My first ambition in life, circa 1978 was to be a cowboy. This was followed in quick succession by the desire to be a boxer, a chemist, an astronomer, and an artist. In between there were brief moments of being Yosemite Sam…and Fonzi. A lifelong fan of movies from old Hollywood, the stories I watched were interested in the human experience and emotions. Their attention to geographical or historical detail was loose. Old movies, and even television when I was growing up, were not quite as obsessed as we are today with what is real and fact checkable.
I think that when Hollywood was in its golden age, reality was quite Continue Reading