What sets Hitchcock apart is his timeless mastery of visual storytelling. Long before CGI and advanced post-production, he crafted suspense with lighting, camera angles, music, and human emotion. His careful control over every shot, every performance, and every narrative twist is a reminder to all filmmakers — including us — that the art of storytelling lies in the details.
If you’ve ever picked up a phone—be it a rotary, a landline, or the smartphone in your pocket—you have Alexander Graham Bell to thank.
We are pleased and proud to announce that 2023 has been a red-letter year for Crystal Pyramid Productions company principals Mark Schulze and Patty Mooney.
When Mark Schulze and Patty Mooney married on their mountain bikes in the Cuyamacas 1987, little did they realize that their “children” would turn out to be a set of award-winning, educational videos on mountain biking.
“The Great Mountain Biking Video” (1988) was the first video ever produced on mountain biking. It details the nuts, bolts and passions of the sport: how to select a bike, how and where to ride, trail repair how-tos, and even a rider’s responsibility to the land and other recreationists. Billboard praised “The Great Mountain Biking Video” as “A fine introduction to the exciting world of mountain biking” and suggested that “Anyone interested in taking up this activity would be advised to view this program beforehand.”
Patricia Mooney began her mountain bike journey in 1986, when she and her husband, Mark Schulze, bought mountain bikes for each other as Christmas gifts. It was a bit of a rocky start, literally. On her first ride, she balked at riding across a stream. Mark encouraged her to ride across the water quipping “Hey, this is what mountain bikes are for.”
You lost them to bullets, internment,
drugs, suicide, alcohol, jail, PTSD
Divorce, but never never did you any of you
ever lose them to the truth
which is now being shared
across this great nation
in such an act of spontaneous
moral courage, it’s like many
never have been seen on any battlefield
in the history of mankind….
Amen to that, brother.
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From Johnny’s Song: Poetry of a Vietnam Veteran by Steve Mason (May 1986).
A Bantam Book
