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Tom DiCillo’s Shot Of Blue Now on Sale in CD or Vinyl Just in time for the Holidays. The CD and Vinyl for Tom DiCillo’s acclaimed new album, SHOT OF BLUE. ON SALE NOW. …
November 26, 2024
Stereo Embers The Podcast 0410: Tom DiCillo (Living In Oblivion, Box Of Moonlight) - November 13, 2024 I had a great talk with Alex Green on his Stereo Embers podcast (Stereo Embers Magazine) on …
November 15, 2024
I love working with dreams in film. They’re the most powerful when you don’t announce them, just like in life. I slipped this idea into “December Sun” to touch upon how it feels to …
November 13, 2024
I look at this cover and feel equal amounts of joy and disbelief. It has taken 7 years for this moment. I thank everyone who played and sang on it for the tremendous gifts …
November 1, 2024
"Waltz" is one of my favorite songs from the new album SHOT OF BLUE. Even though it has an undercurrent of pending loss, a great joy comes through, lifting the entire song. I tried …
October 24, 2024
This album first appeared to me a few years ago in the form of some chords and a few fragments of lyrics. And yesterday, to my amazement, this box arrived. Unboxing Shot Of Blue …
October 17, 2024
I can’t thank KIMU for liking my song “Shot Of Blue”—that has always felt a little unethical to me. But, what I can do is tell you that I have never--never--had anyone write anything …
October 4, 2024
James Fearnley, once of The Pogues and now of The Walker Roaders, is an old friend of mine. Here, in my apartment, we are recording James laying down his original part for “Waltz,” the …
September 27, 2024
I’m thrilled to announce the release of my new single, “Shot Of Blue.” This song and this album took six years to make. It was driven by Love; that great mystery that at times …
September 6, 2024
In case you missed it, a couple of weeks ago, I had a great talk with Christian Niedan in the 35th edition of Screen Sounds on Radio Free Brooklyn about The Doors and my …
August 27, 2024
Some of my favorite music is Surf, Hip Hop, Spaghetti Western, Electronica and early Elvis. Elements of these musical influences went into my new album, SHOT OF BLUE. I love the bent minor chords …
August 20, 2024
At long last, I'm thrilled to announce that my new album, SHOT OF BLUE, is complete! The first single, "Shot of Blue," sets the tone for the album, working a punchy, soul groove as …
August 7, 2024
After graduating high school, I had no idea what I was going to do. My father suggested I go to a state college, Old Dominion University, since my brother was there and he had …
August 2, 2024
One of the most bizarre reactions to my films occurred on When You’re Strange. Before editing started, I spent weeks looking at all the footage from The Doors archive. Interspersed with hours of concert …
June 5, 2024
Enough about nutjobs. My only point is that they are out there, and it is absolutely certain you will encounter them. I don’t think I remember them teaching that in film school. But, most …
April 17, 2024
Filmmaking is like being in a mosh pit. Sometimes, the intimate contact with all the heaving, sweating bodies can be exhilarating. Sometimes, it just hurts and stinks. What happens when all of your careful …
April 10, 2024
I’ve mentioned Willingness and how crucial it is to making a Film. But what about Unwillingness? What makes someone Unwilling? I still don’t know exactly, but I’ve felt it, and I’ve got the scars …
April 2, 2024
Fellini was asked once if he ever used improvisation with actors. He replied, “Yes, if it is something that helps the actor or the scene, then of course I will use it. The only …
March 19, 2024
I’ve heard many people say the reason they want to be a director is so they “can tell people what to do.” Certainly valid. Though sometimes it’s useful to bear in mind that many …
March 12, 2024
Twenty-five days. That’s how long I was on the set directing Delirious. Out of six years, twenty-five days. I’ve often wondered what my job was all the other days—the days before and all the …
March 7, 2024
Some of the best acting I've ever seen has been in an acting class. No directors, no writers, just two actors bringing in a scene. They've worked on it for a week or so …
March 5, 2024
I think all directors should try acting. At a friend's suggestion, I took an acting class right after I got out of NYU Grad Film School. My first scene partner was Chris Noth. We …
February 27, 2024
I moved to NYC in 1976 just as the Punk scene was erupting. It was the first cultural movement I experienced firsthand, and it completely turned me on. Although the initial blast was music, …
February 22, 2024
I went into When You’re Strange with a few naïve and stupid prejudices; for example, I liked The Doors’ music, but Morrison being so excessive kind of bugged me. I thought, “Did he really …
January 29, 2024
A few weeks ago, I was invited to speak with Ellen E Jones, who has a cool podcast on Film on BBC Radio 4. We talked about Dreams in Film, particularly the use of …
January 27, 2024
I love putting music and film together. There is a moment when you first try a piece of music with a film sequence where something miraculous happens. There is an unexpected fusion between the …
January 19, 2024
I wrote and performed "No Such Luck" when I couldn't get the rights to another piece of music I really wanted. It was a challenge composing something of this length. But it was also …
January 17, 2024
Down in Shadowland is the most personal film I’ve made. Everything in it; every shot, every cut, every dissolve, every sequence, every piece of music is there because it was something I wanted to …
January 9, 2024
What makes someone a Star? Just like everyone else who goes to the movies, I feel that some people have a certain magic that makes them supremely interesting to watch. But, what is it …
January 3, 2024
Box of Moonlight premiered at the Venice Film Festival in September 1996. As I headed to the theatre, all I could think about was how, just two months earlier, the head of another festival …
December 20, 2023
In Box of Moonlight, the script called for Al (John Turturro) to jump into a pool of water and swim leisurely while acting in several scenes. John had never learned to swim and confessed …
December 19, 2023
I used to be convinced that if someone appeared in my dreams, it was a real visitation; that it actually was the life energy or spirit of that person somehow inviting themselves into my …
December 8, 2023
On my last night at Sundance with When You're Strange, I introduced the film by stating, "There are no actors, no doubles, no recreations in this film. Every frame is Jim Morrison and The …
December 7, 2023
I love letting actors improvise a scene. Sometimes that spontaneous flash of imagination brings you something infinitely more alive and effective than anything you could have written. Buscemi is one of those rare actors …
November 29, 2023
Fame has become an intensely complex phenomenon, and I wanted to explore it with Delirious. What is it? Why do we crave it so much? And how do we survive in a world where …
November 23, 2023