait, a continuing source of inspiration for me, go to the "Read" tab on this site.

No, but I plan to hang with him in the afterlife. I am also not related to baseball pitcher Tim Redding or cosmetics maven Jheri Redding, and none of my family members founded the city of Redding, California. Or, um, any other city.

From playwright Samuel Beckett:

"Try again. Fail again. Fail better."

From Theodore Roosevelt:

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."

And, from Winston Churchill:

"If you're going through hell, keep going."

I blame Patti Smith.

Want to know how Ms. Smith and I tie our neckties? Check it out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four-in-hand_knot

You too can be cool. Or avant garde. Or just plain weird. Take your pick.

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