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23 Apr Lessons Learned

Posted at 18:36h in All the Rage, Art, Artists, Battle for Brooklyn, Behind the Scenes, docs, Documentary, Feature Films, Horns and Halos, Music, Music Art, Narrative, News, Photography, Politics, sarno, Screenings, Story of Pain, who took johnny, Working In Protest by Michael Galinsky 0 Comments

We've been doing this work for over 25 years and have made all kinds of films from rock and roll narratives to crime films to political and personal documentaries. On the surface, most of the films don't seem connected, but certain themes run through them all, and they build on one another. These can be thought of as themes and...

13 Feb Burnt

Posted at 03:17h in docs, Documentary, Feature Films, Horns and Halos, News, Photography by Michael Galinsky 0 Comments

Last night I spent a little time going over a grant application for film funding. Years ago, I gave up on applying for grants because we never got them- literally- in our first ten years of applying, we got none. The one positive thing about the process is that it does force one to do the work of articulating what...

23 Jan The Commons (Malls and The Klan)

Posted at 18:38h in docs, Documentary, News, Photography, protest by Michael Galinsky 0 Comments

The Commons Trailer from rumur on Vimeo. When I start a new project, I rarely have a full understanding of how it connects to our other work. However, I have spent the last few years taking stock of what we’ve done, and where we are heading, and there are a lot of patterns that have emerged that make the decision-making process...

30 Oct Rage

Posted at 02:39h in All the Rage, docs, Documentary, Story of Pain by Michael Galinsky 0 Comments

All the Rage - Trailer from rumur on Vimeo. Our film about Dr. Sarno is called “All The Rage” because, according the doctor, the repression of rage is a primary driver of many pain issues. From Dr. Sarno’s perspective, the pain acts as a distraction or defense against feeling or experiencing “unacceptable emotions.” Many people reject the idea that our...

25 Oct The Truth Lies… in the Middle

Posted at 04:24h in All the Rage, Battle for Brooklyn, docs, Documentary, News, sarno by Michael Galinsky 1 Comment

While we were in the late stages of making "All The Rage," my partner Suki was very focused on the edit, and I began to shoot more on a separate project - work related to protest. The short pieces I was making were part of the process of constructing the film we'd finish next, "Working In Protest". As this film...

31 Dec Truth

Posted at 22:36h in All the Rage, docs, Documentary, News, Politics, Press, sarno, Story of Pain by Michael Galinsky 0 Comments

2017 was a very long year that went by at light speed. While 2016 challenged the basic idea of objective truth, 2017 took a hatchet to it in a way that highlighted how we all inhabit different worlds and different stories. For those who see Trump as a lying incompetent narcissist, it is almost unfathomable that others don’t see it...

13 Apr Crooked

Posted at 16:43h in All the Rage, docs, Documentary, News, Story of Pain by Michael Galinsky 1 Comment

Cathryn J Ramin's heavily researched look at the back pain industry, "Crooked: Outwitting the Back Pain Industry and Getting On the Road to Recovery", is painfully satisfying to read - especially for people who have struggled with back pain and the surgeons, pushers, and needle jockeys that profit from it. Ramin's book is framed by her personal journey to...

04 May Changing minds through hearts.

Posted at 19:38h in All the Rage, Artists, Battle for Brooklyn, docs, Documentary, Editorial, Story of Pain by Michael Galinsky 0 Comments

When I hit the floor with searing back pain for the second time in my life I was stuck on my office floor for two weeks, unable to even sit up. On the 9th or 10th day of my stuckness I tried to go to the airport to get on a plane with my family. It took every...

21 Sep Surprise Charges for Surgery Article

Posted at 18:30h in All the Rage, docs, Story of Pain by Michael Galinsky 0 Comments

I clicked on an article in the Times today about surprise charges for surgery. I should not have been, but I was surprised to find that almost all of the charges mentioned were for back or neck surgeries for herniated discs. The first person discussed had a surgery for herniated discs in his neck. He had negotiated fees with his...

02 Jul My Master Cleanse

Posted at 19:51h in All the Rage, docs, Documentary, Story of Pain by Michael Galinsky 0 Comments

This is my Master Cleanse Journal. Master Cleanse is a 10 day fast in which you cut out all food but drink 60 oz of lemonade each day. The lemonade is ¾ cup of fresh organic lemon juice, ¾ of a cup of grade b organic syrup, a half teaspoon of cayenne pepper and 60 oz of water. You are...

04 Jun The Orwellian Award

Posted at 15:15h in Battle for Brooklyn, docs, Documentary, News by Michael Galinsky 3 Comments

Next week the Municipal Arts Society is going to give their annual Jacqueline Kennedy Onasis Medal to Bruce Ratner and MaryAnne Gilmartin. This award was created to honor Ms. Onasis' preservation efforts. Giving it to Bruce Ratner makes as little sense as giving President Barack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize. The Historic Districts council feels the same way. “We claim no ownership...

01 Apr The Message of Pain

Posted at 20:51h in All the Rage, docs, Documentary, News, Story of Pain by Michael Galinsky 0 Comments

As we work on Story of Pain, we struggle to figure out how best to make use of the flood of amazing and inspirational materials that we are assembling. First and foremost, we want to make a film that tells the story of Dr. John Sarno. This will form the backbone and the heart of the film. In the process of...