First off...that's an old photo (I think circa 2006, taken by
Sharon i think)
1 year ago today, Scott published the first piece of my very first retrospective and my first as a regular contributor to
Mendelson's Memos. While that was the start, it wasn't the first time he'd published something from me. That would be
this. A review I don't even agree with myself on now. Its very amateur and I'm obviously trying too hard, but its nice to see I've come a long way. I had been wanting to start a film criticism related blog for many years and it was just that, an idea. I was never able to sit down and motivate myself to actually do it. Last summer, Scott called and asked if I'd be able to slide him some content regularly and I saw this as finally the opportunity and obliged. It was a great opportunity to help out Scott and to kick start something and see if I was really cut out for it and if I was going to like doing it. A very important part is Scott was offering me an already established audience rather than just throwing out shots in the dark and hoping people found what I was doing. So I came up with my (not wholly original) Jame Bond retrospective idea and went from there.
