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Amsel’s Lost Art: CUBA
(The post is part of an ongoing series of Amsel’s “lost” work…) Richard Lester’s CUBA, released in 1979 and starring Sean Connery and...
Mar 10, 2023


Upcoming fundraising changes
I’ve just learned that our project’s fiscal sponsor, Fractured Atlas, has implemented new fundraising guidelines. (Fractured Atlas...
Mar 3, 2023


Album Cover Hall of Fame's March newsletter mentions Amsel doc
The Album Cover Hall of Fame website has included mention of our recent Richard Amsel and Bette Midler video, as well as the documentary:...
Mar 1, 2023


Happy birthday, Harry Belafonte!
Harry Belafonte turns 96 today. I'm using this to showcase a wonderful motion graphic done for the documentary by Morgan Strahorn, using...
Mar 1, 2023


Featurette/sneak peek: Richard Amsel and Bette Midler
As February comes to a close, I wanted to give you a little sneak peek of a clip from the film, focusing on Richard Amsel’s association...
Feb 26, 2023


Why your donations matter…
This documentary has been a longtime passion project, involving years of work and research. It also represents a significant monetary...
Feb 22, 2023

AMSEL, the Animated / Calling all animators...
No matter how many hours of footage I’ve filmed for the documentary, there’s a narrative challenge that is virtually insurmountable: only...
Feb 18, 2023


R.I.P.: Raquel Welch
Saddened by the passing of the legendary RAQUEL WELCH, who died today after a brief illness. In addition to doing the poster for Wech's...
Feb 15, 2023


“Let Your Fingers Do the Walking…”
…and to follow up on my earlier post about Amsel’s unused art for NEW YORK, NEW YORK, the artist also sketched a cover for THE MANHATTAN...
Feb 13, 2023


Amsel’s Lost Art: NEW YORK, NEW YORK
(This post is part of an ongoing series of Amsel’s “lost” work…) The song “New York, New York” has become so synonymous with the city of...
Feb 13, 2023


Amsel’s Lost Art: GREYSTOKE
(The post is part of an ongoing series of Amsel’s “lost” work…) I was saddened by the recent passing of British director Hugh Hudson,...
Feb 12, 2023


Giving thanks to all of you!
2022 was a pivotal year for us, and a number of you helped make that happen. This message is obviously long overdue. I had intended to...
Feb 3, 2023


Happy birthday, Richard
I usually abstain from posting updates about the film during the first week of December. It feels like a solemn time, between World AIDS...
Dec 4, 2022
ART OF THE MOVIES' Blog & Project Milestones...
Since the release of the teaser trailer, there's been more visibility on the project. I created a PRESS page listing some of the...
Nov 4, 2022


Jeffrey Wells / "Cutting the Habit" revisited
To follow up to my Sept. 12th post ("Cutting the habit -- and the poster"), which shared film critic/blogger Jeffrey Wells' comments...
Nov 2, 2022


Ongoing Support / November Promo!
First, I want to thank everyone for their enthusiasm and encouragement regarding the teaser trailer! A more extensive trailer will be...
Nov 1, 2022


TEASER TRAILER RELEASED FOR AMSEL: ILLUSTRATOR OF THE LOST ART
Well, here it is -- a very early teaser for the film: I want to give a special shout out to editor Craig Trow, who suggested the idea of...
Oct 25, 2022


Jerry Alten and TV GUIDE
When I began work on the Richard Amsel documentary, one of the first people I reached out to was Jerry Alten. Alten was the art director...
Sep 23, 2022


RAIDERS, re-loved...
Last Saturday, July 16th, marked the 40th anniversary of RAIDERS' nationwide re-release in theaters. I remember it vividly. Long before...
Jul 20, 2022


A Light at the End of the Tunnel...?
I wanted to share some recent updates regarding the documentary. After filming so many interviews over the years, I now have something in...
Jul 20, 2022


R.I.P.: Charlie White III
I'm saddened by the passing of illustrator CHARLIE WHITE III, who died earlier this month. I met him only on two occasions (both art...
Mar 29, 2022


The softspoken genius of Drew Struzan...
"The journey is everything," my friend David Byrd once told me, and those words certainly ring true when it comes to the journey in...
Mar 8, 2022


End of year donations / prize giveaway!
I like to have little promotions here from time to time, as incentives for people to donate to the project. (As a reminder, we have 501c3...
Nov 29, 2021


Amsel inducted into the ALBUM COVER HALL OF FAME!
Yesterday I received an email from Mike Goldstein, the Curator/Editor of AlbumCoverHallofFame.com: I'm writing to you today to inform...
Nov 27, 2021
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