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"This book is so well-researched and so well written that I read it non-stop from cover-to-cover because it was so engrossing.
Add to it the unsettling possibilities of unknown forces at work, and you have one hell of a story."
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Cameron Crowe really was a teenage Rolling Stone writer touring with rock royalty. We unpack how much of ALMOST FAMOUS truly happened (a lot). Loads of laughs as we go. On all platforms. https://t.co/tAD3aRuFe5
THE BOURNE IDENTITY was released 24 years ago today. A reinvention of the spy genre and the film that launched Matt Damon as an action star, the behind the scenes story might have your doubting your identity…
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John Carpenter on whether "Escape From New York" (1981) holds up after so many decades:
"I can’t watch it because I’m too critical of the things I’ve done. Once the movie’s cut together and I’ve seen the print, that’s it. I don’t want to look at it again. Because it’s over.
Kurt’s character, Snake Plissken, has lived in memory, and in the culture, and is extremely strong. And the cast and the acting in the movie is extremely strong. And the fun of it — the movie is just a silly adventure in the future, but it’s fun. It’s dark and fun. And that’s lived on, so I’m really proud of the film. I’m really happy about it."
(John Carpenter's interview with David Weiner, It Came From, 2021)
P.S: On this day, 45 years ago, "Escape From New York" (1981) premiered at the USA Film Festival.
"Whatever the hell you need to do" is how to sustain a career as a director, according to Barry Jenkins.
"I worked at Banana Republic for three and a half years while I had a deal at Focus Features and an agent at CAA," the Oscar-winning 'Moonlight' director and co-writer told fellow director Anu Valia ('We Strangers').
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@TheAnkler@juliayorks The process itself; the connecting with other filmmakers, the small wins along the way, the resilience to push through the dead quiet times when nobody's returning your calls/ emails, etc. That has to be part of the reward or you'll go mad. And 'it's hard' is subjective...