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Color and Power in Star Wars

As I anticipate Star Wars: The Force Awakens, I’ve been thinking about the role of visual design in telling the Star Wars saga. Specifically, the moral and psychological symbolism of certain […]

Roots of Edelweiss

I was watching the film The Sound of Music the other night and it got me thinking, as I always do, about the role of Nazism in the plot. The […]

A Little Porco, A Little Rosso

Of late, I’ve had more time to work on my film music book manuscript. I’m now on chapter 33, which explores the wonders of Joe Hisaishi‘s score for Porco Rosso […]

Interview with Rosa Bautista

I’m sharing this post from www.johndospassos.com. I’m thinking a lot this weekend about cultural diplomacy and the role that literature can play in uniting diverse peoples around the world. In […]

Halloween in Old Town

For a while, I’ve planned a photo shoot in Old Town, Alexandria to capture the fall colors. I finally visited Old Town, but I’m afraid I was late to the […]

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween from the Dos Passos-Coggin family (Including Sally Bell, the beagle).

Reading John Dos Passos Aloud (Audio)

I would love to see a commercial album of professional dramatic readings of John Dos Passos–especially self-contained passages in the USA trilogy like the biographies. I tried my hand at […]