The Running Wild Blog
Articles on the craft of filmmaking and the films we create.The Lion at Rest: Conversations with Douglas Turner Ward
We present the full interview with Douglas Turner Ward. Directed by Gus Edwards, THE LION AT REST: CONVERSATIONS WITH DOUGLAS TURNER WARD, this documentary features the director/playwright/actor talking about various aspects of Black Theatre. It was presented at a...
100 CRIME FILMS: #8 RED ROCK WEST and #9 BUGSY
It's been a little crazy the last week at Running Wild with us completing principal photography on our new feature THE MEN WHO ROBBED THE BANK. Here are the two latest video blogs in our series 100 CRIME FILMS, these focusing on RED ROCK WEST and BUGSY.
44 of 52: Guy de Maupassant’s The Thief
44 of 52: Guy de Maupassant's The Thief The story of how rumor and fear can spread throughout a community leading to violence, Guy de Maupassant's The Thief is our 44th adaptation and the second of his stories in our series of 52 films we will make in 2013. You can...
43 of 52: D.H. Lawrence’s The White Stocking
43 of 52: D.H. Lawrence's The White Stocking Jealousy, love, sex, and anger: all common elements in D.H. Lawrence's modern literature and featured in his short story The White Stocking which is my 43rd adaptation for our series of 52. You can read the story here. Keep...
42 of 52: Kate Chopin’s A Respectable Woman
42 of 52: Kate Chopin's A Respectable Woman A Respectable Woman is the fourth and last Kate Chopin adaptation in our series of 52 films we will make in 2013. Like most of her stories it is a challenging portrayal of a woman caught between desire and duty. You can read...
41 of 52: Robert Louis Stevenson’s A Lodging for the Night
41 of 52: Robert Louis Stevenson's A Lodging for the Night Robert Louis Stevenson wrote the adventure classic Treasure Island which should be on every boy and girl's bedside table. My grandfather once offered me ten dollars to read it. He wouldn't have to pay me a...
40 of 52: James Joyce’s Grace
40 of 52: James Joyce's Grace Many of Joyce's stories concern alcoholism but Grace is unique in the way he matches that subject with religion. This is our 40th adaptation in our series of 52 short films we will make in 2013. You can read the story here. Keep checking...
39 of 52: W. Somerset Maugham’s The Bum
39 of 52: W. Somerset Maugham's The Bum Maugham authored such classic novels as Of Human Bondage and The Painted Veil (both of which have been turned into movies), he practically created spy fiction with his character Ashenden (who would influence John Le Carre and...
THE MEN WHO ROBBED THE BANK: A Note from the Director
Hours before we start shooting our next feature THE MEN WHO ROBBED THE BANK, I look back on the last few months which have brought us here. Back in May, I was working on a new full-length project called THE WESTERN. It was a one-location drama about the cast and crew...
38 of 52: Sherwood Anderson’s The Other Woman
38 of 52: Sherwood Anderson's The Other Woman Like Kate Chopin's The Kiss, Sherwood Anderson's The Other Woman is the story of the doubts a person goes through before they are married. Only this time, we see the man's perspective. Like all of Anderson's work, it is a...
