
Penny Lane is My Real Name is a newsletter about making art and making a living in documentary film.
| Platform | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly | |
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| Issues | 53 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 24 hours ago |
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What I learned from trying — and failing — to get access to Raygun, Lynda Barry & Matt Groening, and Stephen King.
I watched the Raygun doc on Netflix this weekend. It was fine. The story — its characters, world and stakes — has a lot goin...
Greetings friends,
This morning, at Stonykill Coffee and Records in Chatham, New York, I bought a used hardcover copy of Paul Theroux’s The Mosquito Coast. It’s a searing, hilarious, shocking novel I first read as a teenager — after watchi...
How I start every new edit, and why nothing about the filmmaking process feels real to me until I do.
Greetings friends,
What I’ve learned about my film from hearing your questions — plus the question I still can’t answer, and the one that should start every Q&A.
Greetings friends,
The opposite of artistic compromise isn't artistic purity. It's a work of art that -- by definition -- will never exist.
Last night, I had a dream someone offered to fund a remake of my 2016 film Nuts! with total creative freedom and whate...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
Making art and making a living in documentary film. I choose to LOL. I've directed 8 feature docs including WILD INSIDE, LISTENING TO KENNY G, NUTS! and HAIL SATAN? I am also a sought-after consultant and educator.
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