Hope & Inspiration at Sundance, After the Pall Cast by the Death of Bingham Ray
January, 25, 2012 12:01 pm | Comments On #MoviesA long time ago, nearly as long ago as when the New York Times actually ran a headline about Todd Haynes’ and Christine Vachon’s "Poison" as ham-fisted as “Gay Film Wins at Sundance,” Village Voice critic Amy Taubin attended a screening of a movie I was working on. This was in New York in the early '90s. I was in my early 20s and just starting to get my own little projects.
As per norm, the day after the screening I called her on the telephone to ask what she thought. Taubin spat it over the line at me. I don’t remember anything else about the conversation, only that at some point she said, “There’s just so much death.”
It’s one of those lines you never forget.
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Read MoreBonnie Fuller's Crimes Against Cinema
May, 05, 2011 12:03 pm | Comments On #MoviesOpen Letter to MPAA Chairman Christopher Dodd
Dear Chairman Dodd:
First, may I congratulate you on your new job as chairman of the MPAA and salute your many years of service to the people of Connecticut and to all Americans. I have long been a fan.
I am writing today as a union movie publicist representing an independent feature film that is currently shooting in and around (and boosting the economy of) Wilmington, N.C. Between some recent deadly storms, the dedicated and talented cast and crew of “Hick” has also had to dodge some flak of a different sort from a woman who purports to know something about “Hollywood Life”: Bonnie Fuller and her HollywoodLife.com website.
Bonnie Fuller’s Hollywood Life is by nature an obfuscation: Fuller lives and works in New York, not Hollywood, knows everything about the publishing...
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Jeremy Walker is a festival consultant and unit publicist based in Malibu. He most recently worked with Heather Donahue on publicity for her memoir "Growgirl" (Gotham Books). Follow Jeremy on Twitter at @JWABroadcast.
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