Starburst Memories: How To Write Groundhog Day by Danny Rubin
The rumor is that I wrote Groundhog Day very quickly. That is entirely true, if you don’t count most of it. ‘How To Write Groundhog Day’ by Danny Rubin is […]
Monthly Archives: January 2014
Dirk’s Five: Andie MacDowell, an appreciation
Rosalie Anderson ‘Andie’ Macdowell, actress, model and mother who is recipient of the prodigeous Goldene Kamera (the Germans adored her performance as Dorothy Winters, alongside the divine John Travolta in […]
ANDY: Groundhog Day (Ramis, US, 1993)
Close-up of a radio alarm clock. In slow motion the giant numbers fall, like they’re trying to resist but are overwhelmed by the weight of time. Didn’t we do this […]
Starburst Memories: Jim Henson, The Works
One of the most well-thumbed tomes in the Dirk archive is Jim Henson, The Works. A hagiography from 1993 produced by Jim Henson Productions to celebrate the creativity of their […]
Dirking About … Versatile Blogger Award Nomination
We have had an award nomination from BlackisWhite blog! Its an honour that requires a couple of chores to fulfil their rules. I’m not complaining, but I am instinctively opposed […]
Dirk’s Five – krautrocksampler
It began with a joke name taken from the Amon Düül psychedelic improvisation ‘Mama Düül and her Sauerkrautband strike up!’ and changed the face of pop. Stockhausen and the Mothers […]
Woodython Five (11) – For Hire
“…it seemed to me like a very standard film persona for a comedian. Someone who is a physical coward, who lusts after women, who is good hearted but ineffectual and […]
Dirking about … The best posts of 2013
We three Dirks of Bolton are, one in a taxi, one in a car, one on a scooter (blowing his hooter) have had an epiphany. Sometimes it’s a struggle to […]
ANDY: Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Herzog, West Germany, 1972)
Sometimes I like to imagine Werner Herzog works the way he does because nobody ever told him about special effects. If you want to make a film about a 300-ton […]
Dirk’s Five – Muppets
“It’s time to put on make up, it’s time to dress up right” The Muppets are a source of endless nostalgic romance here at Dirk Towers. I have a reasonable […]
The Dirk Malcolm Alternative 