There is one thing every single actor, director, and movie person have in common; they were all bitten by this certain “bug.” This results in an insatiable itch to do whatever it takes to make it in the movie business.

As a researcher for Movies on Chatham, I spend many hours reading about movie makers and never fail to learn when and how they get bitten by this peculiar “bug.”

Milos Forman, bitten by the bug

This month’s movie is One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and its director, Milos Forman, is my assignment. I knew I was making progress when I came across the very moment Forman knew he was going to dedicate his working life to the film industry. Continue reading Milos Forman: From a bug bite in war-torn Czechoslovakia to the Cuckoo’s Nest →