A Conversation with Robert Mark Kamen
Over the past 40 years Robert Mark Kamen has written 23 feature films among them: TAPS, THE KARATE KID 1,2,3, and 5 THE POWER OF ONE, LETHAL WEAPON 3, A WALK IN THE CLOUDS, THE FIFTH ELEMENT, TRANSPORTER 1,2,3, TAKEN 1, 2, 3. COLOMBIANA, ANGEL HAS FALLEN.
Robert was born in the Bronx, New York. He received his BA from NYU in Literature, and his Masters and Ph.D in American Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. In 1979 he sold the first screenplay he ever wrote to Warner Bros.
With the proceeds from his first screenplay Robert purchased 300 acres of raw land in Sonoma California in the Mayacamas Mountains overlooking the San Francisco Bay. In 1980 he planted a 50 acre organic vineyard on the land, which today produces highly regarded Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah wines.
Books Chosen
The Structure of the Scientific Revolution by Thomas Kuhn
Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner
Desperadoes by Ron Hansen
Other Materials
William Faulkner Interview in The Paris Review
William Faulkner Nobel Prize Speech
Backlisted podcast episode about Absalom, Absalom!
Unleashed starring Jet Li, Morgan Freeman and Bob Hoskins
Robert Mark Kamen winery
Listener of the week (Film producer, director and writer James Cotton)
Jean-Pierre Melville: An American In Paris by Ginette Vincendeau
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