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Dreams Are Not Enough

Jim Martinson adds to his frequent flier miles

by Greg I. Hamilton on December 6, 2011

I now know what the cliché “beyond our wildest dreams” means. I never dreamed of having a film in Sundance. But why should that make me ineligible? Dreams are marvelous. Depicting them is often a writer and filmmaker’s job. And fulfilling them is such a rewarding process that not only the dreamer, but all those [...]

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Cinematographer Chris Patterson on location with Inception

When Words Mean Nothing but DO Something

by Greg I. Hamilton on May 3, 2011

It’s significant that I went to sleep to ponder a movie about planting waking-life ideas in people’s dreams.
Yeah, the movie sucked me in. I gladly suspended my disbelief, rode along with the filmmakers’ playful illusions and deceits, and kept chewing on them after it was done. …

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My Favorite Street Art Disaster Films

by Greg I. Hamilton on May 9, 2010

The LA opening of Exit Through the Gift Shop

… opening night at the Mayan was packed with young hipsters, but this was not the anarchy crowd. Corporate logos and icons of admired designers abounded: this was a group that had respect for marketing and consumerism

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