URL: http://kolson-kevinsblog.blogspot.com/
Site Name: Hugo Stiglitz Makes Movies
Categories: General: My site covers all things film with a special affinity for Italian Horror.
Rating: PG-13
What is the main focus of your site?
The main focus to my site is to share my amateur musings on film, frequently focusing specific attention on the Italian Horror sub-genre. Really I just love film and want to write about it.
What are your blogging goals, personally and/or professionally? In other words, what, if anything, are you trying to get out your blog?
My blogging goals are pretty selfish actually...I write for me. It's a great outlet, and about three years ago I wasn't writing at all, I was sick of it; but lately, thanks to the blog, I've found the joy and passion for writing about film that I used to have as a teenager. I don't think about my blog as a professional site, I rarely seek out publicity, so I guess it's a testament to the quality of the blog (if I may pat my own back for a second) that any readership I've acquired over the years has come with zero promoting or advertising on my part. I comment on other peoples blogs because I like what they write, and I want to talk about film, not to rack up the hits to my own blog.
Do you prefer an interactive community for your blog or are you the teacher and your readers are the students?
Interactive all the way. I give my opinions in traditional reviews, but the real conversation doesn't begin until people start commenting. I comment to every person specifically in hopes of fostering a blog where serious film lovers can come and talk about movies.
How long have you been movie blogging for, and how frequent do you post updates to your site?
I've been blogging for about a year now, and I post something around every three or four days, depending on my work schedule. I'm a teacher, so in the summer there is usually a post every other day.
Name up to three of your favorite movies (and no more).
8 1/2, Vertigo, Pulp Fiction.
How did you hear about the LAMB?
Through some of my favorite blogs like: Final Girl, Film for the Soul, and Lazy Eye Theater.
Any additional comments, or give yourself an interview question that's not listed above.
I have a great group of readers who like my blog and deliver great, awe-inspiring comments. I count myself lucky that so many great writers like my blog enough to read what I have to say, let alone leave great comments. Nothing on my blog is ever self-aggrandizing, and that's what I try to get across -- film writing should not be self-indulgent, it should be celebratory...oh, and I never take myself too seriously.
