Hello All....
My name is Anthony Albarran. I live in North Venice, FL. I grew up in Boardman, OH and went to school at The Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY. After getting a degree in New Media Design and Imaging, I moved down to FL with the 'rents. Job hunting was pretty unsuccessful for a good two years. I slaved in the local Barnes & Noble's receiving department for a while. I still work there 2 days a week, the discount is just too good. Then the Realtor who sold my parents our home, turned out to be the weekend weatherperson at the local ABC affiliate, WWSB. She got me in touch with the chief editor at the station and a few months later, the weekend editing job opened up. I took the job without hesitation.
When did I first start looking at film as an art form? Probably, middle way through high school when my dad told me to sit my ass down and he put in an old, heavily used, surprisingly letterboxed, VHS copy of 'Lawrence of Arabia'. It was definitely one of those life-changing moments. The story, characters, and settings were so compelling, I felt as though I was crossing the sun-scorched desert with Lawrence and crew. More and more I would discover the classics we had on video and find myself in front of TV more often. 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Seven Samurai, The Sting, and Psycho were very heavily watched in my High School years. Yet, I could still watch and enjoy mindless entertainment movies.
Then DVDs hit. I haven't been the same person since. As my collection grew so did my appreciation for foreign, exploitation, and genre films.