January 4th, 2008
Bull Hockey

Kaye on set

I have decided to get out more. Unfortunately, this resolution went into effect yesterday—the coldest day in anyone’s recent memory—when I decided to loiter around Madison Square Garden and watch eccentric British director Tony Kaye shoot a promotional film for Ford and its sponsorship of the Professional Bull Riders tour, which is in Manhattan this weekend.

You might remember Kaye as the director of American History X, although he was so unhappy with the final…

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Jim Hanas is the author of the short story collection Why They Cried (Joyland eBooks/ECW Press) and director of audience development at HarperCollins Publishers.

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