tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222570677380347831Sat, 04 Apr 2026 23:21:29 +0000filmmoviesHealthcarehealth carehollywoodindiereviewUSAeconomyindie filmbankshealth care reformsingle payerBarack ObamaObamafilm distributionfilmmakingmoneymovie newswarAMPTPWGA strike writers hollywood art businessartbusinesscongressfilm festivalsgovernmenthcrhealth care insuranceHitler republican military killing death destruction genocide vote war politicsWall Streetafghanistancancerdistributiondocumentaryfestivalfilm productionfilmmakersfinancehealthcare reforminsuranceinternetnew mediaobamacareprotestrapetroopswriterswritingPPACAWGAacaamericaanti-warbailoutcollege loanscomedycongressional reformcorpoarate oligarchycorporate greeddgaelection 2008film reviewhealthhealth insurancehealth insurance industryindependent filmindymac bank runs economy mortgage foreclosures loansjon raymondla film festivalloan sharkslovemarketmedical debtmedicarepolice statepoliticspublic optionscreenplayscreenwriterscreenwritingshort storysit-inthe poker housethemewar antiwar hollywood protests protesters answerla aigwomenwork20104K70s9-119/11AUSDArcadia CAArcadia School DistrictBret Easton EllisBush AdministrationCampaign 2008Cate BlanchettClay PigeonsCongressional Reform Act of 2011Digital film productionEagle vs. SharkElizabeth ShueFluorideGary OldmanGdpGeorge W. 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Caution: Read at your own risk.http://jonraymond.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Blogger153125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222570677380347831.post-2375488205943077862Wed, 22 Jun 2016 00:42:00 +00002016-06-21T17:45:38.530-07:00americabusinessHealthcareinsuranceinsurance industrymoneyobamacarescam Healthcare is not really heath care, is it? It is actually sickness maintenance. It’s theoretically about providing resources for sickness: Drugs, medical devices, doctors and nurses. You only need those things when you’re sick. If you actually wanted to ensure people’s health you would make sure they did healthy things, like breathe fresh unpolluted air, drink fresh unpolluted water, eat http://jonraymond.blogspot.com/2016/06/an-american-way-of-death.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222570677380347831.post-3865687288908239898Sun, 01 May 2016 09:50:00 +00002016-05-04T22:33:18.664-07:00acagovernmentHealthcaremoneyobamacaresingle payer "Single Payer"&nbsp;is some anonymously coined term (as far as I know) that supposedly describes the concept of a single government entity, such as a national government healthcare agency (not unlike the Veterans Administration), which would replace all commercial healthcare insurance companies. More accurately it has been called&nbsp;Medicare for All,&nbsp;which, in fact, is the title of a http://jonraymond.blogspot.com/2016/05/my-problem-with-universal-healthcare.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222570677380347831.post-3594950393421343201Fri, 29 Apr 2016 20:09:00 +00002016-04-29T21:38:23.459-07:00conditioninglovepassionsocietythemeworkwriting Steven Pressfield wrote an incredibly inspirational blog (I Can't Squeeze my Theme In) about theme. At least for writers, it's inspirational. You don't add the theme. It's already there, he says. My wife tells me I can't see ghosts like she does because I can't let go and just relax. Apparently she experiences dead relatives alternately consoling or annoying her. She watches a lot of ghost http://jonraymond.blogspot.com/2016/04/the-imporatnce-of-theme-and-other-stuff.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222570677380347831.post-3467295844242472336Mon, 14 Dec 2015 01:24:00 +00002015-12-13T17:24:36.894-08:00 http://jonraymond.blogspot.com/2015/12/blog-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222570677380347831.post-3628115948872332822Thu, 19 Nov 2015 02:46:00 +00002015-11-18T18:57:30.803-08:00behavioreconomyMilchneuroscience Published on Jul 1, 2015 Dr. Peter Peter Whybrow in conversation with David Milch at Live Talks Los Angeles discussing his book, "The Well Tuned Brain: Neuroscience and the Life Well Lived." For more about Live Talks Los Angeles, visit: www.livetalksla.org Peter C. Whybrow, MD, is director of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at the University of California, Los Angeles. http://jonraymond.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-well-tuned-brain-neuroscience-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222570677380347831.post-3691279774900099749Wed, 04 Nov 2015 01:07:00 +00002015-11-04T01:51:15.261-08:00http://jonraymond.blogspot.com/2015/11/how-to-win-actors-and-influence.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222570677380347831.post-4664710806728833735Sun, 11 Oct 2015 00:12:00 +00002015-10-25T15:30:58.688-07:00filmmoviesreview American Psycho (2000), screenplay by Mary Harron &amp; Guinevere Turner, novel by Bret Easton Ellis OWEN: Call me. (Hands him a business card) PRICE: How about Friday? OWEN: No can do. Got a res at eight-thirty at Dorsia. Great sea urchin ceviche. There is a stunned silence as he walks away and sits in a corner of the room, ostentatiously studying papers. CLOSE-UP on Bateman’s face, cold http://jonraymond.blogspot.com/2015/10/american-psycho-analysis.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222570677380347831.post-5123363694707296060Sun, 27 Sep 2015 20:33:00 +00002015-09-27T13:33:55.650-07:00filmhollywoodmoviesPeople sometimes complain about movies with sad or depressed endings. They want upbeat, feel good, inspiring. They want the fairy tales. But do happy endings actually make you happy? Do down endings make you sad? I don't think so. When you've seen a a movie with a happy ending and then have to face reality, you inevitably come to the realization that you don't have a happy ending. You don't havehttp://jonraymond.blogspot.com/2015/09/happy-endings-are-depressing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222570677380347831.post-4508586391152426362Sun, 20 Sep 2015 23:59:00 +00002015-09-26T20:50:19.595-07:00depressionElizabeth ShuefilmhollywoodLeaving Las VegasMike FiggismoviesNicholas Cagereview Leaving Las Vegas (1995) John O’Brien (novel) Mike Figgis (screenplay and director) with Nicolas Cage and Elizabeth Shue Scene INT. RESTAURANT – NIGHT Ben and Sera are eating. He plays with his food, eating very little of it. Finally he pushes it away and orders another drink. SERA: I’m from the East. I went to college, did an arts course. I now live in Vegas. I think of it as home. I came http://jonraymond.blogspot.com/2015/09/leaving-las-vegas-analysis.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222570677380347831.post-5362399134983785283Sun, 16 Aug 2015 01:25:00 +00002015-09-05T04:57:35.268-07:00birdmanfilm productionmoviesreviewtheme **** SPOILERS **** Here is my take on “The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance”. It is explained and owned by Dickinson (the theatre reviewer character). It’s the title of her review that was so feared by Riggan before she ever wrote it. And it explains Riggan’s dichotomy. Dickinson defines Riggan as a personification of Hollywood: ….I hate you. And everyone you represent. Entitled. Spoiledhttp://jonraymond.blogspot.com/2015/08/birdman-or-unexpected-virtue-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222570677380347831.post-8593768657852853229Wed, 22 Jul 2015 08:23:00 +00002016-04-12T22:47:53.207-07:00 Yes? Is this Larry? Who's calling? I'm Wendy Ferguson, with Mutual Applied Assistance Care. We show you listed at 458 Temple Boulevard in Akron Ohio. Is that correct? I don't know you and I never heard of mutual whatever. Yes. Well we show that you have a balance of 35,886.51 on you college loan. Can we make some kind of arrangement to get this paid off? I never made any loans with Mutual http://jonraymond.blogspot.com/2015/07/yes-is-this-larry-whos-calling-im-wendy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222570677380347831.post-217940019363577519Mon, 18 May 2015 21:00:00 +00002015-09-01T09:13:15.104-07:00don drapermad menmovie newsreview Of course Don forsakes human interaction and love for fellow man by selling out to a Coke ad. That is completely in his character and certainly to be expected. No doubt, you along with most everyone was holding out for hope that Don comes to an epiphany, even to the point of suicide, because killing off the proverbial ad man, in his own realization that what he does has no substance except to http://jonraymond.blogspot.com/2015/05/man-men-ending.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222570677380347831.post-4939543858365272075Sun, 18 Jan 2015 05:47:00 +00002015-10-29T00:23:28.388-07:00 Full Movie: http://jonraymond.blogspot.com/2015/01/got-healthcare-american-sadism-watch-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222570677380347831.post-1679745279319604523Sat, 27 Dec 2014 09:21:00 +00002015-07-22T00:51:20.277-07:00 Are you a dentist? No. But I do suggest getting some dental work as well. After all, what good is your smile if your teeth look bad. My teeth look like teeth. Yes of course. But just a few improvements here and there would help. Ok. Forget the teeth.&nbsp; What can you do for me. First I must suggest you try every avenue you can to have your smile without any of the contrivances we http://jonraymond.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-perfect-smile.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222570677380347831.post-6924184980431651850Sun, 21 Dec 2014 22:02:00 +00002015-09-01T08:54:00.125-07:00filmmoviesreview The Scott Hatteberg walk off scene. This is a very typical sports underdog makes good scene, with a winning move at the climax of the movie. What’s interesting with Moneyball is that it’s main premise is that very thing, how overlooked underdogs actually have talent that can make all the difference. There is very little dialogue. Though we see the coach have to coax Hatte out to bat. http://jonraymond.blogspot.com/2014/12/moneyball-written-by-steven-zaillian.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222570677380347831.post-1933920181470473778Tue, 16 Dec 2014 06:48:00 +00002014-12-19T21:54:10.567-08:00hacksony That was you? Hey, I was just having some fun man. You busted open a major corporation. It must be worth billions. What'd they ever do for me? Look man, you could get jacked up for this. They think it's an entire Asian country that did it. This could start a nuclear war, man. I can't help what the government does. If they start a war, they were going to do it anyway. This just gives them a http://jonraymond.blogspot.com/2014/12/did-you-hear-about-sony-hack.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222570677380347831.post-6217645222536697334Sat, 13 Dec 2014 05:33:00 +00002014-12-13T23:08:35.537-08:00 I'm tired. Been working all day. I've been couped up in here all day. I want to go out. Fine. So go out. Fine. I will. Fine. Fine. Fine, I'll wash up. Maybe a shower will make me feel better. Need any help? Mmmm. Well, yeah. But then we'll never get out of here. Ok. Fine. I didn't mean... No. No. That's Ok. Take your shower. By yourself! Fine! I will! Fine! ....Feel better? Yeahhttp://jonraymond.blogspot.com/2014/12/want-to-go-out.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222570677380347831.post-6790492317660757487Tue, 09 Dec 2014 06:53:00 +00002015-07-22T02:02:08.157-07:00 <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Times; panose-1:2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} @font-face {font-family:"ＭＳ 明朝"; mso-font-charset:78; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:1 134676480 16 0 131072 0;} @font-face {http://jonraymond.blogspot.com/2014/12/la-car-chase.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222570677380347831.post-7150608554519611359Tue, 09 Dec 2014 05:37:00 +00002014-12-08T22:23:53.384-08:00 Joe vs the Volcano, by John Patrick Shanley: INT. ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT – DAY Joe comes in. Dede is typing away. Mr. Waturi is on the phone. Joe hangs up his coat. He misses with the hat again because of Dede’s typing. He leans over and switches the typewriter off. Then he picks up his hat, dusts it off and throws it in the garbage can. WATURI (on phone) No. No. You were wrong. http://jonraymond.blogspot.com/2014/12/quit.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222570677380347831.post-37268200097852394Sun, 07 Dec 2014 00:28:00 +00002014-12-08T21:41:18.132-08:00 SE: Jon first off I want to thank you for this opportunity to gain insight into the life and methods of a renown working screenwriter. JR: Thank you Shaun. I'm not too sure how renown I am, nor working in the sense of actually making a living. SE: We all have to start somewhere, and believe me, you are plenty renown in the circles I move in internationally. JR: Yes well I guess most people inhttp://jonraymond.blogspot.com/2014/12/my-interview-with-shaun-epona-of-screen.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222570677380347831.post-7433833198838509944Thu, 30 Oct 2014 20:20:00 +00002014-12-07T00:09:23.110-08:00 You look familiar. You come here often? What? Are you kidding? No. Seriously. It's like a deja vu or something. Does that line ever work for you? No. You're my first time. Ha. I don't think I've ever been anyone's first time. Well, there's a first time for everything. Yeah, and there's a last time. Nice to meet you. Wait a minute. I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable. Look, it wasn't... Ok. http://jonraymond.blogspot.com/2014/10/not-now.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222570677380347831.post-9179031593676976420Sat, 21 Jun 2014 23:58:00 +00002014-06-21T16:58:51.467-07:00 Yes there are way more films released than any one person can possibly see. But there are 7 billion people in the world. Perhaps there are huge numbers of people who have not seen many or even any of them. Even with 50,000 annual indie films, it should be mathematically easy to find audiences of 100, 000 for each one. Why is there a problem with marketing? Perhaps we are the problem. http://jonraymond.blogspot.com/2014/06/population-7-billion.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222570677380347831.post-2699611975200894341Sat, 07 Jun 2014 22:38:00 +00002015-09-01T08:51:40.441-07:00coen brotherscoensfilmmovie newsmoviesreviewscreenplay Originally posted on the Black List Title: A Serious Man [download a PDF version of the script here]. Year: 2009 Writing Credits: Joel Coen &amp; Ethan Coen IMDB rating: 7 IMDB plot summary: Bloomington, Minnesota, 1967: Jewish physics lecturer Larry Gopnik is a serious and a very put-upon man. His daughter is stealing from him to save up for a nose job, his pot-head son, who gets stonedhttp://jonraymond.blogspot.com/2014/06/review-serious-man.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222570677380347831.post-2743490666145292913Fri, 02 May 2014 01:44:00 +00002014-12-20T11:33:35.583-08:00acaaffordable care actcancercollege loanscorporate greedfinancehcrhealthhealth carehealth care insurancehealth care reformobamacarePPACA Let's Review Insurance is not healthcare. Insurance is premiums and co-pays Insurance companies are known to deny claims for expensive catastrophic conditions, such as cancer treatment. 61% of bankruptcies are due to medical debt. Many people in debt had insurance when they first got sick, but claims were denied. There are no regulations to require insurance companies to honor claims, or to http://jonraymond.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-sadism-of-american-health-care.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222570677380347831.post-5297996828601151569Tue, 18 Mar 2014 17:04:00 +00002014-12-21T23:01:49.708-08:00 When we watch a documentary I think we feel that we are getting insight into something happening in the real world, as opposed to fiction. Yet I question the truth and honesty in most documentaries, especially when they bring in some known authority [By the way I hate the same old tired parade of credentialed talking heads on news channels like MSNBC to the point where I can't bear to watch http://jonraymond.blogspot.com/2014/03/honesty.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0