In another 4 weeks, my yearly "Some of the Movies I Have Seen" compilation/review list will drop back to zero, only to rebuild throughout the next year.

Sometimes I think that if I were to suddenly wake up and find it to be 1968 again - but I retained what I know now - I would choose to reincarnate as a film making student. Yes, another difficult choice. So what's new?

My only serious doubt is with the complexity & quantity of PEOPLE needed to make most films. I am NOT a team player, nor much of a shmoozer. Keeping "delicate" personalities happy, and raising funds for film projects, would NOT be my forte. I would need someone - someone very good at those things - out in front of me.

I admire people who can create under such conditions. Speilberg, Altman, Lucas, Scorcese, Bogdanovich, Mamet, Branagh, Kubrick, or Burton...they understand things about how to deal with humans that I will NEVER grasp. I've never met a major film maker, but I suspect I would feel more akin to artists like Herzog, Wenders, Egoyan, Lynch, Bergman, Guest, Bertolucci, Malle, Waters, Lee, Clark, Campion, Peckinpah, Allen, Boorman, and Cassevettes.

Smaller projects, singular goals, no blockbusters released just before Xmess, no action figures.

Fortunately, I DO believe in the continuation of spirit, so it's not out of the question. Good thing for me, I guess.