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Happy birthday, Richard

I usually abstain from posting updates about the film during the first week of December. It feels like a solemn time, between World AIDS...

ART OF THE MOVIES' Blog & Project Milestones...

Since the release of the teaser trailer, there's been more visibility on the project. I created a PRESS page listing some of the...

Jeffrey Wells / "Cutting the Habit" revisited

To follow up to my Sept. 12th post ("Cutting the habit -- and the poster"), which shared film critic/blogger Jeffrey Wells' comments...

Ongoing Support / November Promo!

First, I want to thank everyone for their enthusiasm and encouragement regarding the teaser trailer! A more extensive trailer will be...

TEASER TRAILER RELEASED FOR AMSEL: ILLUSTRATOR OF THE LOST ART

Well, here it is -- a very early teaser for the film: I want to give a special shout out to editor Craig Trow, who suggested the idea of...

Jerry Alten and TV GUIDE

When I began work on the Richard Amsel documentary, one of the first people I reached out to was Jerry Alten. Alten was the art director...

RAIDERS, re-loved...

Last Saturday, July 16th, marked the 40th anniversary of RAIDERS' nationwide re-release in theaters. I remember it vividly. Long before...

A Light at the End of the Tunnel...?

I wanted to share some recent updates regarding the documentary. After filming so many interviews over the years, I now have something in...

R.I.P.: Charlie White III

I'm saddened by the passing of illustrator CHARLIE WHITE III, who died earlier this month. I met him only on two occasions (both art...

The softspoken genius of Drew Struzan...

"The journey is everything," my friend David Byrd once told me, and those words certainly ring true when it comes to the journey in...

End of year donations / prize giveaway!

I like to have little promotions here from time to time, as incentives for people to donate to the project. (As a reminder, we have 501c3...

Amsel inducted into the ALBUM COVER HALL OF FAME!

Yesterday I received an email from Mike Goldstein, the Curator/Editor of AlbumCoverHallofFame.com: I'm writing to you today to inform...

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