Conversations with Famous Writers
November 26th, 2006
Marcy talks about Mary Kate and Ashley, George Clooney, and what makes a perfect soundtrack.
[tags]marcy, twins, writing, interviews[/tags]
Fast Food Nation Press Day
November 3rd, 2006
A timely reminder why I don’t particularly enjoy press junkets. I was at the Regency on Park Ave yesterday morning for a marathon roundtable session for Fast Food Nation: Eric Schlosser, Wilmer Valderrama, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Bobby Cannavale, Paul Dano, and Richard Linklater. Don’t get me wrong, all of these people proved friendly, talented, and smart, and I’d love to hang out with every single one of them–especially Schlosser and Linklater.
But sharing them with a table full of wide-eyed interns, self-promoting film critics, and aggressive vegan activists for twenty-minute stints in crowded hotel rooms to repeat what they already said for the press kit while their publicists are hovering over them with an eye on the clock is more than a little bit frustrating. I got in one non-starter question with Linklater and otherwise resigned myself to trying to absorb some of his dedication and energy. Now I have a couple of hours worth of audio to transcribe for a proper About.com write-up….
[tags]film, press, film critics, interviews, richard linklater, eric schlosser[/tags]
Marcy Talks
November 1st, 2006
Two new interviews with Marcy Dermansky, author of the “deliciously weird page turner” Twins:
- LitPark asks about high school secrets. With photos!
- Little Willow
[tags]marcy, books, writing, interviews, twins[/tags]
Who the Devil Made It
January 18th, 2005
864 of Bogdanovich interviews with classic Hollywood directors. Been reading this off and on for months, and today the Queens Public Library reclaimed it from me, half finished. I got through Fritz Lang, George Cukor, Howard Hawks, Leo McCarey, Allan Dwan and most of Alfred Hitchcock. Great stories and lots of practical, no-frills insight once you’re past the me! me! me! Bogdanovich introductions. I’ll have to put this back on the queue immediately to read the rest.
