Saturday, October 06, 2012

First Big Screen View of Tom Wolfe Gets Back to Blood

On Thursday, Oct. 4, we tested the film in the theater at O’Cinema in Miami. I snapped this picture from my front row seat. So exciting to see the movie on a big theater screen! It looked great!    

Sunday, September 30, 2012

Video: Tom Wolfe is dementia-free

Anders Gyllenhaal, former Miami Herald Executive Editor, said Tom Wolfe’s mental clarity was striking when the two met while Tom Wolfe was researching his novel ‘Back to Blood’. Oscar Corral, the Director of the documentary Tom Wolfe Gets Back to…

Saturday, September 29, 2012

Video: What to expect from Tom Wolfe’s ‘Back to Blood’

Former Miami Herald Executive Editor Anders Gyllenhaal explains the unpredictability of Tom Wolfe’s new book, ‘Back to Blood’. He refers back to the night that Tom Wolfe gave  a talk at Miami’s Freedom Tower in 2007. That event made news,…

Saturday, September 29, 2012

Video: Tom Wolfe on bikini shock and bare skin

On the way back from the Columbus Day regatta in Miami Tom Wolfe gives the Director of Tom Wolfe Gets Back to Blood, Oscar Corral, an inside look on how he feels about nudity in today’s society. Tom Wolfe was…

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Video: Tom Wolfe’s Spanish secret

While in Miami researching ‘Back to Blood’, Tom Wolfe reveals that he knows enough Spanish to survive in Miami, but maybe not enough to read Don Quixote in its native tongue. Oscar Corral, Director of Tom Wolfe Gets Back to…

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Video: Miami is the #1 immigrant city in the world

Paul George, a history professor at Miami Dade College and a top Miami historian, cites the 2003 United Nations Study which revealed that Miami, with more than 60% of its citizens foreign born, is the immigrant capital of the world….

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Video: Miami’s Cuban flavor surprised Tom Wolfe

Miami’s extent of Miami’s Cuban influence surprised Tom Wolfe while he was researching his novel ‘Back to Blood’. The Director for the documentary film Tom Wolfe Gets Back to Blood, Oscar Corral, had a sit down chat with Tom Wolfe…

Monday, September 24, 2012

Video: Miami Cop was a Cuban source for Tom Wolfe

Angel Calzadilla, a late Miami cop, recalls how Tom Wolfe asked him about Cuban culture and the structure of a Cuban family. Angel and Tom met several times for interviews and conversations while Tom Wolfe was in Miami researching his…

Monday, September 24, 2012

Video: How Miami cop Angel Calzadilla met Tom Wolfe

Angel Calzadilla, a Miami cop who died last year, shares his story on how he was introduced to Tom Wolfe for the first time at a conference in Philadelphia by the Chief of Police at the time, John Timoney. Oscar…

Saturday, September 22, 2012

Video: Tom Wolfe’s confirms “research” visit to strip club

While Tom Wolfe was in Miami researching his book ‘Back to Blood’, he went to a strip club in Sunny Isles to research the scene. His book reflects the strip club visit. Film Director Oscar Corral interviewed Tom Wolfe at…