Archive for the 'International' Category

• 10.22.07 From Russia with Questions

  My name is Nerses, I am from Moscow, Russian Federation. I have two questions and I hope you will find time to answer on some of them.

  I am 16 and next fall I’m going to apply to US universities as an international applicant. But before getting into film school (like USC or UCLA), I want [...]

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• 09.06.07 Back from Venice

  I’m back from the Venice Film Festival, where The Nines had its international premiere.

  The movie screened three times, but the main public debut was 2:30 p.m. on Monday. At lunch that day, both the sales agent and the publicist separately pulled me aside to say, “So, John, you should know that if [...]

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• 06.28.07 Summer Reruns

  Over the next two weeks, you’ll notice a bit of deja vu at this site: old articles suddenly popping up on the front page, with new dates and old comments. It’s not a technical glitch. I’m putting the site into reruns while I’m out of the country and off the grid.

  I’m going to Africa — [...]

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• 04.07.06 La escritura profesional y el auge de los amateurs

  Daniel Castro has the first part of my essay, “Professional Writing and the Age of the Amateur,” translated into Spanish at his site. He volunteered, and I wasn’t going to say no.

  Decidí que mi conferencia de esta noche no fuera estrictamente sobre la escritura de guiones sino sobre escritura en general. Todos los que [...]

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