Well, it has been a week since I last posted, so I am feeling the pressure to update. I need to keep up my endurance. But what can I write about? That is the question…

There are two exciting things that are coming to my mind at the moment. The first is that Marianne Faithfull is playing at the House of Blues in Anaheim at the end of May. I am very excited and I must go.

The second is that Anthony Hopkins was a guest last night in the class that I work for at USC. He came to class with his new film, Slipstream, a film that he wrote, directed and appears in. I didn’t watch the whole film, so I won’t comment on it, other than saying it is very strange. Accompanying him were the Italian cinematographer, Dante Spinotti, and editor Michael Miller. The photo I included is one I took of Hopkins and Spinotti during the Q & A. Tony was an interesting and gracious guest, as well as Miller and Spinotti. I am also proud to say that Miller, editor of such great films as Miller’s Crossing, Blood Simple, Raising Arizona and Ghost World (among others), helped my friend Dave and I on the New York Times crossword.