Two years ago at this time, I was frantic to wrap up revisions on Auralia’s Colors. Last year, I was frantic to wrap up revisions on Cyndere’s Midnight. In the next three weeks, I’m wrapping up revisions on Raven’s Ladder… if my laptop doesn’t catch fire first.
So it’s very encouraging, in the long long hours of trimming, re-writing, and re-imagining, to get a letter like this one:
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I’m thrilled to share my interview with Lee Isaac Chung, director of Munyurangabo, today at Filmwell.
Chung also shared an essay, published at Filmwell, about his experiences and approach to filmmaking.
You can bet his movie will be in my short list of favorites for 2009. It’s easily my favorite so far.
My review will be up at Image next week.
Looking Closer reader Tyler Petty just came up with a good idea for a discussion starter.
I mentioned in my first installment of 140 Characters that the movie Midnight Run is on my list of personal, all-time top ten favorite films. I include that film for many reasons. Some of those reasons have to do with the film itself, and some have to do with the friendships in which the film played a memorable part.
So Tyler suggested a conversation about what titles we’d include in our lists that are particular to us, titles you’d probably rarely find in anyone else’s short-list of favorites.
So, I’m curious. If you compiled a short list of your all time favorites, what would stand out as an unusual choice? And why?
Let’s talk about both movies and music. What would surprise us on your lists?
Lately I’ve been thinking about how rare it is that I find myself thinking about a movie’s main character.
Usually, when I leave the theater, I’m already talking about the supporting character who won my attention. I think it’s time to draw your attention to some of these memorable characters. Most of them are so intriguing, I’d love to see them lead their own TV series. They just have that magic that makes them irresistible. I can’t get enough of them.
And, since Twitter has made it clear that we should express what’s important to us in 140 Characters, I am going to start doing just that.
These are characters who I think deserve more attention than they’ve received, characters that live on in my imagination long after they’ve left the big screen. They’re the characters I think about when I’m writing my own stories.
Your job? Be the first to identify the film (or one of the films) these characters inhabit. If you want to play fairly and honestly, you won’t use the Internet to look up the answer. (But hey, a bazillion people downloaded Wolverine illegally, so I know that an appeal for responsibility is probably useless…)
The prizes? The satisfaction of knowing you’ve probably spent far too many beautiful days watching movies. :) And your name will be up in lights when I post the next character.
And we begin with:
The Browser: News & links to raise your eyebrows & furrow your brow. New headlines may be added as the day goes on. Stay tuned. (more…)
If anyone here took my recommendation and rented The Orphanage, I apologize.
Today, I discovered that I was wrong. Three critics from the scholarly review known as Amazon.com have set me straight.
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