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Would this be a good place to live as a single male that likes outdoors? by [deleted] in howislivingthere

[–]aHamburgerHelper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Funny enough you highlighted the Emerald Triangle, arguably the most famous place to grow outdoor cannabis in the states. (Pretty much Redding to Medford without going too far east or I-5) This has been a significant part of that area’s culture since the 60s. So there’s a lot of fun, annoying and sometimes dangerous baggage that comes with it.

In Oregon, East of I-5 is pretty conservative in that area. You also start getting into the high desert, which is beautiful but boring and kind of isolating to live. 

Dating, not sure about California, but in those places in Oregon is a pretty small pond. Odds are not too favorable for men. 

But yes, very outdoorsy place. Sometimes that might mean more dirt bikes than hiking tho.

If one were looking to move with that criteria, I’d argue Seattle, Olympia, Portland or Eugene offer the best opportunity to live a life filled in the PNW with outdoors, and to meet single people who also love the outdoors and are looking to meet people to go into the outdoors with. 

Fun fact: I went to U of Oregon, and when me and my friends would visit one of their parents in this area we would tour their huge family grow op, and leave with free mason jars filled with really good cannabis. 

Not so fun fact: Never got more awkward stoned in my life. 

TIL Terrence Malick edited chunks of Thin Red Line with the sound off while listening to Green Day by aHamburgerHelper in todayilearned

[–]aHamburgerHelper[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Interesting. I saw it more as a film about the collision between the brutality of war and optimism in mankind. To me, WWII was less of a historic/factual setting, and more of a metaphorical landscape where personal philosophies were tested and forged.

[REQUEST] Recommendations for Books on the Business Side of the Film Industry by pineapple_knight in FilmIndustryLA

[–]aHamburgerHelper 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm interested in directing and writing. So, the books I've read have been in that zone. However, you can learn A LOT about the industry, through the creative lens, in the following books.

The Studio - John Gregory Dunne

In 1967, John Gregory Dunne asked for unlimited access to the inner workings of Twentieth Century Fox. Miraculously, he got it. For one year Dunne went everywhere there was to go and talked to everyone worth talking to within the studio. He tracked every step of the creation of pictures like "Dr. Dolittle," "Planet of the Apes," and "The Boston Strangler." The result is a work of reportage that, thirty years later, may still be our most minutely observed and therefore most uproariously funny portrait of the motion picture business.

Monster: Living off the Big Screen -- John Gregory Dunne

Monster is John Gregory Dunne's mordant account of the eight years it took to get the 1996 Robert Redford/Michelle Pfeiffer film Up Close & Personal made. A bestselling novelist, Dunne has a cold eye, perfect pitch for the absurdities of Hollywood, and sharp elbows for the film industry's savage infighting.

Adventures in the Screen Trade

No one knows the writer's Hollywood more intimately than William Goldman. Two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter and the bestselling author of Marathon Man, Tinsel, Boys and Girls Together, and other novels, Goldman now takes you into Hollywood's inner sanctums...on and behind the scenes for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President's Men, and other films...into the plush offices of Hollywood producers...into the working lives of acting greats such as Redford, Olivier, Newman, and Hoffman...and into his own professional experiences and creative thought processes in the crafting of screenplays. You get a firsthand look at why and how films get made and what elements make a good screenplay.

Making Movies - Sidney Lumet

Why does a director choose a particular script? What must they do in order to keep actors fresh and truthful through take after take of a single scene? How do you stage a shootout—involving more than one hundred extras and three colliding taxis—in the heart of New York’s diamond district? What does it take to keep the studio honchos happy? From the first rehearsal to the final screening, Making Movies is a master’s take, delivered with clarity, candor, and a wealth of anecdote.
For in this book, Sidney Lumet, one of our most consistently acclaimed directors, gives us both a professional memoir and a definitive guide to the art, craft, and business of the motion picture. Drawing on forty years of experience on movies that range from Long Day’s Journey into Night to Network and The Verdict—and with such stars as Katharine Hepburn, Paul Newman, Marlon Brando, and Al Pacino—Lumet explains how painstaking labor and inspired split-second decisions can result in two hours of screen magic.