I Want to Know Why: An Unfinished Story

Months ago, I tried to adapt Sherwood Anderson’s short story “I Want to Know Why”. The concept was a fractured narrative taking place in three places and shot with three different cameras. One: imagines of a horse. Two: blurred images of a writer at...

Hate Mail

If there’s anything I enjoy as much as a good review, it’s a bad one. Resistance and opposition are fuel to the fire. At Running Wild, we are not attempting to please everyone. We don’t aim to be polite. We want to tell good stories. We’ll work...

The Return of GUERRILLASTAR

Before there was Running Wild Films, Dave Surber and I made movies under the name Guerrillastar. We produced a few shorts. Two of them (Bloody Basin and The Ruffians) were screened at the AZ Underground Film Festival. Dave moved to New York a little while ago but...

The Force of Perspective

  A beginning series of ideas about cinema, arguments taking place in dark rooms and open fields with myself Perspective is key to cinema. It’s not only a question of what the story is about and who these characters are. Another important question is, from where...

What Makes a Good Crew: An Old Post Reprinted

I wrote this blog months ago and in honor of our new crew meeting today, I’m reprinting it. We are bringing new people on board The Detective’s Lover and I’m very excited about it. At Running Wild, we value passion and good attitudes over experience....

Death to Physical Formats

  I believe the time has come for filmmakers to do away with physical formats. These clunky devices, DVDs and Blu-rays, are old-fashioned/outdated forms of watching cinema. We need to let go of the physical format and explore the new world of distribution and...