Dr. Peter Weller
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They all source Giotto. Picasso. All of them. Cara, Rembrandt, Caravaggio. They all say it, Peter. So if you do not know Giotto, you don't have any context. You don't know what you're talking about. Because you're like all the Americans I know, the movie guys who can drop all these hot names, you know, Warhol or whatever. But even Warhol knows who Giotto was and studied Giotto. So who are you?
And I'm thinking, damn, man. I feel like historical idiot. And so my buddy Brian Hamill, arguably one of the great poster photographers ever, brother of the, it's nice that Mark Mara, I know he, not only him and his brothers, Pete Hamill and John and Dennis Hamill, the Hamill clan of true artists. But Brian is one of the, you know, the poster, De Niro in Raging Bull with the sweat. Okay, yes.
And I'm thinking, damn, man. I feel like historical idiot. And so my buddy Brian Hamill, arguably one of the great poster photographers ever, brother of the, it's nice that Mark Mara, I know he, not only him and his brothers, Pete Hamill and John and Dennis Hamill, the Hamill clan of true artists. But Brian is one of the, you know, the poster, De Niro in Raging Bull with the sweat. Okay, yes.
And I'm thinking, damn, man. I feel like historical idiot. And so my buddy Brian Hamill, arguably one of the great poster photographers ever, brother of the, it's nice that Mark Mara, I know he, not only him and his brothers, Pete Hamill and John and Dennis Hamill, the Hamill clan of true artists. But Brian is one of the, you know, the poster, De Niro in Raging Bull with the sweat. Okay, yes.
Manhattan. Yes. Well, yeah, it was Manhattan. Oh, yeah. The bridge, man. Redford with the natural. Okay. Gifted, gifted photographer, photographic artist.
Manhattan. Yes. Well, yeah, it was Manhattan. Oh, yeah. The bridge, man. Redford with the natural. Okay. Gifted, gifted photographer, photographic artist.
Manhattan. Yes. Well, yeah, it was Manhattan. Oh, yeah. The bridge, man. Redford with the natural. Okay. Gifted, gifted photographer, photographic artist.
And a longtime friend. And we all celebrate yesterday, right? And all my friends... Because I go to Venice every year for Christmas Hanukkah. All Christmas Hanukkahs I spend in Venice for the last... Since that day. Since Vittorio. Really? Yeah, man.
And a longtime friend. And we all celebrate yesterday, right? And all my friends... Because I go to Venice every year for Christmas Hanukkah. All Christmas Hanukkahs I spend in Venice for the last... Since that day. Since Vittorio. Really? Yeah, man.
And a longtime friend. And we all celebrate yesterday, right? And all my friends... Because I go to Venice every year for Christmas Hanukkah. All Christmas Hanukkahs I spend in Venice for the last... Since that day. Since Vittorio. Really? Yeah, man.
Because from Japan, I went to... Venice, and I never looked back. And I told my mother, I said, I'm going to Venice. I'm in Venice today. I missed two out of the last 34 years. I missed two Christmases.
Because from Japan, I went to... Venice, and I never looked back. And I told my mother, I said, I'm going to Venice. I'm in Venice today. I missed two out of the last 34 years. I missed two Christmases.
Because from Japan, I went to... Venice, and I never looked back. And I told my mother, I said, I'm going to Venice. I'm in Venice today. I missed two out of the last 34 years. I missed two Christmases.
So Brian and I, we do that. We go to Venice, and we go to Padua. You know, we were initially not going to do it. We were going to go to St. Bart's. He broke up with a girlfriend, and I was doing a great movie, but it was a miserable time in northern Quebec. And he said, man, I don't want to go to St. Barts. I said, well, he says, let's go to someplace dreary, man. Yeah, Venice is horrible.
So Brian and I, we do that. We go to Venice, and we go to Padua. You know, we were initially not going to do it. We were going to go to St. Bart's. He broke up with a girlfriend, and I was doing a great movie, but it was a miserable time in northern Quebec. And he said, man, I don't want to go to St. Barts. I said, well, he says, let's go to someplace dreary, man. Yeah, Venice is horrible.
So Brian and I, we do that. We go to Venice, and we go to Padua. You know, we were initially not going to do it. We were going to go to St. Bart's. He broke up with a girlfriend, and I was doing a great movie, but it was a miserable time in northern Quebec. And he said, man, I don't want to go to St. Barts. I said, well, he says, let's go to someplace dreary, man. Yeah, Venice is horrible.
We hate Venice. We warn people. He says, yeah, let's go there, man. I'm feeling terrible. You're feeling terrible. Let's go to the worst place for Christmas. And that way, there will be no place to go but up.
We hate Venice. We warn people. He says, yeah, let's go there, man. I'm feeling terrible. You're feeling terrible. Let's go to the worst place for Christmas. And that way, there will be no place to go but up.
We hate Venice. We warn people. He says, yeah, let's go there, man. I'm feeling terrible. You're feeling terrible. Let's go to the worst place for Christmas. And that way, there will be no place to go but up.
Now, I wrote about this in Travel Leisure.