Caught M. Night Shyamalan's "Unbreakable" on TV this weekend as part of a promotion for "The Village." I had seen "Unbreakable" in the theatre and didn't really dig it, but seeing it again on tee vee, it somehow got to me.

Weird, but I guess I was in just the right mood.

What's really weird is that Cinespace is showing the flick as well, but you can eat and watch it too, but I doubt they knew it was going to be on TV so close to their screening.

So later, I stopped off at Odyssey Video and picked up, "Signs" which I never bothered to see cause so many of my friends trashed it.

Guess what?

I totally dug that movie! Okay, maybe it wasn't perfect, but I thought it did some cool and brave things. Some of it was truly brilliant.

I also picked up "Minority report" which I had seen before and liked, but wanted to see it again because of the DVD extras. I was hoping that Janusz Kaminski would talk about his bleach processing of the film to get that washed out look. He barely touched on it.

I want to try and find a way to get that look with DV since my work has that Blue quality anyway. I'd just like to see if I can get some people to have White burned out faces and Pink and Orange that I'm getting.

Except on the African American actors. I'm looking to get a nice Chocolate look, Dark and Milk, or as one actress described her color... "Decaf."

I picked up my friend Rick Schmidt's new book, "Extreme DV at Used-Car Prices" and was surprised he never mentions me in the book after such a loving letter from him about how a letter I had sent him was used to help show the publishers that this book was viable and buy-able.

Oh well, I just won't mention him in my book.

Rick's new book is wonderful. Just reading his stuff is so inspiring and makes you want to get a camera, get some actors, quit your job, live in a van, spend all your money on your art, then borrow other people's money to spend on your art...

But all that in a good way.

If your going to go into debt, wouldn't you rather owe money for making art than have debt cause you used credit cards on groceries, gas and utilities?

Email Rick Schmidt and tell him how much I, Jerry Lentz mean to you and how Jerry wouldn't be who he is today without Rick...

See? Were all connected in this wonderful universe... Universe means "one song" right?

Then buy Rick's book Extreme DV at Used-Car Prices.

Tell him you know me and I bet he'll let you have it at the regular price.