Authors — Joshua weinstein

“OFF DUTY” — FINAL DISPATCH FROM INDEPENDENT FILM WEEK

Goodfellas. I can almost always watch it. Don’t know how many times I have seen it. Scorsese was attracted to Little Italy’s urban grittiness. But he knows that idolizing these figures never works. Joe Pesci scenes are always great. But I never inspired to be Pesci or anything like that. Lessons learned from Goodfellas…try to treat everyone with respect and don’t talk too much. (Click to watch Goodfellas Trailer) -Richard, Taxi Dispatcher So IFP’s Independent Film Week came and went and what do I have to show for it? Taking lessons from Richard I tried to treat people with respect, […]
by Joshua weinstein on Sep 30, 2010
“OFF DUTY” — SECOND DISPATCH FROM INDEPENDENT FILM WEEK

Every blog post I write during IFP will include a profile of a cab driver talking about their favorite film. This profile is about my mother, who drove a cab after she graduated college in 1971… I would stand in the front of my mirror singing, “I feel pretty. Oh, so pretty. I feel pretty and witty and gay. And I pity any girl who isn’t me today.” It was my own special passion that I kept secret. West Side Story, as old people say, “they don’t make them like they used to.” It was so sad. She was so in […]
by Joshua weinstein on Sep 21, 2010
OFF DUTY – FILM WEEK POST #1

Hi! My name is Joshua Z Weinstein and I am the director of a new film titled Off Duty which will be released in 2011. The film focuses on how the recession effects a taxi garage in Queens and is a real life version of the 1970’s series Taxi, complete with the character that formed the basis for Danny DeVito’s Louie DePalma. All you need to know about me is that I work as a cinematographer and I am finishing up my second film as a director. I will be blogging during IFP Film Week and each post will contain […]
by Joshua weinstein on Sep 19, 2010

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