Oliver Hardy (1892–1957) Born: January 18, 1892 in Harlem, Georgia, USA Died: August 7, 1957 (age 65) in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA [explaining his and Stan Laurel’s success] The world is full of Laurel and Hardys. I saw them all the time as a boy at my mother’s hotel. There’s always the dumb,… Continue reading Happy Birthday: Oliver Hardy (1892–1957)
Month: January 2017
Happy Birthday: David Ayer
[on editing] And that’s one of the toughest things about writing, shooting, and directing a film, is you end up with these orphans and you fucking love them and you think they’d be amazing scenes and do these amazing things but the film is a dictatorship (laughs), not a democracy, and just because something’s cool and charismatic doesn’t mean it gets to survive in the final cut. The flow of the movie is the highest master. [2016]
WILDsound Festival 