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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">REVIEW of film: <i> "<b><span style="color: #783f04;"><u>TOP</u> <u>FIVE</u></span></b>"</i> -- including <b>PHOTOS</b> of a visit by writer-director <b><span style="color: red;"><u>CHRIS</u> <u>ROCK</u></span></b> himself</span><br />
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I still <u>SEE</u> a large number of <b>new</b> film releases each year (50-100 or so)…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="uficommentbody"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></b></span><span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">… But, it’s extremely <b><u>TIME</u>-<u>CONSUMING</u></b> to view, create <b>writeups</b> & <b>photos,</b>
& then <u>POST</u> the Reviews & Reports online. There have been a slew of very important “<b><i><u>OTHER</u></i></b>”
projects that have needed to be handled in the past couple of years…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"> … Thus, due to <b>TIME constraints </b>& the like, it’s been vital that my time be
spent mainly on those “<u>SUPPLEMENTARY</u>” projects… <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"> … But, to “reassure” you that I’m still “<u>AROUND</u>”
(& “<b>active</b>” in my own “way”),
I’m going to herewith provide you with a <b><u>NEW</u></b>
Review / Report:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"> …
In CHICAGO (as in numerous <i>other</i>
locales), a great many of the <b>advance
screenings</b> of movies are <u>affiliated</u> with / promoted by various <b><span style="color: blue;">RADIO & TV</span></b>
stations, wherein people can enter contests or call-in to win passes…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"> … Periodically, those stations “<u>HOST</u>”
the general event to varying degrees. Mainly, it’s just to “<b>welcome</b>” the audience. But, every once in a while, there’s a little
“<u>entertainment</u>” before the film starts, usually involving things like <b><u>questions</u></b> to win some <i>prizes</i>…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> … On December 10, there was an advance
screening of <b><u><span style="color: #663300;">CHRIS</span></u><span style="color: #663300;"> <u>ROCK</u></span></b>’s new film </span></span><span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“<b><i><u><span style="color: green;">TOP</span></u><span style="color: green;"> <u>FIVE</u>”</span></i></b></span></span><span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">, hosted by <b><span style="color: red;">103.5 KISS-FM</span> </b>(iHeart Radio) at a downtown
multiplex... <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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station’s very personable spokesman “<b><u>ERIKZ</u></b>”—
who describes himself this way on their Facebook page: <i>“</i></span></span><i>Starbucks
People Watcher. Amateur Goat Breeder. Professional Wingman. (..okay.. two of
the three). Keep in touch! Twitter/Vine: @ErikZ Facebook/Youtube: @ErikZonAir </i><span class="uficommentbody"><i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">”…<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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questions for prizes), ERIK went into the audience & chose some volunteers
to compete in a “<b><u>DANCE</u>-OFF</b>”
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<i>other </i>people in the audience, a
number of the people chosen – plus <b>ERIKZ</b>
himself – turned out to be really <b><u>EXCELLENT</u></b>,
<b>creative</b> dancers, giving the
audience a bunch of <u>enjoyable</u> performances (as you can see in some of my
enclosed <b><i><u>PHOTOS</u></i></b> shot of the event)…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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begin, Erik presented <b><u><span style="color: #663300;">CHRIS</span></u><span style="color: #663300;"> <u>ROCK</u></span>
himself</b>, there <b>LIVE </b>in person in
the theater… (Unusually, the theater had
NOT restricted people from carrying or using their <u>PHONES</u> to take <b><i><u>PHOTOS</u></i></b>
of him there, as shown by <b>MY</b> photos
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… The audience greeted Chris with <b>HEARTY enthusiasm</b>. Very <u>comfortable</u> (as usual), he <b><u>KIDDED </u></b>around about <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Chicago</st1:place></st1:city> institutions,
saying things like, “How about those [baseball] <b><i><u>CUBS </u></i></b>[who did
pretty HORRIBLY last year, as usual]?!”, etc…
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… He did the same re the football
<b>BEARS</b> (who had a miserable season),
& then added-- of course, the city
does have the <b><i>BULLS </i></b>in basketball (who do well), and especially the hockey <b><u>BLACKHAWKS</u></b> (who’d been doing excellently)…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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… When the audience <u>CHEERED</u>
his comments, he quickly added a typical “Rock-ian” comment, remarking to the
mostly-<b>black </b>audience<b> </b>there that, being honest, could those <u>cheering</u>
actually <b><u>NAME</u></b> even <b>3 <i><u>MEMBERS</u></i>
</b>of the Blackhawks squad (which is almost completely a <i>white</i> team)?!, which brought forth appropriately <b>loud laughs</b>…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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… Getting to the subject of his <b>film</b> we’d be seeing, Chris said he was
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… He said, he hoped <b><u>WE’D</u> enjoy</b> watching it, &,
if we <u>did,</u> please <b><i><u>SHARE</u></i></b> that impression with
our <b>friends</b>!... And, he urged us to use SOCIAL MEDIA to TWEET & POST about our positive reactions... Chris added, if we <u>didn’t</u> feel really positive, feel free to keep “<b><u>QUIET</u></b>”
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is, a very popular <u>COMEDY</u>-film performer (CHRIS ROCK as “Andre Allen”
who makes low-level “<b>HAMMY</b>”-the-bear films) decides he wants to be taken more “<b><u>SERIOUSLY</u></b>”, & works to <u>LEAVE</u>
being funny by making a “<b>IMPORTANT</b>”
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doesn’t “help</b>” his situation by his having plans to <u>marry</u> a <b>REALITY TV </b>star (<b><u><span style="color: magenta;">GABRIELLE</span></u><span style="color: magenta;"> <u>UNION</u></span> </b>as “Erica Long”), with the event
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Adding to the mix is supposed-reporter “Chelsea Brown” (played by <b><span style="color: maroon;">ROSARIO DAWSON</span></b>),
who keeps <b>interviewing</b> &
“hanging” with Chris all over the <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New
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Chris’ comedy friends (such <b>as ADAM
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makes a comment about the importance of <u>marriages</u>) & short bits by <b>JB SMOOVE </b>& <b>CEDRIC THE ENTERTAINER, </b>they really <b>don’t</b> “<b><u>DO</u></b>” or “<b><u>ADD</u></b>” much of anything special to
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comedy as one of the main stars in the quite funny “<b><i><span style="color: #993366;">THE
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Starting on August 7 (&, for me, on August 8) thru October 25th of 2012, I and hundreds of other people worked as “<u><b>BACKGROUND</b></u>” extras on filming the Indian film “<span style="color: red;"><i><b>DHOOM 3</b></i></span>” in <b>Chicago</b>… </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /> … Following various instructions I was given by Production people (+ using my own creativity in the parameters presented to me), I had like <b><u>7</u></b> distinct “roles” over the 9 days I worked on the production… <br /><br /> … The film was released theatrically in Chicago on <b>December 20</b>, 2013 (after opening in India like 1 week prior to that), & I went to <u><b>SEE</b></u> it on opening (at the<i><b> AMC River East </b></i>at 322 E Illinois Street in downtown Chicago)… </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> … I was extremely <u><b>impressed</b></u> by the <b>excellent</b> <b><u>PHOTOGRAPHY</u> & <u>EDITING</u></b>, plus the effective <b>ACTING</b> (especially by <span style="color: blue;"><b>AAMIR KHAN</b></span>) & fine <b>production</b> & <i><b>special effects </b></i>work inherent in it…</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /> … Here’s a little “<span style="color: #38761d;"><u><b>COMMENTARY</b></u></span>” on what I saw, & “<u><b>MEMORIES</b></u>” it brought back to me:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /> … The film starts out at the <b>SHEDD AQUARIUM</b> (which was filmed their <u>LAST</u> DAY here); since it was set up as the home of what they called the “<i>GREAT INDIAN </i><b><i><u>CIRCUS</u></i></b><i>”</i>, that’s used as a “<b>touchstone</b>” <u><b>thruout</b></u> the movie (via various different scenes shot at that location)… </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /> … I think I <u>MIGHT</u> have seen <u><b>myself</b></u> </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">as a patron </span>walking up the <b>stairs</b> of that building (shown below) to “<u>attend</u>” the circus-- but, since most “extra” scenes there tended to be “short” and / or fast-moving, I <b>can’t</b> be sure… </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> ... There were some nice “<u>lingering</u>” scenes of people at <b>tables</b> in <b>front</b> of the building (but those were of the “<i>fancier</i>-dressed” people)...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /> … Another “theme” of the movie were <b>various</b> buildings made-up to be branches of the “<b>WESTERN <u>BANK</u></b> OF CHICAGO”… </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> ... (As I commented at the time of filming, it seemed someone must’ve “<u>HATED</u>” that particular bank, because <b><i><u>ALL</u></i></b> the bank actions seemed to involve<b> just </b>branches of <b>THAT</b> specific “bank”!… After I later saw the <u>completed</u> film, I learned whether I was <i>"<b>RIGHT</b>"</i> about that & <u><b>WHY</b></u>!...)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> … One was a tall building on <b>LaSalle </b>street (208 south; shown below), which was used to show star <b><span style="color: blue;">AAMIR KHAN</span></b> “<u><b>RAPPELLING</b></u>” <u>down</u> the <u><b><i>outside</i></b></u> of, while paper <u><b>money</b></u> floats down on people walking the <i>sidewalk</i> beneath him… </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /> … I was one of the “gang of 5” people chosen to be in a “<u><b>front</b></u> line” of people <u>walking</u> there, all of us who <b>PICK-UP</b> mounds of <b><u>money</u></b> that’d floated down there (near a “homeless” guy sitting on the sidewalk & <i>begging</i> for money)… </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /> … But, while they filmed the scene like <u>20</u> or more times, 90% of which were aimed at <i>“us” </i>in the “gang of 5” + of those behind us walking <u>NORTH</u> on the sidewalk there, the <b>edited</b> version used mainly the “<u>HOMELESS</u>” guy + people looking on as they walked <b>SOUTH </b>in front of the building…<br /><br /> … I recognized my (blonde-haired) friend <span style="color: magenta;"><b>LAURA BRADLEY</b></span> (shown below on the right) in that “south-bound” group there, since she’s seen like <b>3</b> times in the onlooker group</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /> … Later-on, the film showed scenes of Aamir <u><b>ESCAPING</b></u> from that bank area during an “<b>EXPLOSION</b>” & <b><u>motorcycle</u></b> chase there; I well remember how I stood watching in <u>fascination</u> as the <u>STUNT</u> people <b>FILMED</b> that scene (& of <b>cop cars</b> chasing <u><i>AFTER</i></u> him)… </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> … Further on in the movie, they showed <span style="color: blue;">Aamir </span>driving his <b>motorcycle</b> into a <u><b>GARAGE</b></u> on Wabash street under the “el” train tracks, followed by <b>COP</b> cars… </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> … My friend <span style="color: #38761d;"><b>ED BUCHALO</b></span> did some scenes <u>INSIDE</u> the garage (with his car), & possibly he’ll “recognize” some scenes (& memories) there when <i>he </i>sees the film…</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> ... I well remember how, as we were filming on Wabash (& later on LaSalle), lots of <b>INDIAN</b> people gathered on the periphery of the area to catch a <u>glimpse</u> of Indian superstar <u><i><b><span style="color: blue;">AAMIR</span></b></i></u> & later, to call-out & try to talk to & have <b>PHOTOS</b> taken with him (as shown below)...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /> … While I didn’t see myself there, I saw fellow actor <span style="color: #674ea7;"><b>JAMES PETREAN</b></span> walking in “<u><b>front</b></u>” of the building (on Washington street, shown below), & even “<u><b><i>interacting</i></b></u>” with one of the featured actors via a “<b>high-five</b>” & by speaking some <b><i><u>words</u></i></b> (which James later told us was <b>DUBBED</b> in-- it was <u>NOT</u> his voice we'd heard!)… </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /> … And, James was seen at least 2-3 OTHER times <b>INSIDE</b> the “bank” (shot in other locations), including at a round “information” desk & <u>walking</u> elsewhere inside…</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> ...One of those numbers was done at a northside <u>ALLEY</u> (& backyard courtyard) around Diversey Street & Sheridan Road… At one point, you see 2 older guys playing <u><i><b>CHESS</b></i></u>, & one of those guys was played by my actor friend <span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>FRANK GAGLIARDO</b></span>… </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> … Around 3/4ths of the way thru the film, there are some scenes filmed at <b><u>NAVY</u> <u>PIER</u></b> around the<b> CAROUSEL </b>area (shot on October 7th of 2012)… </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> ... Tho set in the “summer”, it was filmed on a horribly <u>COLD</u> nite (requiring fired-up <b>HEATERS</b> outside)-- but, you do not “see” that from the many extras, including the young <u><b>KIDS</b></u> doing a synchronized <u>dance</u> number…</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /> … I enjoyed seeing the scenes of <b><span style="color: blue;">AAMIR</span></b> <u>riding</u> the carousel (which I WALKED around during <i>filming</i> that evening), + people (including one of the female leads) at the <b>COTTON CANDY </b>vendor (which I walked “<u>towards</u>” in the original film-shoot takes done that day, sauntering by one of the ladies who was <b><i>dancing</i></b> near the vendor)…</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /> … <u>Later</u> on in the movie, they have various scenes shot at <b><u>GREAT</u> <u>AMERICA </u></b>amusement park (in the suburb of Gurnee, IL)… During some of the various <u>DAYTIME</u> scenes, you once again see <span style="color: #674ea7;"><b>JAMES PETREAN </b></span>walking around there…</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /> … Plus, I recognized <span style="color: #38761d;"><b>ED BUCHALO</b></span> (pictured above) as he was walking (in his checkered shirt & medium blue fanny pack that day), near the left side of the screen… And, “Big <b>MIKE</b>” <b>HAMMOND</b> can also be seen walking to the <i>right </i>in a scene filmed there… (Below is a <b>photo</b> of <i>both</i> of them, done on the last day of shooting)...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> ... After one of the extra guys <u>announces</u> to the "public" that the park is about to <u>CLOSE</u>, <span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>AAMIR</b></span> walks <u><i><b>INTO</b></i></u> the park-- & suddenly “<u>jumps</u>” on the back of a guy he sees walking ahead of him, namely, co-star <span style="color: #7f6000;"><b>ABHISHEK BACHCHAN</b></span> [who plays an Indian COP named Jai Dixit who is seen “<u><b>pursuing</b></u>” Aamir in the film]…</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /> … When they <u>filmed</u> the numerous takes of the above-detailed scene (on the rainy nite of October 19th, 2012), I was wearing a <b>green & white</b> checkered <u>flannel</u> shirt + wearing glasses (to “vary” my appearance in the movie roles)… <br /><br /> … I made sure to “<b>time</b>” my walking <u>OUT</u> towards the gate so I could “<u><b>REACT</b></u>” to seeing those 2 people (<span style="color: blue;"><b>AAMIR</b></span> & <span style="color: #7f6000;"><b>ABHISHEK</b></span>) walk <u><i>INTO</i></u> the “closing” park, & to respond with “<u><b>surprise</b></u>” (namely, a bit of a “double-take”) to seeing one “<u>JUMP</u>” upon the other…<br /><br /> … And, it was seeing exactly <u><b>that</b></u> scene where I <b>clearly </b>recognized <b><i><u>MYSELF</u></i></b> at the far <b>right-hand</b> side of the screen!… (Casting assistant <span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>BOBBI TAXALI </b></span>later commented that she <u><i>ALSO</i></u> recognized me in that scene…)<br /><br /> … Later in the film, you see still <b><i>another </i>BANK</b> “<u><b>ATTACK</b></u>” scene… This was shot (on August 31 of 2012) at the <b>FIELD MUSEUM</b> (for the “outdoor” shots, including with a HELICOPTER hovering overhead), & was the most “<u>FUN</u>” day I had on sets during the film-shooting I did:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /> … Wearing a <b>red</b><i><b> Superior Ambulance </b></i>shirt , I played an “<b>EMT</b>” <u><b>SUPERVISOR</b></u> who arrives in an <b>ambulance</b>, as part of a group there to help “<u>rescue</u>” a <b>S.W.A.T</b> team exiting the building… </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> ... (The supposed “<u><b>inside</b></u>” scenes were actually shot at <u>CITY</u> <u>HALL</u>, as the <b>corridors </b>there -- as shown below -- “<u>FIT</u>” the looks in a more <i>apropos</i> way)… </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /> … In the edited version, there are a <u>NUMBER</u> of scenes of <b><u>ambulance</u></b> people outside; but, the <b>action</b> “moves” too <b>FAST</b> for my being able to specifically see <u><b>MYSELF</b></u> there… <br /><br /> (… I hope to eventually buy a <b>DVD </b>copy of the film, so I can try to “<u>FREEZE</u>” images to try to “clarify” if I am actually able to be clearly <b>SEEN</b> in that or other segments, ditto re <i><b>LARRY HAUGE</b></i> who played one of the <u>paramedics</u> & who was also in the "<b>CIRCUS</b>" film-shoot…)<br /><br /> - - - - - - - - - - <br /><br /> … On December 20th, I went to the<b><i> AMC River East</i></b> theater downtown to SEE the <b>completed </b>version of the much-anticipated film… </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> ... Per the <i>request </i>of always-helpful <span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>BOBBI TAXALI </b></span>who I chanced to see outside theater 11 there (which holds like 400+ people), I went in to help her try to “<b>HOLD</b>” some of the 20 <u>seats</u> she wanted for people affiliated with <i>making</i> the film who’d sent her an “<u>RSVP</u>” re <b>attending </b>the 6:30 screening…<br /><br /> … She told me how the film’s <u>Production</u> people had invited her to attend a screening of the film in <u><b>INDIA</b></u>-- but, it <u>wasn’t</u> <u>feasible</u> for her to do that (time-wise, & because it’d cost her a lot to get a flight to there!)… <br /><br /> … We were both pleased by the fact (Bobbi related to me) that, there was so much <u><i>INTEREST</i></u> in <b>seeing</b> the film here in <u>Chicago</u>, <i>AMC</i> scheduled a whole <u><b>ADDITIONAL</b></u> screening of the film at 6:30 that nite, which they suddenly put in theater # <b>4 </b>[which could hold like 230 people]!… </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /> … In theater 11, using my camera bag & winter jacket, etc. + items from BOBBI, we were <b>able </b>to temporarily “hold” the seats she wanted, eventually occupied for people like <b><span style="color: #674ea7;"><u>JAMES</u> <u>PETREAN</u></span></b> (who’d <u><b>already</b></u> seen the film at a 9:05 am screening </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">earlier </span>that day at the <i>AMC</i> in CRESTWOOD) & <span style="color: #073763;"><b>FRANK GAGLIARDO</b></span> (shown in the center of the lobby photo below)... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> … Another person joining us there was <b>MARY IWANICKI </b>(who commented on how she’d been one of the people with me in the <b>LaSALLE</b> Street “<b>RAPPELLING</b> – <u><i><b>money</b></i></u>-falling-down” scenes…</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /> … We all very much <b><u><i>ENJOYED</i></u></b> & were favorably <b>impressed</b> by the screening, & I commented to Bobbi on some of the “<u>NEW</u>” things I’d noticed in that (2nd-for-me) screening… <span style="color: #351c75;"><b>JAMES PETREAN</b></span> & <b><span style="color: #073763;">FRANK</span></b> spoke of <u>memories</u> <i><b>they’d</b></i> had in watching the film…</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /> … After the screening, I also spoke to <b>CADE CLAIBORNE</b>, who’d handled <u>SECURITY</u> for stars <span style="color: blue;"><b>AAMIR KHAN</b></span> & <b><span style="color: #7f6000;">ABHISHEK BACHCHAN</span></b> (& discussed some PHOTOS taken of him with them from that time)…</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /> … I arranged for (& shot) a number of <i><u><b>PHOTOS</b></u></i> of our “<u><b>GROUP</b></u>” of attendees, which I’ve <u>ATTACHED</u> above…<br /><br /> … Also, to add a bit of “<b>educational</b>” info: One thing Ed & I learned on our first day of work is how much people don’t fully realize it’s periodically “<u><b>MAGIC</b></u>” that can at times go into what we <u><i><b>see</b></i></u> in movies: <br /><br /> … For example, it was actually stunt-man <b><u>JOE</u> <u>DRYDEN</u> </b>who did the initial <u><b>rappelling</b></u> down hundreds of feet of the “bank” building on LaSalle street, + the stunt <b><u>MOTORCYCLE</u></b> scenes: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /> … (As you can see in a PHOTO I’ve attached below), Joe had special <u><b>electronic</b></u> “<u><b>MARKS</b></u>” put on his face, to effect “<b><i><u>MOTION</u></i></b>-<u><i><b>CAPTURE</b></i></u><i>”</i> (as director Robert Zemeckis did in “<i>POLAR EXPRESS” </i>& “<i>A CHRISTMAS CAROL” </i>)... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> ... That procedure (which is a bit similar to utilizing a “green screen”) allowed <span style="color: blue;"><u><i><b>AAMIR’S</b></i></u></span> face to later be <u><b>superimposed</b></u> onto where <u><b>JOE’s</b></u> was in <b><i>doing</i></b> the rappelling & motorcycle stunts!… </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <br /> … AFTER seeing the film, I created a little <u><b>REVIEW</b></u> of it, taking pains to <u>not </u><b>reveal </b>“too much” plot-wise: <br /><br /> ... I pointed out that the word <i>"<span style="color: red;"><b>Dhoom</b></span>"</i> means <b>BANG</b> (and / or an "<b>event</b>"), & how the movie has a <i><u><b>LOT</b></u><b> </b></i>of those in its many <u>thrill</u> sequences via the way it continues how the series utilizes "<u><b>ACTION</b></u>" crime segments... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> ... The movie (which is 2 hours 52 minutes long) <i>begins </i>with a bunch of "<b>dispute</b>" scenes shot in <b><u>India</u></b> (with <span style="color: #e69138;"><b>UDAY CHOPRA <span style="color: black;">&</span> <span style="color: #7f6000;">ABHISHEK BACHCHAN</span></b></span>), before it moves to various CHICAGO locations.... Overall, the film is like 3/4ths in <u><b>ENGLISH</b></u>, with subtitles for certain <i>Hindi </i>sections...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /> ... I felt the film was <b>beautifully <u>PHOTOGRAPHED</u></b>, + <b>excellently <u><i>EDITED</i></u> </b>&<b> well-ACTED</b> (particularly by <b><span style="color: blue;">AAMIR KHAN</span></b>)... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> ... I was especially <b>impressed </b>by the considerable number of <b><u>SPECIAL</u> <u>EFFECTS</u> & <i><u>STUNTS</u></i> </b>in the action scenes (where the<b> "bangs</b>" & "events" come from!)...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /> ... I found the <b>MUSICAL</b> numbers to be "<u><b>catchy</b></u>", + <b>enjoyable</b> (as were the fine <b>SETS</b> created)...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /> ... Overall, I considered the movie to be a <b>lot </b>of <u><b>FUN</b></u>, especially with its unexpected "<u><b>twists</b></u>" in the plot...</span><br />
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film:</span> <span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" name="OLE_LINK10"></a></span></span></b></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" name="OLE_LINK10"></a><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" name="OLE_LINK10"><i><span style="color: black;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">“</span></i></b><b><i><u><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial;">THE</span></u></i></b><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial;"> <u>WAY</u>,
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concerning the films <span style="layout-grid-mode: line;">“<u><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">DISCONNECT</span></i></b></u>”
[which can be found at =<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2013/05/review-of-film-disconnect-mentions-of.html</span></b><span style="layout-grid-mode: line;"> ]; & re <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<u><span style="color: green;">MUD</span></u>”</i></b></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></i></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">[which can be found at = </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><a href="http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2013/05/review-of-film-mud-mentions-of.html"><span style="color: red;">http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2013/05/review-of-film-mud-mentions-of.html</span></a></span></i></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> ]…</span></div>
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film <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<u style="text-underline: words;"><span style="color: purple;">THE KINGS OF SUMMER</span></u>”
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</b>of the film [which can be found at = </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><a href="http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2013/05/review-of-film-kings-of-summer-q-with.html"><span style="color: red;">http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2013/05/review-of-film-kings-of-summer-q-with.html</span></a>
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to do a “review / commentary” about the <u>last</u> main film in the “series”, </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">THE</span></u></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <u>WAY</u>,
<u>WAY</u> <u>BACK</u></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">”</span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">:</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></i></div>
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PG-13 “coming-of-age” comedy / drama <a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" name="OLE_LINK4">is co-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">written</b> & <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">directed</b> (& acted in)</a> by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">NAT FAXON </b>(who’s played Ben Fox in the 2012-2013 TV series <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“BEN & KATE”, </i>+ been involved in
films such as 2007’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“WALK HARD:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>THE DEWEY COX STORY” </i>and<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>in 2011’s “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">BAD TEACHER” </i>[reviewed at = <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2011/06/review-of-film-bad-teacher.html"><span style="layout-grid-mode: both;">http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2011/06/review-of-film-bad-teacher.html</span></a>
</i></b>]<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>& <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“ZOOKEEPER” </i>[reviewed at = <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2011/07/review-of-film-zookeeper.html"><span style="layout-grid-mode: both;">h<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlt360822137;">t</span>tp://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2011/07/review-of-film-zookeeper.html</span></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Hlt360822137"></a></i></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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co-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">written</b> & <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">directed</b> (& acted in) by<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> JIM RASH </b>(who’s been Dean Pelton in
the 2009-2013 TV series <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“COMMUNITY”, </i>+
been in such movies as 2002’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“MINORITY
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Duncan</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> (played by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green;">LIAM JAMES</span></b>) is a 14-year-old guy who <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>doesn’t</u></b> feel particularly good
in life since the <u>DIVORCE</u> of his mother Pam (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green;">TONI COLLETTE</span></b>), whom he lives
with… (He's seen at the bottom of the<b> poster</b> at the<i> top</i> of this Review)...</span></div>
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half of the 20<sup>th</sup> Century), he’s been picked up in a car by his
mother’s newest <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">boyfriend</b> “Trent” (played
by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green;">STEVE
CARREL</span></b>), who’s driving them to his <u>beachfront</u> home where <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Toni</i></b>
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Steve is a pushy, “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>control</u>-freak</b>”
type guy:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>he promptly asks Liam how he’d
“RATE” himself on a scale of 10, & then promptly “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">PUTS-DOWN</b>” Liam by saying he <u>disagreed</u> with his rating &
would rate him far <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>LOWER</u></i> than
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& especially <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SORRY</b> he’d come on
the trip--<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>far preferring to have spent
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is pretty & sort of “<u>intriguing</u>--<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>tho Liam is too <u>SHY</u> to let her know he <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">likes</b> her <a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" name="OLE_LINK12">”down-to-earth</a>” attitude…</span></div>
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him to “deal” with when he’s “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">left-out</b>”
of the <u>adult</u> doings (-- pictured below --) between Steve, Toni, & Steve’s friend Kip (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green;">ROD CORDDRY</span></b>)
& Rod’s wife Joan (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green;">AMANDA PEET</span></b>)…</span></div>
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his “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>own</u> drummer</b>”:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>he’s wry, sarcastic, deeply UN-serious &
very <u>FUNNY</u> in his relationships at the “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Wizz</i>”:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>he happily “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ignores</b>” his nominal boss Caitlin (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green;">MAYA RUDOLPH</span></b>),
& enjoys kidding with his co-worker Roddy (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u style="text-underline: words;">NAT FAXON</u></b>) who eagerly “rags”
on thin booth-honcho <span style="color: black;">Lewis (played by</span><span style="color: green;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">JIM RASH</b></span>)…</span></div>
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Steve (who makes clear he <u>doesn’t</u> especially <u>WANT</u> him
around)…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thus, Liam hops on his bike
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built-up in life— so, he offers Liam a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">JOB</b>
as his <u>assistant</u> at the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Wizz”…</i></span></div>
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little-by-little, with <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Sam’s</b> help,
he starts to come out of his “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>SHELL</u></b>”
in his new job…</span></div>
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even “<u>AROUND</u>” </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Trent</span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">’s place
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an <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">UNRELIABLE</b> partner for Toni?…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Liam</b> ever get enough <u>self</u>-<u>confidence</u>
to feel at ease with <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ANNASOPHIA</b>
& <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">other</i> people?…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Toni</b> and others ever learn about the
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<u>OTHER</u> relationships, such as <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Sam</b>
with <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Maya</i></b>,
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an unusual “<u>UN</u>-sympathetic” role, & does a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">fine</b> job at it…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">TONI</b> is very effective, as is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ALLISON</b> as the irrepressible funny
neighbor, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ANNASOPHIA</b> as a
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ROCKWELL</b> must’ve had a <u>ball</u> playing the <u>NUTTY</u>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">slacker</b>-like<a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" name="OLE_LINK13"> </a>“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>ODDBALL</u></b>”:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>he’s <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">very</b>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">FUNNY</b> and effective as an <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>unrestrained</u></i> but
warmly-supportive & <u>HELPFUL</u> character…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">LIAM </b>has<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>appeared<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> previously </b>in<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>2006’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“PSYCH”, </i>2007’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“ALIENS vs. PREDATOR: REQUIEM”, </i>& 2009’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“2012” </i>[a <u>review</u> of which can be seen at = <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red;">http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2011/02/review-of-film-2012.html</span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>] …</i></span></div>
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the “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>believability</u></b>” of his
“feeling-<u>out</u>-of-place” character to the point that you quickly end-up “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>ROOTING</u></b>” for him in life…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With fine <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">acting</b>, lots of good <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>HUMOR</u></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">, & </i>a number of “<u>thought</u>-provoking”
elements that have you “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>CHEERING</u></b>”
for Liam & others, I’d rate this film as <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>8.00</u></b> out of 10 stars… </span></div>
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film:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black;">“</span><u><span style="color: red;">THE</span></u><span style="color: red;"> <u>KINGS</u> <u>OF</u> <u>SUMMER</u></span>” </i>= </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Q&A</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> with STARS of the film:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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of films recently that have shown an unusual <u>profusion</u> of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>EXCELLENTLY</u></b>- ACTED film work by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">young</b> and / or comparatively “<u>unfamiliar</u>”
actors (in all the films mentioned <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">above</b>)</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> -- people who I feel may well become some of the "<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">UP-&-COMING</b>" <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>STARS</u></i></b>
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provided Reviews on such films, such as re “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">DISCONNECT</span></i></b>”
[which can be found at =<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2013/05/review-of-film-disconnect-mentions-of.html</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> ] & re <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<u><span style="color: purple;">MUD</span></u>”</i></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></i></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">[which can be found at = </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><a href="http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2013/05/review-of-film-mud-mentions-of.html"><span style="color: red;">http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2013/05/review-of-film-mud-mentions-of.html</span></a></span></i></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> ]…</span></span></span></h1>
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one I covered was </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">“</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="color: green; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">THE</span></u></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: green; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> <u>KINGS</u> <u>OF</u> <u>SUMMER</u></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">”</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">, detailed at = </span></span></span></div>
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year, that latter film (under its original title of “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">TOY’S HOUSE”)</i> became one of the “<u>darlings</u>” of the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>SUNDANCE</u>
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the film started, “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Capone</b>” of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">AICN</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> (“Ain’t It Cool News”) </i>came out & <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">introduced</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">3 </b>of the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>STARS</u></b> of
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ARIAS </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">(the
character “Rico” in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“HANNAH MONTANA”) </i></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">who plays short “off-kilter” <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Biaggio</b>;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>tall dark-haired <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: lime;">NICK ROBINSON</span></b>
(“Ryder Scanlon” in the TV series <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“MELISSA
& JOEY”) </i>who plays <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Joe</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Toy</b> in this;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and Nick’s best friend <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Patrick</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Keenan</b>,
portrayed by red-headed <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: lime;">GABRIEL BASSO</span></b> (who’s played “Adam Jamison” on
TV’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“THE BIG C” </i>series)…</span></div>
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screen, Capone commented that <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>MOISES</u></b>
was the one you have to sort of “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">watch</b>-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">out</b>” for, despite his short
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in making the movie in just <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">23 </b>days,
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stated at one point that, they’d be <u>back</u> to take <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>QUESTIONS</u></b> <u>AFTER</u> the film…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Capone said, the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">director</b>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: lime; layout-grid-mode: line;">JORDAN VOGT-ROBERTS</span></b><span style="layout-grid-mode: line;">, had <u>ATTENDED</u> the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>college</u></b> where we were--<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">JOIN</b> the others that nite, being
busy working in </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">California</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">…</span></div>
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a bit, indicating they’d been <u>PLEASED</u> to work with </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Jordan</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">, & he personally was <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">PROUD</b> of what they’d achieved…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Nick</b>
said he hoped the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>audience</u></b>
would <u>ENJOY</u> the film, & they’d see us <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">afterwards </i>for a Q&A session…</span></div>
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very <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">hearty</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>APPLAUSE</u></b> from the audience when it <u>ended</u>…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Capone asked
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wasn’t much for them to “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>DO</u>”</i>
in that area of Ohio--<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>especially in
that they were <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">living</b> in a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>RETIREMENT</u></b> home there (as their
“headquarters”--<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>& periodically that
also was used as a <u>FILMING</u> location, as was the local <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">high school</b>)!…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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Gabe, writer <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Chris Gallata</b> & the
DP (Director of Photography) into some <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>WOODS</u></b>
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started <u>walking</u> around, by “<u>ACCIDENT</u>”, they chanced to find the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">PIPELINE </b>above ground…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They <u>loved</u> the area--<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but Director <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jordan</b> <u>couldn’t</u> find any real “<u>REASON</u>” to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>FILM</u></i></b>
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becomes <u>PART</u> of the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>SOUNDTRACK</u></b>”
of the film!…”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>People laughed when <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Gabe</u></b> smiled & good-naturedly
took “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CREDIT</b>” for all that, by
kiddingly spreading out his arms & saying, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>THANK</u></b> you!…”</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(as seen below)…</span></div>
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</span>He decided to look at the “<u>BIAGGIO</u>” character proposed for him,
& it seemed so <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">strange</b>, he said
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for the role via a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>TAPE</u></b> he
sent in…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">got</b> the role, went to </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">L.A.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">, & then soon was sent off to </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Chagrin</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Falls</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Ohio</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">FILM </b>the script…</span></div>
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was “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">pretty</i> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">standard</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">”:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>He
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</b>– <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CHRIS [GALLATA ]</b>— did a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>GREAT</u></b> job”, </i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>he <u>loved</u> it -- liking how it covered a
sort of “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">NO</i></b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">MAN’S</i></b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">land between <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>childhood</u></b> and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>ADULTHOOD</u></b>”--, </i>&
indicated he was <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">INTERESTED</b> in <u>doing</u>
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HEAR </b>anything for a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>LONG</u></b>
time”…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>Finally, all of a <u>sudden</u>,
he was called in to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>audition</u></b>
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that, he was contacted & told he <u>HAD</u> the role, & was told to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">go</b> to </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">OHIO</span></u></i></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> for the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">filming</b>!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In response to
Capone’s comment, he said yes, his <u>reaction</u> to the news was “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>YAY</u></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">!”</i> (& throwing up his <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>hands</u></b> in the air with happiness,
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sort of the <u>same</u> as <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Nick’s</b>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He got the <u>script</u>, & tho, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“I <u>rarely</u> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">LAUGH</b> out <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>LOUD</u></b></i>”
at things he reads, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“I <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>did</u> </b>with <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>THIS</u></b></i>” <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">script</b>,
& decided, he <u>also</u> very much wanted to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>DO</u></b> the movie (stated as he looked up at the audience, as
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Ohio, “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">met</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>THIS</u></i> guy” (gesturing to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">NICK</b>,
as seen below), & started <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>working</u></b>
with him & Moises for 23 or so long but <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>enjoyable</u></i>
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his <u>character</u> goes <u>WITH</u> Nick into the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">woods</b> in part to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">PROTECT </b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>[him] from <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>HURTING</u></b> <u>himself</u>”, </i>besides [Gabe’s] trying to get <u>AWAY</u>
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as being <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>WEIRD</u></b>”…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i> </span><br />
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that, his character of <u>Patrick</u> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“probably
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>looks</u></b> at things MORE <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>OBJECTIVELY</u> </b>than<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> I </b>do—” </i>in <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">real</b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>life<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">…</i></span><br />
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by the way the male-female <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">RELATIONSHIPS
</b>were handled in the film, saying, he found those <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<u>handled</u></i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">really</i> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>WELL</u></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>within the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">teenage</b>
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said, such “coming-of-age” relationships in <u>films</u> are <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“usually ‘<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>DUMBED</u></b></i>-<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">down’ to a
certain degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But here, it’s more <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MATURE</b>…”</i></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">TOUGH </b>to do?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nick responded, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>NO</u> </b>– adding that,<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>he’d
even <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">auditioned</b> with <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green;">ERIN MORIARITY</span></b>
who plays his <u>love</u> interest “Kelly” in the film, & stated (as seen
below) that <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“She’s a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>LOVELY</u></b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">person</b>!”…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></span></div>
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whether scenes with her were <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“easy to
do”, </i>& Nick said, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>all</u></b>
the actors were <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">wonderful</b> to work
with, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“They were <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">GREAT</b>!”</i>…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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detailed how wonderful it was to work with <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green;">NICK OFFERMAN</span></b>--<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>how, tho he may appear to be <u>outwardly</u> very “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">gruff</b>”, he’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">really</i> very <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>EASY</u></b>-GOING & kind, &
very <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>FUNNY</u></b>-- as were
[Offerman’s real-life wife]<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> <span style="color: green;">MEGAN MULLALLY</span></b> & her film hubby [as Gabe’s
father] </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">MARC EVAN JACKSON</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">…</span></div>
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to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>LEARN</u></b> a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">LOT</b> from the veteran actors they were
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& Erin were <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>NOT</u></b> “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">DATING</b>” at all in real life, &
added there was <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>NO</u></i></b> “dating” between <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>any</u></b>
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him, when the guys go off into the WOODS, it was seen (& best acted) as if
they were <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">boys</b> trying so <u>HARD</u> to be <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>MEN</u></b>…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>‘Boys-To-Men’!…”
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other 2 guys “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>connected</u></b>” well
with each other…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He spoke of the “game”
they’d played during “down” time --<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>something called "<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">chicken</b>"
(tho <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">they’d</i> called it “darro” or the
like), wherein guys take turns <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>punching</u></b>
each other on the <u>arms</u> (which you can see being played during one
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by saying, it’s GABE BASSO.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Nick</b> chimed in to say, that’s short for
“<u>GABRIEL</u>—”, & then kiddingly gave it a <u>French</u> pronounciation,
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Gah-briel</b>!”,
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you!”, </i>& promptly <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SAT DOWN</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Feeling she’d been “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">flustered</b>” in front of the audience & <u>forgotten</u> what
she’d wanted to ASK, Nick <u>thoughtfully</u> worked to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">remind</b> her, “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">So— <u>WHAT</u>
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question from the audience as to what he’d taken <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>AWAY</u></b> from the experience of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>making</u></b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“THE KINGS OF
SUMMER”, </i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>MOISES</u></b> said, he
was impressed watching director <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">JORDAN</b>
& seeing how people <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>WORK</u></i></b> & <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">collaborate</b> together to construct a
film--<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>work</u> ethic</b>”</i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>they had & all…</span></div>
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</span>He was very IMPRESSED with how <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jordan</b>
handled things, & he <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>himself</u></b>
would like to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>DO</u></b> some <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">directing</b> in the <u>FUTURE</u>…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also, Moises
(gesturing to his <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">co</b>-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">stars</b> to his left) said he was <u>impressed</u>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“seeing <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">these </b>2 guys.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They’re very <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>TALENTED</u> </b>young artists…”</i> (to
which <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Nick</b> said, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Thank you!”)…</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Referring to the<span style="layout-grid-mode: line;"> “game” of "<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">chicken</b>" the 3 guys played during
“down” time (where<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>guys took turns <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>punching</u></b> each other on the <u>arms</u>
to see who could <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">take</b> the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>most</u></b> hits without <u>calling</u>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>off</u></i></b>
the game), </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>NICK</u></b>
half-kiddingly said, he took away some <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">PHYSICAL <u>injuries</u></b>”</i> from
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obviously…”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">sincere</b>— but, not wanting to sound “cheesy” in the face of some “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>Aww</u>!”</i> murmurs, he kidded, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“No, I <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">HATE</b>
these guys--!”, </i>which brought <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>laughs</u></b>
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… But, the <u>more</u> he did it with his “<b>swan</b> dive”, the more he realized it was <b>UNWISE</b> to jump in that way, as he ended up <u><b>HURTING</b></u> himself. <b>Nick</b> added, what he means is, he ended up <b>BELLY-FLOPPING</b> into the water <u><b><i>STOMACH</i></b></u> first, rather than go in <u>FEET</u> first as he & Gabe did, which is far <b>less painful</b>! Moises <u><i>agreed</i></u> with him…</div>
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at times about<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>how GOOD it was to work
with director <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">JORDAN</b>, very much <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>appreciating</u></b> how “<u>OPEN</u>”
he was to ideas <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">THEY</b> had about their
characters, allowing them to at times <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">AD</b>-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>LIB</u></b> lines --<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a number of which eventually <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ended</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">up</b> in the <u>FINAL</u> film cut, etc…</span></div>
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about how he & Gabe often didn’t know just <u>what</u> nutty things <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>MOISES</u></b> might <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">say</b> or <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">do</b> at certain times-- so it was <u>EASY</u> to give <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">NATURAL</b> “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>REACTIONS</u></b>” to him & his unexpected words & actions… </span></div>
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commented how they’d been <u>TRAVELING</u> AROUND to a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>LOT</u></b> of cities promoting the film [i.e., San Fancisco,
Atlanta, Philadelphia, etc.], & --<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>tho it had been HECTIC at times --, they’d <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ENJOYED</b> it, especially the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>INTERACTIONS</u></i></b> with the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>audience</u></b> as they’d had today… </span></div>
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& FAMILIES</b>, as it’s opening in many markets on <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>June</u></b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>7</u></b>th!…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To applause, they then left the stage into a
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<u>advance</u> screenings in the Chicago area, often at comparatively <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SMALL</b> / “<u>INDEPENDENT</u>” venues
such as the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">MUSIC</i></b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">BOX</i></b> theater and the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">GENE</i></b>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">SISKEL</i></b>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">CENTER</i></b>
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film: “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="color: red;">BE</span></u><span style="color: red;"> <u>GOOD</u></span>”,</i> </span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: teal; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">+ </span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="background: white; color: teal; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">PRODUCER’S</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: teal; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">
PANEL</span></b><span class="postbody"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> on <u>SHORT</u> films, + <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="color: cyan;">Q&A</span></u></i> with Dir <span style="color: red;">TODD LOOBY</span>, @ <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">MIDWEST FILM FESTIVAL </span></i></span></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">”, seen at:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><a href="http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2013/02/review-of-film-be-good-producers-panel.html"><span style="font-style: normal;">http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2013/02/review-of-film-be-good-producers-panel.html</span></a>
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on:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u><span style="color: red;">HOW</span></u><span style="color: red;"> to be an “<u>EXTRA</u>” </span>in <span style="color: blue;">FILMS
& commercials in Chicago</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">”, seen at: </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><a href="http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2012/06/report-on-how-to-be-extra-in-films.html">http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2012/06/report-on-how-to-be-extra-in-films.html</a>
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“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Review
of film: “<span style="color: red;">LAC DE FLAMBEAU</span>” + <span style="color: green;">Q&A</span>”,</i></b> seen at:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the 08-08-11
“</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Review of film:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“</i></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">MEET</span></u></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> <u>MONICA</u>
<u>VELOUR</u></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">+ </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">PANEL</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> <u>DISCUSSION</u></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> ON</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">AUDITION</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">NIGHTMARES</i></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">” + </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Q&A</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">
with director </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="color: maroon; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">KEITH</span></u></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: maroon; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>BEARDEN</u></i></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">
& star </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: lime; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">DUSTIN</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: lime; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> <u>INGRAM</u></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">”, seen at<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">: <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2011/08/review-of-film-meet-monica-velour-panel.html"><span style="layout-grid-mode: both;">http://voice-of-film.blo<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlt358289111;">g</span>spot.com/2011/08/review-of-film-meet-monica-velour-panel.html</span></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Hlt358289111"></a> … </span></b><span style="color: red;"></span></span></div>
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<u style="text-underline: double;">KOVACS</u></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">”, seen at<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">: <a href="http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2011/05/report-on-q-talk-with-easy-rider.html"><span style="layout-grid-mode: both;">http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2011/05/report-on-q-talk-with-easy-rider.html</span></a></b>
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“Review of film “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u style="text-underline: words;"><span style="color: red;">CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE</span></u></b>” + <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">Q&A</span></b>
with DIRECTOR” <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green;">BRIAN
MILLER</span></b>, seen at: <a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Hlt358289614"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></a><a href="http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2010/10/review-of-film-caught-in-crossfire-q.html"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlt358289614;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="layout-grid-mode: both;">http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2010/10/review-of-film-caught-in-crossfire-q.html</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlt358289614;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlt358289614;"></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> …</b></span></div>
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10-09-10 writeup “A <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">PANEL</span></b><span style="color: blue;"> discussion</span>
on <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green;">FILM DISTRIBUTION</span></b>
[held] at the Midwest Film Festival...”, seen at<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2010/10/panel-discussion-on-film-distribution.html"><span style="color: red; layout-grid-mode: both;">http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2010/10/panel-discussion-on-film-distribution.html</span></a></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The above is mentioned because, on June 4,
the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>DIRECTOR</u></b> of “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red;">THE KINGS OF SUMMER</span>”</i></b> film, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green;">JORDAN<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>VOGT-ROBERTS</span></b>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">appeared</b> at the Midwest Film Festival, in a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>PRODUCER’S</u></i></b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>PANEL</u></i></b>
Discussion and at a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: blue;">Q&A</span></u></b> after the advance <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">screening</b> there of his soon-to-be
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of how he feels <span style="layout-grid-mode: line;">“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red;">THE KINGS
OF SUMMER</span>”</i></b> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>is a
film of the “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">HEART</b>”, & he hopes
that “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>WORD</u></b>-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>OF</u></b>-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>MOUTH</u></b>” will help promote the film so it can <u>STAY</u> in
theaters long enough to be <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">appreciated</b>
by a <u>wider</u> public that most “indie” films are <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>unable</u></i></b> to reach…</span></div>
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a more <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">detailed</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>REPORT</u></b> on that Panel & Q&A event (with more
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film:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">“</span><span style="font-size: large;"><u><span style="color: red;">THE</span></u><span style="color: red;"> <u>KINGS</u> <u>OF</u> <u>SUMMER</u></span>”</span> </i>+</span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span> </span><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">Q&A</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;"> with STARS of the
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="color: red;">NICK</span></u></i>
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[which can be found at =<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2013/05/review-of-film-disconnect-mentions-of.html</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> ] & re <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<u><span style="color: green;">MUD</span></u>”</i></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></i></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">[which can be found at = </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><a href="http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2013/05/review-of-film-mud-mentions-of.html"><span style="color: red;">http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2013/05/review-of-film-mud-mentions-of.html</span></a></span></i></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> ]:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">... For some unknown reason, this spring has shown an
unusual <u>profusion</u> of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>EXCELLENTLY</u></b>-
ACTED film work by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">young</b> and / or
comparatively “<u>unfamiliar</u>” actors (in all the films mentioned <b>above</b>)</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> -- people who I feel may well
become some of the "<b>UP-&-COMING</b>" <b><i><u>STARS</u></i></b>
of TOMORROW...</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s a new “review / commentary” about <u>another</u>
movie that especially <b><i><u>impressed</u></i></b> me, the R-rated </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line;">(</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">for language and some teen drinking<span style="layout-grid-mode: line;">)</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
93-minute comedy </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">“</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">THE</span></u></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> <u>KINGS</u> <u>OF</u> <u>SUMMER</u></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">”</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> (which opens nationwide around June 7th), directed by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #339966;">JORDAN
VOGT-ROBERTS</span></b> (who’s done work since 2009 on TV re a movie and various
series; see photo below)…</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #339966;">NICK OFFERMAN </span></b>has
appeared in TV’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“PARKS & RECREATION”
</i>since 2009<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">,</b> & has appeared
in movies such as 2005’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“</i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">SIN</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">CITY</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">” </span></i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“21 JUMP STREET” </i>(as Deputy Chief Hardy) in 2012…</span></div>
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teenaged son Joe (played by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #339966;">NICK ROBINSON</span></b> -- seen below -- , who’s been in some shorts, the
2012 TV movie <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“FRENEMIES”, </i>& acted
since 2010 as “Ryder Scanlon” in the TV series <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“MELISSA & JOEY”)…</i></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Heather</b> has to work <u>hard</u> to
try to “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">IGNORE</b>” their <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>pushy</u></i> dad Offerman (& she’s
played by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #339966;">ALISON
BRIE</span></b>, who’s portrayed Trudy Campbell in TV’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“MAD MEN” </i>since 2007 & Annie Edison in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“COMMUNITY” </i>since 2009)…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Offerman is usually
highly <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>NEGATIVE</u></b> towards everyone, and especially <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>dismissive</u></i> towards Alison's boyfriend who’s always "fawningly" trying to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">impress</b> him (as seen below)…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nick’s best <u>friend</u>
is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Patrick</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Keenan</b> (played by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #339966;">GABRIEL BASSO</span></b>, who’s been Adam Jamison on the
TV series <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“THE BIG C” </i>since 2010, and
played Martin in 2011’s feature film <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“SUPER
8”--<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>a review of which can be seen
at = <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2011/06/review-of-film-super-8-produced-by.html"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2011/06/review-of-film-super-8-produced-by.html</span></a></i></b>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Patrick tends to be
driven “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>crazy</u></b>” by his
constantly-“<u>hovering</u>” mom (played by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #339966;">MEGAN MULLALLY</span></b>, who was
unforgettable as alcoholic rich lady Karen Walker in TV’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“WILL & GRACE” </i>from 1998 thru 2006, & on numerous TV series
since then, such as playing Tammy Swanson on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“PARKS AND RECREATION” </i>from 2009-2012 & the voice of Rose in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“OUT THERE” </i>in 2013)…</span></div>
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“OVER-does” her involvement in Gabe’s life, his dad (played by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #339966;">MARC EVAN
JACKSON</span></b>) tends to “<u>WIMP</u>-out” & demur to whatever <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Megan</i></b>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Being a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">teenager</b>, NICK wants to do his “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>OWN</u></b> thing” in life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His dad <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Offerman</b>
tends to send him over the “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">EDGE</b>”
when he demands that Nick stay <u>home</u> & play a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>BOARD</u></i></b> GAME with
the “<b><u>family</u></b>” (including his dad's girlfriend & sis Alison, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">as shown below)</span> rather than his plan of going out with <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Gabe</b>…</span></div>
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incident convinces Nick he should <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>LEAVE</u></b>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">HOME</b>, & he later works to try to
convince <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>GABE</u></i></b> to <u>JOIN</u> him in his surprise plan--<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>which he purposely <u>doesn’t</u> go into “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>detail</u></b>” about…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gabe is “<u>wishy</u>-<u>washy</u>” about the
general idea to join Nick, but he agrees to “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">TAG</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ALONG</b>” as Nick takes
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them into a heavily <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">WOODED</b>
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accompanied by an “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>ODDBALL</u></b>”
short kid from high school named BIAGGIO who on his <u>own</u> “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">LATCHES</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ON</b>” with them, wildly swinging a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>machete</u></b> as they walk on (as shown below)…</span></div>
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“Rico” on TV’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“HANNAH </i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">MONTANA</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">” </span></i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">series from 2006-2011, the movie by
that name in 2009, and TV work such as being “Matt” in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“THE MIDDLE” </i>in 2012-13…)</span></div>
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more than a little “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>STRANGE</u></b>”
in his demeanor, “attitude” & actions--<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>but, they’re generally “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">TOLERANT</b>
& easy-going about his “peculiarities”, even when he eventually comes up
with a “<u>plan</u>” to claim they’ve all been “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>KIDNAPPED</u></i></b>” from
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into the deep <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">woods</b>, Nick reveals
that his <u>MAIN</u> plan is to live on their <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>OWN</u></b>, by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">building</b>
a make-shift <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>HOUSE</u></i></b> in the woods…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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type kids, they calmly <u>ACCEPT</u> the idea, & start secretly <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>SCAVENGING</u></b> things from the town
to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>CONSTRUCT</u></i></b>
their new “home” (after choosing to have <u>NO</u> direct contact with their <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">PARENT</b> figures)…</span></div>
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for some wild FOOD to eat…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, he &
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“hair”, they seem generally <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">content</b>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In time, Nick’s dad
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Offerman</b> & Gabe’s parents <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Mullally & Jackson </b>start to talk to
each <u>OTHER</u>--<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>& <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">realize</b> the boys had <u>NOT</u> been
sleeping at <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>EITHER</u></i></b> home…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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likes (namely, “Kelly”, played by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #339966;">ERIN MORIARITY</span></b>) and a guitar-playing friend (seemingly Aaron, played by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #339966;">AUSTIN ABRAMS</span></b>),
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just seen: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>written by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CHRIS GALLETTA</b>, it was an unusually <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>SUCCESSFUL</u></i></b> comedy:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It had a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>good</u></b>-natured “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>NUTTINESS</u></b>”, rather than a <u>mean</u>-spirited
gathering (like some of the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“HANGOVER</i>”
films) where people seem to be frequently taking “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">STUPID</b>” pills…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The kids played
their roles “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">STRAIGHT</b>”:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Nick</b>
& <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Gabe</b> were “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>REAL</u></b>” in the way they reacted to
their <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">parental</b> hassles & the
like…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And “unforgettable” <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Moises </b>was <u>genuine</u> in his
inherent <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>off</u>-<u>kilter</u> </b>“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">KOOKINESS</b>”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(He may have seemed somewhat extreme & “<u>threatening</u>”
to certain “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">outsiders</b>”--<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but, he was <u>THEIR</u> <i>“<u><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">secret</b></u>-<u><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">weapon</b></u>”)</i></span><i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">!</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Altho they were all “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>different</u></b>” people in certain respects,
they learned to get <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>ALONG</u></b>
& work <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>TOGETHER</u></i> </b>towards their near-term “goals”…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of their <u>ways</u> of doing things may’ve
been “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">silly</b>” in part, but, it “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>FIT</u></b>” the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">age</b> & “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>times</u></b>”
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seen (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">all</b> of whom may well be <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">UP-&-COMING <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>STARS</u></i></b> in the future), & “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">PULLING</b>” for them…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(I’d like
to see the “R” rating <u>CHANGED</u> to something <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>less</u></b> restrictive, as it seems <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">in-apropos</b> overall)…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The <u>ACTING</u>
was unusually <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>EFFECTIVE</u></b> by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ALL</b> the characters (young & old), there
were <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">loads</b> of really <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>FUNNY</u></b> elements in the film, &,
because it “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>WORKED</u></b>” so well,
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">Q&A</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;"> with STARS of the
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can see the detailed <b><u>QUESTION</u>-<u>&</u>-<u>ANSWER</u></b> talk by the 3 young <b>stars</b> of the above movie (including a number of exclusive <b>PHOTOS</b>) by going to: <span style="color: red;"><i><b>http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2013/06/report-on-film-kings-of-summer-q-with.html ...</b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">... <u><b>Another</b></u> "<b>UP-&-COMING</b> possible stars of tomorrow" Review can be seen as follows:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">... "<span style="color: blue;"><i><b><u>THE</u> <u>WAY</u>, <u>WAY</u>
<u>BACK</u></b></i></span>" can be found at = <span style="color: red;"><i><b><u>http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2013/07/review-of-film-way-way-back.html</u>
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</i>[+ mentions of<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> “<u><span style="color: blue;">DISCONNECT</span></u>” </i><span style="color: black;">&<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> “</i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: green;">THE KINGS OF SUMMER</span>” </i>& <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<span style="color: purple;">THE WAY, WAY
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[which can be found at =<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2013/05/review-of-film-disconnect-mentions-of.html</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> ], for some unknown reason, this spring has shown an
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ACTED film work by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">young</b> and / or
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the "<b>UP-&-COMING</b>" <b><i><u>STARS</u></i></b> of
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/ commentary about <u>another</u> movie that especially <b><i><u>impressed</u></i></b>
me, the PG-13-rated, 130-minute film <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red;">“MUD”</span></i></b>
(which opened April 26th), directed by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #339966;">JEFF NICHOLS</span></b> (who did 2011’s finely-done <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“TAKE
SHELTER</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">” </i>starring MICHAEL
SHANNON & JESSICA CHASTAIN;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that has
this synopsis<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“</i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father
questions whether to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">shelter</b> his
family from a coming <u>storm</u>, or from <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">himself</b>…”)…</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">“</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">14 year-old Ellis (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #339966;">TYE SHERIDAN</span></b>,
seen previously as Steve in “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">THE TREE OF
LIFE”</i>”) lives on a makeshift <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>houseboat</u></b>
on the banks of a river in </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">Arkansas</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"> with his <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">parents</b> [who are having <u>domestic</u> <u>PROBLEMS</u>], Mary Lee
(<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #339966;">SARAH
PAULSON</span></b>) and Senior (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #339966;">RAY McKINNON</span></b>)…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">“<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>[TYE] sneaks out early one morning to meet
his <u>best</u> <u>friend</u>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Neckbone</b>
(<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #339966;">JACOB</span></b><span style="color: #339966;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">LOFLAND</b></span>).
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>[JACOB], also 14, lives with his <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">uncle</b>, Galen (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #339966;">MICHAEL SHANNON</span></b>), who makes a
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">“<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The two boys set out [in TYE’S motorized
boat] to an <u>island</u> on the </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">Mississippi River</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">, where [JACOB] has discovered an unusual sight-- a
[fancy CABIN-style] <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>BOAT</u></i></b>, suspended high in the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">trees</b>, a remnant of an extreme <u>flood</u> some time in the past…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">“<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They climb the tree and <u>into</u> the boat
only to find fresh bread and fresh <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">footprints</b>.
Realizing that they are <u>not</u> the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>only</u></i></b> ones who have discovered
the treehouse boat, they decide to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">leave</b>…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">“<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When they reach [TYE’S small boat pulled-up
on] the shore, they find the same [<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">distinctive</i>
shoe] footprint <u>IN</u> their boat. And that's when they <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">meet MUD</b> (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #339966;">MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY</span></b>). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>MUD is a gritty, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">superstitious</b> character; his clothes are dirty, his tooth is
cracked, and he needs <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>help</u></i></b>… </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">“<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>[MATTHEW] tells the boys he will <u>give</u>
them the treehouse <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">boat</b>, his current
hideout, in exchange for <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>food</u></b>.
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is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">reluctant</i>, but [, after a
discussion, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">TYE</b>] <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>brings</u></b> food to MUD, and they
develop a tentative <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">friendship</b> [tho
JACOB seems a bit <u>concerned</u> that it may be a “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>ONE</u></b>-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SIDED</b>”
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">“<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>[TYE] learns that MUD has <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">killed</b> a man in </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">Texas</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">, and <u>police</u> and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">bounty</b> hunters are <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">LOOKING</b> for him…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But MUD is
more concerned about <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>reuniting</u></i></b> with his longtime <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>LOVE</u></b>, Juniper ([played by] <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #339966;">REESE
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">“<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>[TYE], who has recently developed his <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>own</u></b> crush [on a girl in town named
MAY </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">PEARL</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">, played by <span style="color: lime;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">BONNIE STURDIVANT</b></span>], agrees to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>help</u></b>
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in an effort to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>protect</u></b> MUD
and relay <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">messages</b> to [REESE], who
is holed up in a fleabag <u>motel</u>, under constant surveillance by Carver (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #339966;">PAUL SPARKS</span></b>),
a </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">Texas</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">bounty</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">hunter</b>…</span></div>
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cold-blooded King (played by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #339966;">JOE DON BAKER</span></b>)…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">“<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the boys <u>risk</u> everything to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">reunite</b> these seeming mythical lovers, [TYE’S]
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">own</b>
ideas about <u>love</u> and romance are <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>challenged</u></b>
by the <u>strains</u> in the relationships <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">closest</b>
to him: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>his <u>PARENTS</u>’ marriage is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>DISSOLVING</u></b> while he <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">himself</b> <u>falters</u> in his efforts
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">“<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Through it all, [TYE] <u>struggles</u> to
look for an <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">example</b> of love that he
can <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>believe</u></b> in, learning
about the <u>unspoken</u> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">rules</b> and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>RISKS</u></b> of love and the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">reality</b> of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>heartbreak</u></b>… ”</span></div>
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character TOM BLANKENSHIP (played by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SAM
SHEPARD</b>)?...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Does he have some “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>connection</u></b>” to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MUD</b>, &, if so, what <u>IS</u>
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it’s <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>OUTCOME</u></i></b>?...</span></div>
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</span>What will happen to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">TYE</b> &
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">JACOB</b> & their <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">family</b> members?!...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this film, Matthew
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">continues</b> his recent series of
unusually <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>FINE</u></b> work (such as
in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“THE </i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">LINCOLN</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"> LAWYER”, “KILLER JOE”
& “MAGIC MIKE”), </span></i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">effectively
“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">immersing</b>” himself into his
memorable and believable <u>CHARACTER</u>…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Equally <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">striking</b> is the work by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>TYE</u></b> & <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>JACOB</u></i></b> (the <u>latter</u>
whom had <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">NEVER</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ACTED</b> in a movie before, & was chosen from like <u>2000</u> boys
the producers interviewed)…</span></div>
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kids (like their 14-year-old characters) are given very “<u>STEREOTYPED</u>”
roles. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, in part thanks to some fine <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>WRITING</u></b> (by director <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">JEFF</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">NICHOLS</b>), these guys come <u>across</u> as completely “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>REAL</u></b>” individuals--<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>guys who’ve had <u>HARD</u> lives & are
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They really <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">discuss </b>things with each other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">may</i>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>TYE has the little <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">motorboat</b> (which he’s <u>happy</u> to
use for <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">PROJECTS</b> the 2 of them come
up with), & JACOB has a <u>MOTORCYCLE</u> with a sort of “trailer” on the
back for carrying around a fish cooler (& other items)--<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>which he <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">also</b>
readily makes <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>available</u></i> (when
asked)…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, they really <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>DISCUSS</u></b> what they’re thinking of
doing (rather than one of them “<u>forcing</u>” an issue)…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even when they <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">disagree </b>on certain things (like the degree of <u>HELP</u> one of
them wants to give to MUD), they <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>do</u></b>
it in a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>KIND</u></b> rather than “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">hurtful</b>” way…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, it seems
to be <u>important</u> to each to “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>LOOK</u></i></b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>OUT</u></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">”</i> for the other & his <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">feelings</b> & existence, as they seem
to understand they’re often “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">IN</b>”
things “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>TOGETHER</u></b>” in their
hard-life world…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both boys are
unusually “<u>STRAIGHT</u>-<u>FORWARD</u>” & “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>MATTER</u>-<u>OF</u>-<u>FACT</u></b>” in dealings with <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">other</b> people (like girlfriends, MATTHEW
/ “MUD” & others):<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>they <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">avoid</b> dealing in “political <u>CORRECTNESS</u>”,
& instead <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">BLUNTLY <u>speak</u></b>-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>up</u></b> when they want to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>KNOW</u></b> or state something they
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All that helps the
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the whole movie (as do all the <u>OLDER</u> actors)…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Accordingly, I’m
rating the film as <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>8.50</u></b> stars
out of 10 for its wonderfully <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>convincing</u></b>
emotion-tinged drama of growing-up in less-than-ideal circumstances…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, a “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">FOLLOW-UP</b>” movie with the “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>CONTINUING</u></b>” story the main
characters would be something I’d <u>LOOK</u> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>FORWARD</u></i></b> to seeing!...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">... <u><b>Other</b></u> "<b>UP-&-COMING</b> possible stars of tomorrow" Reviews can be seen as follows:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<u style="text-underline: words;"><span style="color: purple;">THE</span></u><span style="text-underline: words;"><span style="color: purple;"> </span></span><u style="text-underline: words;"><span style="color: purple;">KINGS</span></u><span style="text-underline: words;"><span style="color: purple;"></span></span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="text-underline: words;"><span style="color: purple;"> </span></span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="text-underline: words;"><span style="color: purple;"></span></span><u style="text-underline: words;"><span style="color: purple;">OF</span></u><span style="text-underline: words;"><span style="color: purple;"> </span></span><u style="text-underline: words;"><span style="color: purple;">SUMMER</span></u>”
</i></b>is covered not only in my<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> REVIEW
</b>of the film at = </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><a href="http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2013/05/review-of-film-kings-of-summer-q-with.html"><span style="color: red;">http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2013/05/review-of-film-kings-of-summer-q-with.html</span></a> </span></i></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">,
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=<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><a href="http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2013/06/report-on-film-kings-of-summer-q-with.html"><span style="color: red;">http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2013/06/report-on-film-kings-of-summer-q-with.html</span></a></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></i></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">]… </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">... "<span style="color: blue;"><i><b><u>THE</u> <u>WAY</u>, <u>WAY</u>
<u>BACK</u></b></i></span>" can be found at = <span style="color: red;"><i><b><u>http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2013/07/review-of-film-way-way-back.html</u>
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film:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<u><span style="color: red;">DISCONNECT</span></u>”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>[ + <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">mentions of </span>“<u><span style="color: blue;">MUD</span></u>” </i><span style="color: black;">&<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> “</i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: green;">THE KINGS OF
SUMMER</span>” </i>& <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<span style="color: purple;">THE WAY, WAY BACK</span>” </i>]</span></b></div>
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unusual profusion of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>EXCELLENTLY</u></b>- ACTED
film work by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">young</b> and / or
comparatively “<u>unfamiliar</u>” actors (in the films mentioned <b>above</b>)-- people who I feel may well become some of the "<b>UP-&-COMING</b>" <u><i><b>STARS</b></i></u> of TOMORROW...</span></span><br />
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R-rated film directed by <span style="color: lime;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">HENRY ALEX
RUBIN</b></span> (who worked as second-unit director on <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">1999’s </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“GIRL, INTERRUPTED</i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">”), </i>which has been in general US release
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DAVIS</b>,</span> his daughter “Abby” played by<span style="color: lime;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">HALEY
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ex-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">cop</b> [“Mike Dixon”, played by <span style="color: lime;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">FRANK GRILLO</b></span>] struggles to raise a <u>mischievous</u>
son [“Jason”, pictured above, played by <span style="color: lime;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">COLIN FORD</b></span>
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who [along with his friend “Frye”, pictured below as played by <span style="color: lime;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">Aviad Bernstein</span></b></span>] <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>cyber</u></b>-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>bullies</u></b> a classmate [by pretending to
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[TV] <u>journalist</u> [“Nina Dunham”, pictured below, portrayed by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="color: lime;">Andrea Riseborough</span> </span></b>from
2008’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“HAPPY GO LUCKY”, </i>2010’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“MADE IN DAGENHAM”, </i>& <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>2013’s<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> “OBLIVION”</i> ]...</span></span></div>
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[guy “Kyle”, pictured above & below, played <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">by <span style="color: lime;">MAX THIERIOT</span></b><span style="color: lime;">
</span>from 2008’s “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">JUMPER” </i>& 2012’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“HOUSE AT THE END OF THE STREET”, </i>&
as Dylan Massett in the 2013 TV series <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“BATES
MOTEL”, </i>who she discovers as he]<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>performs on an <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>adult</u></i></b>-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>only</u></i></b>
[“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">XXX</b>-rated” type] site…</span></span></div>
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[all] <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">strangers</b>, neighbors and
colleagues and their <u>stories</u> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>collide</u></i></b> in this <u>riveting</u>
dramatic thriller about ordinary people struggling to connect in today's <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">wired</b> world… ”</span></span></div>
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actors do an <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">EXCELLENT</b> job in the
“swirling” (& eventually “<u>INTERTWINED</u>”) stories, even more
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actors do an <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>EXCEPTIONAL</u></b> job
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of <u>charismatic</u> <span style="color: lime;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MAX</b></span> (seen below)...</span></span></div>
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film a <u>FASCINATING</u> “study” of people in today’s “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>plugged</u></b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">in</b>” &
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but also in my <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">REPORT</i></b> on the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Q&A</u></b>
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=<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><a href="http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2013/06/report-on-film-kings-of-summer-q-with.html"><span style="color: red;">http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2013/06/report-on-film-kings-of-summer-q-with.html</span></a></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></i></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">]… </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">... "<span style="color: blue;"><i><b><u>THE</u> <u>WAY</u>, <u>WAY</u>
<u>BACK</u></b></i></span>" can be found at = <span style="color: red;"><i><b><u>http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2013/07/review-of-film-way-way-back.html</u>
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</span>You can see the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">V-O-S</i> reviews
of the following <u>other</u> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: lime;">JASON
BATEMAN</span> </b>films:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“THE PROMOTION” = <b><a href="http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2011/01/review-of-film-promotion-its-hard-out.html">http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2011/01/review-of-film-promotion-its-hard-out.html</a>
</b>...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“HANCOCK” = <b><a href="http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2011/02/review-of-film-hancock-superheroes-dont.html">http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2011/02/review-of-film-hancock-superheroes-dont.html</a></b>
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</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“EXTRACT” = <b><a href="http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2011/02/review-of-film-extract.html">http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2011/02/review-of-film-extract.html</a></b>
...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“UP IN THE AIR” = <b><a href="http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2011/02/review-of-film-up-in-air.html">http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2011/02/review-of-film-up-in-air.html</a></b>
...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>And 2011’s “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">PAUL</i>” = <b><a href="http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2011/03/review-of-film-paul-about-alien.html">http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2011/03/review-of-film-paul-about-alien.html</a></b>
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getting <u><span style="color: blue;">URGENT</span></u> (to start <i style="color: #38761d;"><u>FILMING</u></i> in </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Chicago</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">)!...</span></b></span></div>
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</span>Chicago</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"> has
been “<u>a-buzz</u>” with news that a book called “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red;">DIVERGENT</span>”</i></b>
would be made into a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>FILM</u></b> to
be shot there this April thru July, directed by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">NEIL BURGER</b> (who previously helmed the films <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<b>THE ILLUSIONIST</b>”</i> [2006], his self-written <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<b>THE LUCKY ONES</b>”</i> [2008], & Bradley Cooper in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<b>LIMITLESS</b>”</i> [2011; a <u>Review</u> of that can be found at = <i style="color: #990000;"><b>http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2011/03/review-of-film-limitless.html</b></i> ]…)…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s some “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>BACKGROUND</u></b>”, “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">FORE</b>ground”
& “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>FUTURE</u></i></b>-ground” on the story:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On May 3, 20<u>11</u>, a hardcover book called
“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">DIVERGENT</i></b>”
was released, authored by a woman named <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">VERONICA ROTH</span></b>, who’d lived most of her life in
Chicago (where the book was “set”)…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
“tagline” of the book <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">was “One <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">choice</b> can <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">TRANSFORM</b> you.”…</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ms. Roth posted the following [-- with <u>emphasis</u>
added by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">me </i></b>--] <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>about</u></b>
her story (as seen in her web blog at <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.veronicarothbooks.blogspot.se/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">http://www.veronicarothbooks.blogspot.se/</span></a></i></b> ):</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">“ <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
Beatrice Prior's <u>dystopian</u> </i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">Chicago</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">, society is divided
into <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">five</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>factions</u></b>, each dedicated to the </span></i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">cultivation<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> of a particular virtue— <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></i></span><br />
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( = the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green;">HONEST </span></b>)... </i></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">“ ... On an appointed <u>day</u> of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">every</b> year, all <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>sixteen</u></b>-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>year</u></b>-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>olds</u></b> must <u>select</u> the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">faction</b> to which they will devote the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>REST</u></b> of their lives. For <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Beatrice</b> [Prior], the decision is
between staying with her <u>family</u> and being who she <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>really</u></b> is— she <u>can't</u> have <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">both</b>. So she makes a choice that <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>SURPRISES</u></b> everyone, including <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>herself</u></b>…</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">” …<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>During the highly <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">competitive</b>
<u>initiation</u> that follows, Beatrice <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>renames</u></b>
herself <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>TRIS</u></b> and <u>struggles</u>
to determine who her <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">FRIENDS</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">really</b> are. But Tris </i>also<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> has a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>secret</u></b>,
one she's kept <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">hidden</b> from everyone
because she's been warned it can mean <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">DEATH</b>…</i></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">“ …<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And as she discovers a growing <u>conflict</u> that threatens to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>unravel</u></b> her seemingly perfect
society, she <u>also</u> learns that her <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">secret</b>
might help her <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>SAVE</u> </b>those she
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">loves</b>… or it <u>might</u> </span></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">DESTROY</span></u></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"> her… ”<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ms. Roth also wrote <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">THIS </b>on her blog site:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">“ …<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hi. I wrote <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">DIVERGENT</i></b> and [as
released in 2012, the 2<sup>nd</sup> book entitled] <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>INSURGENT</u></i></b>
(Katherine Tegen Books/HarperCollins). I'm in the process of writing the
as-yet-<u>untitled</u> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">third</b> book in
the [trilogy] series (which will be released sometime in <u>Fall</u> 20<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">13</b>)… </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">“ </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>Filming
for the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Divergent</i> movie will be
happening in the spring-- in </b></span><u><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">Chicago</span></b></u><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">!</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"> I am beyond <u>happy</u> that this worked out. I <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>love</u></i></b>
</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">Chicago</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">. I've <u>lived</u> here for most of
my life, and the city was obviously a huge <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">inspiration</b>
for the books. I can't really express how <u>cool</u> it is that the city
represented in the movie will be the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">actual</i></b> city that I love…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">“ …<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They’re also
reporting that this could <u>create</u> something like <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>1,000</u></b> local jobs and put some <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">money</b> into the </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">Chicago</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"> economy, which makes me <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>extra</u></i></b>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In time, it was confirmed that the <u>lead</u>
role of “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">TRIS</b>” would be played by <u><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">SHAILENE</span></b></u><span style="color: blue;"> <u><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">WOODLEY</b></u></span>,
a beautiful 21-year-old actress (pictured <i>below</i>) who was nominated for a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Golden Globe </b>[as Best Performance by an Actress in a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Supporting</i> Role in a Motion Picture] for
her role as George Clooney’s oldest daughter in the 2011 film <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">THE
DESCENDANTS”</b> </i>(a <u>REVIEW</u> of which can be found at this <b>link </b>= <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2011/11/review-of-film-descendants-info-on-what.html</span></b> )...</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">“ …<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Tris</b>
does <u>not</u> <u>look</u> like an <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>action</u></b>
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person with youthful, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">delicate</b>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">“ …<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To me, that is <u>exactly</u> the look <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>SHAILENE</u></b> has, exactly the look
I've always had in my <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>mind</u></i>.
From what I've seen, I'm confident she will be able to <u>capture</u> Tris's
particular mixture of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">vulnerability</b>
and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>strength</u></b>, and that <u>surprising</u>
moment when a seemingly <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">unremarkable</b>
girl from <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Abnegation</i> transforms into
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yet <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>flawed</u></b> young woman… “</span></div>
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... Kate had massive fame in 1997's mega-blockbuster "<i><b>TITANIC</b></i>"... She was seen as April Wheeler in 2008's "<i><b>REVOLUTIONARY ROAD</b></i>" (a mini review of which can be seen at = <i style="color: red;"><b>http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2011/02/review-of-film-revolutionary-road.html </b></i>)...</div>
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... And, she was Dr. Erin Mears in 2011's "<i><b>CONTAGION</b></i>" (a review of which can be seen at = <i style="color: red;"><b>http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2011/09/review-of-film-contagion-with-matt.html</b></i> )... </div>
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write this, it’s rumored that </span><u><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">LUKE</span></b></u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <u><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">KLEINTANK</b></u></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>may</b> play
the role of Tris’ exceptionally <u>intelligent</u> older <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">brother</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CALEB</b> who at one
point is in the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>ERUDITE</u></i></b> faction…</span></div>
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at age 5, & has been in 17 episodes of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS</b>”</i> as Noah
Newman in 2010-11, 7 episodes of “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">GOSSIP GIRL</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">”</i> as Elliot Leichter in 2010-11, in 8 episodes of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">NO ORDINARY
FAMILY</b>” </i>as Chris Minor in 2011, & currently in 6 <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">BONES</b>”</i>
episodes as Finn Abernathy in 2011-13<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">…</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;">... At
this point, I <u>haven’t</u> seen anything “concrete” about the casting of <i>another</i> main book character called</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span class="mw-headline">TOBIAS
"FOUR" EATON </span><span class="mw-headline"><span style="font-weight: normal;">– a tall originally-“<i><u>ABNEGATION</u></i>”
person 2 years </span></span><span class="mw-headline">older</span><span class="mw-headline"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> than Tris who has deep blue eyes, short <u>dark</u> hair,
& who’s important because he becomes her </span></span><span class="mw-headline">instructor
</span><span class="mw-headline"><span style="font-weight: normal;">+ (here’s a
”shock”:) </span></span><span class="mw-headline"><i><u>LOVE</u></i></span><span class="mw-headline"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> interest…</span></span></span></h3>
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…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Speaking of “gossip”, that &
current “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>NEWS</u></b>” can be seen
about the subject of “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">DIVERGENT</i></b>” at the website of:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.divergentfans.com/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">http://www.divergentfans.com/</span></a></i></b>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">... On that website, <i>First Jumper </i>reported in late January (as seen at <span style="color: red;"><i><b>http://www.divergentfans.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=casting+rumor</b></i></span> ) that a <i>You Tube</i> video had been seen wherein <span style="color: blue;"><b><u>CHANDLER</u> <u>MASSEY</u></b></span> had auditioned for the "<i>DIVERGENT" </i>role of blonde-haired <b>WILL</b> (who's a good friend of Tris)<i>...</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">... Chandler was born 09-10-90 in Atlanta. After doing numerous Drama Club roles in high school there, he started college at UCLA...</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">... While in Los Angeles, he performed in various TV roles (including "<b><i>ONE TREE HILL</i></b>" in 2009)<i>,</i> & was promptly hired to play the role of<b> Will Horton</b> in more than 350 episodes of NBC's soap opera <i>"<b>DAYS OF OUR LIVES</b>"<b> </b></i>from 2010 into 2013...<i><br /></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">... Playing that character garnered him a 2011<i> <u>EMMY</u> </i>nomination <i>as Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series... </i>While he didn't win that, he <b>DID win</b> that same category in 20<u><b>12</b></u>...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><i>... </i>He played the role of Farrell Gambles in the 2012 film "<b><i>16-LOVE</i></b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">", </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">& portrays Angelo in "<b><i>JESUS IN COWBOY BOOTS</i></b>" scheduled for a 2013 release...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As time went on, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ATMOSPHERE CASTING ( <span style="color: blue;">https://www.facebook.com/AtmosphereCasting?fref=ts</span> ) </i></b>was
assigned as the operation that would be in charge of handling <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">EXTRAS</span></u></b>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">casting</b> for the “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">DIVERGENT</i></b>”
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when eventually announcing a planned February 11 open “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>CASTING</u></b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>CALL</u></b>”
for the film (with the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">emphasis</i> below
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">“ …<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span class="usercontent"><u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">We</span></u></span><span class="usercontent"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> do not make the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">rules</b>.
We are <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>employees</u></b> of this
production. If they say <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">‘</i></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span class="usercontent"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">ILLINOIS</span></i></span></u></b><span class="usercontent"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> residents <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>only</u> </b>[can
be hired as extras]’</span></i></span><span class="usercontent"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">, then we can <u>only</u> use <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>IL</u></i></b> </span></span><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">residents…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>[They have <u>come</u> to this State in part
because of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>tax</u></b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>CREDITS</u></b>
the State offers productions for <u>hiring</u> its <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">residents</b>.]… </span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
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“ …<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span class="textexposedshow">Do WE as
a casting company <u>WANT</u> to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">exclude</b>
anyone? <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">NO</b> we don't...it <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>limits</u></b> our choices and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">excludes</i> [some] people that we <u>like</u>
working with....but guess what...we have <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>no</u></b>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>choice</u></b>.</span><br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“ …<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span class="textexposedshow">Also you really all should be aware of the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">content</b> of this film. There are
MULTITUDES of webpages out there devoted to the <u>book</u> series this is
based on. If you are really interested in working on this...be a little
pro-active and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>research</u></b> WHAT
this project is. It[’]s set in the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">future</b>,
in a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>decimated</u></i>, limited
resource society. Everyone that works as an <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">extra</b> will have to be dressed in <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>COSTUME</u></i></b>. Dressing
all the extras in costumes again <u>limits</u> our casting choices, because the
people we cast have to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>fit</u></b>
the clothes… ”</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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worked <u>recently</u> or only worked <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>sporadically</u></i></b> or we haven't
personally met you...it would be in <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">your</b>
best interest to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>attend</u></b> so
that we can see you in <u>person</u>…</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
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“ …<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span class="textexposedshow">If you
have worked with us a <u>lot</u> and we <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">know</b>
who you are, we probably already have you <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>in</u></b>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>mind</u></b> for something if it <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">fits</i>. You do not need to attend… </span><br />
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“ …<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span class="textexposedshow">If you
specifically fit one of the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>categories</u></b>
that we are looking for, you should <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>ATTEND</u></b>
the CASTING CALL, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">regardless</i></b> of whether we know you or not… ”</span></span></div>
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of the extras in this film will be between <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>18</u>-<u>24</u></b>,
<u>thin</u>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>athletic</u></i>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">mixed</b> ethnicity but mostly <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Caucasian</i>… ”</span></span><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></span></div>
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ALL <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">AGES</b> (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>16</u></b>+ only), ALL <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>ETHNICITY</u></i>
in addition to the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">specific</b> things
we listed [below as to the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Categories</u></b>]...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">“ ...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The
open <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">call</b> will be held [on] </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Saturday, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">February 9</b>, 2013</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> from </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">10:00AM</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">
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CINESPACE - Chicago Film Studios <br />
2602 W. 16TH Street, 2nd Floor <br />
Chicago, IL 60608 <br />
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“ <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Atmosphere</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Casting</i> will be <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>LOOKING</u></b>
for the following: <br />
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● People with a “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>rural</u></b>” <u>farm</u>
hand look<br />
● People with <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>military</u></b>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">weapons</i> or <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">martial</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">arts</b> training<br />
● People with <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">stunt</b> and/or <u>stage</u>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>combat</u></b> training<br />
● People with a “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>hippie</u></b>” or <u>Bohemian</u>
look. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Longer</i></b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">hair</b>
preferred (both men and women)<br />
● People with visible <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>tattoos</u></b>
and/or <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">piercings</b><br />
● Ages <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>16</u></b> and up, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>all</u></i></b>
ethnicities<br />
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“ Plenty of free <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">parking</i> [is] located
in the lot across the street from CINESPACE – Chicago Film Studios.<br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“ While <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">photos</b> will be <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>taken</u></b>
of everyone who attends the open casting call, participants are asked to <u>also</u>
bring a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>candid</u></i></b> photo of themselves, approximately 4x6 in size,
and be sure to legibly print their name, phone number and email address on the
back it.<br />
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“ Only </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">ILLINOIS</span></u></i></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> residents are eligible to participate in the open
casting call. Please bring your </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Illinois</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> issued driver's <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">license</b>
or <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">state</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ID</i></b>. School IDs are <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">not</i> sufficient. This will be <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>checked</u></b> <u>before</u> entering
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A number of people I know --<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>some of whom have <u>WORKED</u> for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ATMOSPHERE </i>in the past – decided to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">attend </b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the Casting Call, in <u>part</u> so they would
be <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">less</b> likely to possibly be “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>OVERLOOKED</u></i></b>”
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because of the very strong online <u>interest</u>
shown in the Casting Call, I & others expected they’d open up the Casting
Call <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>EARLY</u></i></b>
(& probably also stay somewhat <u>later</u> than listed) to try to
effectively <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>handle</u></b> the throng
of likely <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">attendees</b>…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After some recent <u>snow</u>, the February 11<sup>th</sup>
day dawned partly <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SUNNY</b> & <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>without</u></b> precipitation…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, it was very <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>COLD</u></b>, around <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">28</b><sup>o</sup>
F., & periodically <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">windy…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">I’d “planned
ahead”, being bundled in some <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>thermal</u></i> </b>clothes (which turned
out to be very <u>WISE</u>, as some people— like the man directly <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ahead</i> of me in line — <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">didn’t</b> even wear any <u>CAP</u> to
cover their soon-frozen <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ears</i> &
the like)…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">... I
went there with my longtime friend <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green;">ED BUCHALO</span></b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He’s been doing<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> “Background” </b>(extra)<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>acting since the TV show “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">EARLY
EDITION</i></b>” which filmed in Chicago from 1996-2000 (& he acted as a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>stand</u></b>-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>in</u></b> for <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Tim Kazurinski</b>
in that)…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, he worked on the films <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“ROAD
TO PERDITION” </i></b>in<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>2001<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">, </i>Altman’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">THE COMPANY</b>” </i>in 2002, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“OCEANS
12</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">” </i>in 2004, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">THE
DARK KNIGHT</b>” </i>which filmed in 2008, & “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">TRANSFORMERS 3</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">” </i>in 2009…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also worked with <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">me</b> in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CONTAGION</b>” </i>filmed in 2010, + on the Indian feature film “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>DHOOM
3</u></i></b>” filmed in the </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">Chicago</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"> area last summer…</span></div>
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I <u>arrived</u> for the day’s <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Casting</b>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Call</b> around <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>8:52</u></b> am, & found there were <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">already</b> <b><u>100</u>+ </b>people in line (as you can see in the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">PHOTO </b>above<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b>) for the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">10 am</i> start of the sign-up & PHOTO-TAKING... <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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increasingly <u>COLD</u> as we stood in line), they unexpectedly did <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>NOT</u></b> open up significantly <u>early</u>,
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">not</b> letting any attendees <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i>INSIDE</i></b><i> </i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">the main structure </span>until </span><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">9:<u>55</u></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> am</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Below, you can see the people <u>BEHIND</u>
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…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Security let us inside the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">CineSpace<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></i>building in groups of like <u>25</u><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></b>at a time…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Atmosphere
</i>had “<u>cautioned</u>”, there was a man at the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">entrance</b> to the 2<sup>nd</sup> floor large room who <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>wouldn’t</u></b> allow you to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">enter</i> the room until you showed some <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>STATE</u></b>-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">issued I.D. </b>from </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">Illinois</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…</span></div>
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to “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">match</b>-up” with the numbered <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>PHOTOS</u></b> they’d be <u>taking</u>
of everyone…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, some <u>info</u> about
the upcoming “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">DIVERGENT</i></b>” <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">production</b>,
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had done a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">fine</b> job of “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>PREPARING</u></b>” for the
attendees:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>one small section was set-off
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both areas had a number of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">TABLES</b>, with pens to help people <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">fill-out</b> the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Registration</u></b> forms…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>At times, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Atmosphere’s </i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green;">JON<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>KINNAS</span> </b>(seen at the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">center</i> of the photos, including over the
right shoulder of a man in the top one below) gave some general “<u>EXPLANATIONS</u>”
to people about how to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">complete</b> the
forms & where to “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>line</u></b>-<u>up</u>”
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The line moved forward <u>quickly</u>, as <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">3 ladies</b> were set up at a <u>table</u>
at the head of the line to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">GATHER </b>the
Registration forms…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Altho one sign said
“Female”, that lady helped <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>ANY</u></i>
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together any <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>SUPPORTING</u></b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">additional </b>documentation an attendee
provided (such as personal <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">PHOTOS</b>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">... Two young men (including <b style="color: #38761d;">BILLY SURGES,</b> seen below on the<i> right) </i>were taking special <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>PHOTOS</u></b>
to go <u><b>with</b></u> the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Registration </b>forms<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b> that
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"> …<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They had a <u>white</u> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">board</b> they filled-in with the <u>NUMBERS</u> assigned to each
attendee when they entered, which they had each person <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">HOLD-UP</b> beside them as they planned for the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>PHOTOS</u></i> </b>they<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>wanted to take…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The guys seemed to work to sort of “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MATCH</b>” people to an “idea” they’d
gotten of “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>where</u></b>” a person
might “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>FIT</u></b>-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>IN</u></b>” to certain elements (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>roles</u></b>) they knew the production
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"> …<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With me, they wanted <u>separate</u> shots
both <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">with</b> & <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>without</u></b> wearing <u>eyeglasses</u>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The sort of curly-haired young man working
with me asked for <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">poses</b> of me both <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>smiling</u></b> & (for some reason
or “character”) with my putting on what he requested as a "<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>DOWNTRODDEN</u></b>" / <b>sad</b> look
(possibly seeing me as a "<b><i>RURAL </i></b>person"?...)...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thus, there was a total of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>4</u></b> photos taken of me (&
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My friend <b>ED </b>was registered as # <b><u>130</u>
</b>for their photos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was asked to
pose with & <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">without</b> his <u>thin</u>
glasses, & the photographer said he sort of looked like he could be a
"<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>SCIENTIST</u></i></b>"
with them... (I don't know if they were searching for certain "<u>looks</u>"
for <b>character </b>"groups"... )<br />
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... <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">After</i> the photos were
taken, before leaving the building, we went down to the Rest Room area…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There, I chanced to meet a lady who
immediately said she’d <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">recognized</b> me
from <u>working</u> together on a bitterly <b>cold </b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">October 7, 2012<b> </b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">overnite</i>
film-shoot for the Indian film </span>"<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i>DHOOM 3</i></b><i>" </i>at <b>NAVY PIER</b>...<br />
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…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The world of <u>doing</u> “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Background</b>” film work can be sort of a
“”<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>COMMUNITY</u></b>”:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Near the Restrooms, I also was greeted by my friend
<b><span style="color: green;">LISA WUNDER</span></b>... We’d worked
together on that same <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Navy</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Pier</b> shoot, plus on September 5<sup>th</sup>
for <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“</i></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">CHICAGO</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"> FIRE”</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"> episode 5 (”Hanging On’), and on
September 27 for the indie film “</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">WARREN</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">” (where we & other acting
friends had a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">fine</b> time together)…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She related how she was one of the <u>1</u><sup>st</sup>
people who’d been in line waiting for like <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">2
hours</b> to get in!...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As she put it, it
was <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“</i></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">FREEZING</span></u></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">COLD</b>!!”,
</span></i><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“</i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">My <u>hands</u> are <b><u>still</u>
</b>freezing<b> </b>and my<b> feet <u>barely</u> </b>warming up... </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">”
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lisa told me that, once <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">inside</i>, she’d <u>told</u> them how she had a “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>military</u></b>” background<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>they were “looking” for--<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but,
they’d <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>DECLINED</u></b> to put her in
the “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">military</b>” line or to give her <u>any</u>
of the “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">colored</b>” <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">STARS</b> which seemingly <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>designated</u></i> such people on the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Registration</b> forms… She commented, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“</i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I think they
were <u>looking</u> for <b><u>under</u> <u>30</u></b> …for this type of--</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">” </span></i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">role…</span></div>
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to pose for a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>PHOTO</u></b> of her
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">... When I told
her what kind of <u>special</u> “candid” <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">PHOTOS</b>
the <u>hired</u> guys had taken of me inside, she said, she <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>ALSO</u></b> had been asked to use a “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">DOWNTRODDEN</i></b>”
/ <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>sad</u></b>“ type pose-- again,
with <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">no</b> explanation from the
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since I was about to go back <u>outside</u>
into the cold, I put on my cold-air <b><u>face</u> <u>mask</u> </b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">to<b> </b>get </span>ready to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">leave</i> the place and walked towards the
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once there, I was immediately "<u>recognized</u>"
& greeted by my <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">co</b>-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">actor</b> friend <b><span style="color: green;">FRANK GAGLIARDO</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">,<b> </b>who
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Frank has been a periodic “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">background</b>” actor since way back in 19<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>92</u></b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ve worked together on the indie “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">CTRL
+ LIFE + DELETE”</i></b> (on June 4), various segments of “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">DHOOM 3”</i></b> (including October
24 at the Shedd Aquarium), “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">THE ONION: DR. GOOD”</i></b> episodes (Nov.
5), & “</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">CHICAGO</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"> FIRE”</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Episode 17 <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Better To Lie”</i></b> (Feb. 11)…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I <u>also</u> was greeted by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>OTHER</u></b> acting friends who were
there <u>WITH</u> Frank:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="color: #38761d;">OTIS BREWER III,
</span><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Niko D'AnTe Miller</span>, </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase;">&<b> <span style="color: #38761d;">CLAY REEVES</span></b></span><span style="color: #274e13;">
</span>(all of whom worked with me on the afore-mentioned “</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">WARREN</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">”</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"> indie film, + they were in various
segments of “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">DHOOM 3”</i></b>)...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">(…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, I also worked with <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">OTIS </b>on<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“The <u>MOB</u> <u>DOCTOR</u>”
episode </i>8 “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Game Changers</i>” </b>on
October 19, + in “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">THE ONION: DR. GOOD”</i></b> episodes on November 5)…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I shot a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>PHOTO</u></b>
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Call, namely, (left-to-right below), of Frank, Otis, Niko & Clay…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the hallway, they talked about how <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>COLD</u></b> it had been waiting in line
for like <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1.25</b> hours or so.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When asked, I told what they could “<u>expect</u>”
at the upstairs <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Registration</b>,
including how unusually <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>EFFICIENT</u></i> </b>& <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">smoothly</b> things had gone there…</span></div>
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& all…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He said, they were <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>not</u></b> interested in the fact he
--<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>quite some time back --<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>had had a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>MILITARY</u></i> </b>background…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They’d also done a series of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">PHOTOS</b> of him, tho things were “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>UNCLEAR</u></b>” re <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">what</b> they were trying to “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>GET</u></i></b>” with them by the “poses”
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>About a 1/2 hour after Ed & I had LEFT
the Casting Call, I was <u>called</u> by <b><span style="color: blue;">COOKIE
SANTUCCI</span> </b>who was still <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>outside</u></b>
in the Casting Call line... (We’d <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">worked</b>
together on December 4<sup>th</sup> in the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Warm & Dead</b>” </i>episode 13 of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CHICAGO
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cookie reported that she'd had to wait like <b><u>1.5</u>
<u>hours</u></b> to get inside the Casting Call, & eventually was given a
photo Registration number like <b><u>960</u></b>...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She agreed, it was a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>capably</u></b>–run process once upstairs--<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>tho she also <u>couldn’t</u> understand the “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>WHY</u></i></b>”
of the specific <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">PHOTOS</b> that were
taken of her, as the “choice” of <u>poses</u> seemed very “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>arbitrary</u></b>” to our “outside” view…<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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arrived at the Casting Call shortly <b>before</b> the <b>3</b> pm scheduled
"<u>CUT</u>-<u>OFF</u>" time-- & they initially tried to <b><u>STOP</u></b>
her & others in her group from going upstairs to the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Registration</b> area!... </span></div>
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... Like others there in line, she <b>complained </b>that she'd arrived <b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>BEFORE</u></i></b> the "<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">stop</b> time” listed, plus had taken a CAB
to get there!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After that complaint by
her & others, they finally <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>allowed</u></b>
her & her "group" to go <b>upstairs </b>& <b><u>SIGN</u>-<u>UP</u></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> (with her<b> </b>being </span>photo Registration
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">... She reported to me that one of the ladies at the Registration table for some reason put <u>2</u> colored <b>STARS</b> on her form... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">... When she got to the <u>Photo</u>-taking section, she was asked to pose as a <i>"<b>poor</b> tired <u><b>FARMER</b></u>"</i> & then as a <i>"<u>drunk</u> <u><b>HIPPIE</b></u>"</i>, including poses with her SCARVES on, and eyeglasses both on and off... She also was asked if she'd be willing to <u><b>dye</b></u> her hair, & asked to please <u>NOT</u> <i>CUT</i> her hair at this point...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><i>ATMOSPHERE CASTING</i></b> (which <u>ran</u>
the Casting Call) eventually reported that, tho they’d expected & <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">hoped</b> for like <u>1200</u> people, there
were more than <b><u>1500</u></b> people who’d showed-up at the Casting Call
(which means they handled like <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">300 <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">per</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">hour</i></b>
re filling-out <b>forms</b> & having new <b>PHOTOS</b>
taken)... <br />
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…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There’s a lot of “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>disagreements</u></b>” & “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>RUMORS</u></b>”
being bandied about re the Call for the “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">DIVERGENT”</i></b> film (which is seemingly
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A bunch of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>differing</u></b> opinions can be read on-line about what it “<u>means</u>”
to have <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">received</b> --<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>or <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">NOT</b>
received – a certain colored “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>STAR</u></b>”
on their Registration form, what the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>photos</u>
</b>taken “<u>MEAN</u>” or are <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">likely</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>to mean, etc… </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In chapter <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">3</b> of Veronica Roth’s “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">DIVERGENT</i></b>”
book, it says, “The <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>truth</u></b> has
a way of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>CHANGING</u></i></b> people’s <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">plans</b>…”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m
reminded of a comment posted on the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">divergentfans.com</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>web-site by a lady named “Savanna”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She related that: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“</i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I was given a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>red</u></b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>star</u></b> at the casting call [a star <u>color</u> which some
people said was supposedly a ‘sign’ of being scheduled for a “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>COMBAT</u></b>” role in the film,] but I
clearly indicated I <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>didn't</u></b>
have <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">any</b> [military] <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">TRAINING</b>… </i><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“ …<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For my <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">picture</b> they asked for
an "<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>adorable</u></b>" pose
in addition to a regular one[,] so I think it had to do something with [my
being scheduled for the] <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Amity</u></b>
[faction]…” </i><br />
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in the process to be very “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>sure</u></b>”
about much of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>ANYTHING</u></i></b>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s hope
that <b>ALL</b> get some <b><u>worthwhile</u> <i><u>WORK</u></i></b> out of the
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about specific <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">CASTING</i></b> choices & <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">actions</b>!…</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="postbody"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Reviews of films: “<i><u><span style="color: red;">BE</span></u><span style="color: red;"> <u>GOOD</u></span>” & "<u><span style="background-color: #bf9000;">LOLLYWOOD</span></u>"</i>,
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PANEL</span></b><span class="postbody"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> on <u>SHORT</u> films, + <i><u><span style="color: #00ccff;">Q&A</span></u></i> with Director <span style="color: red;">TODD LOOBY</span>, @ <i><span style="color: blue;">MIDWEST FILM FESTIVAL </span></i></span></b></span></span></div>
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<span class="postbody"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I mentioned <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">previously</i> (in a review of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<b>LAC
DE FLAMBEAU</b>”;</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>available for
viewing at: <b><span style="color: red;">http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2012/03/review-of-film-lac-de-flambeau-at.html</span></b>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>MIDWEST</u>
<u>INDEPENDENT</u> <u>FILM</u> <u>FESTIVAL</u> </i></b>hosts a gathering on the
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">first</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Tuesday</b> of every month…</span></div>
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show special <u>screenings</u> of films at the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Landmark CENTURY </i>theater (</span><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">2828 N Clark Street</span><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">), highlighting work<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>done by people <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">from</b> and
/ or <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">in</b> the </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">MIDWEST</span></b><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> area of the </span><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">United States</span><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> (hence, the name)...</span></div>
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6</b>th, the evening started with a “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: teal;">PRODUCER’S</span></u><span style="color: teal;"> <u>PANEL</u></span></b>”
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who has made more than <u>15</u> short films (which have screened at various
Film Festivals) plus the documentary feature “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">BEING BUCKY</i></b>”, and
currently works as a Creative Director at the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Leo</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Burnett</b> agency…</span></div>
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NEWS NETWORK, </i></b>the video department (which recently moved to </span><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Chicago</span><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> from </span><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">New York</span><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">) of the satirical <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“ONION”</i></b> combine…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s been a freelance <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">editor</b>, <u>director</u> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">producer</i>…</span></div>
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referring to the fact that <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">THE ONION’S</i>
work is seen<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>on “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">YOU
TUBE</i></b>” & the like, smilingly commented that, “Calling what <u>we</u>
do ‘<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">film</b>’ would be very, very <u>GENEROUS</u>!...”<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">likes</i>
the fact that using a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">short</b> format
easily allows his group to<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“<u>parrot</u>”
various <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">DIFFERENT </b>styles of
story-telling, centered around <u>satire</u>…</span></div>
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short films to doing <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">features</i>, in
that they allow a quicker “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">turn-around</b>”
time &, partly because they don’t take so long to do, they permit having “<u>less</u>
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spoke of how, from making his <u>15</u> or so short films, he got involved with
doing the “short film <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CIRCUIT</b>” of
attending lots of film <u>FESTIVALS</u> with them--<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>& those festivals tended to make him very
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>DISCOURAGED</u></i></b>
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was especially <u>UPSET</u> with certain Festivals, such as ones in the
Southwest, for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>just</u></i> that
reason. At times, the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">main</b> thing you
“get” from attending them is meeting <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>OTHER</u></b>
filmmakers, who you might later decide to do <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>COLLABORATIONS</u></i></b>
with to some degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“it’s more like the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">PEOPLE</b> you meet” </i>that make attendance at them <u>worthwhile</u>…</span></div>
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talked about he knows a number of his <u>friends</u> liked using <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">short</b> films to help <u>HONE</u> their <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>CRAFT</u> </i>in film-making…</span></div>
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agreed that that’s often the case, & it can <u>help</u> a person learn how
to do <u>DIFFERENT</u> things in the world of making films…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As to concentrating on certain “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">genres</b>”, he feels what’s IMPORTANT
overall is the basic <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>STORY</u></b>-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>TELLING</u></b> in <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">whatever</i></b> you’re doing,
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story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, while many people think
that’s “<u>easier</u>” than drama, he thinks the <u>OPPOSITE</u> is true, that <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">comedy</i></b>
is harder to do really <u>wel</u>l…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
any case, he feels <u>9</u> out of every 10 shorts are <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">made</b> in the form of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">DRAMAS</b>…</span></div>
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in short films tends to be sort of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">biographical</b>…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">TODD</b>
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into his own films, & he especially <u>dislikes</u> making things telling
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since he’s <u>moved</u> to </span><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Chicago</span><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">, he’s been <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">amazed</b> at how <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“there’s so <u>much</u>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>GREAT</u></b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">comedy</b> talent out here!”…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>The
<u>actors</u> & <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">other</i> creative
people here makes him feel like he’s in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“a
small <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">FAMILY</b>” </i>of people <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">who “take <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>CARE</u></b> of each other more”</i> than he was <u>used</u> to
after New York--<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the way they’re being <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">SUPPORTIVE</i></b>
of each other & <u>HELPFUL</u>, with an unusual “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>camaraderie</u></i></b>” &
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of how he generally works in a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“super <u>LOW</u>-<u>BUDGET</u>”
</i>situation re his projects, & he’s found <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“it’s <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">harder</b> to keep peoples’
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ATTENTION</b>”</i> when you’re working
on a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">feature </b>film vs a short.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He personally is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>impatient</u></b> to <u>PUSH</u>”
</i>things out to the public, so he <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>PREFERS</u></b>
working on <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">shorts</b>…</span></div>
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choice…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>TODD</u> </b>spoke of his short film <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<span style="color: red;">LOLLYWOOD</span>”,</i></b> which had
just premiered at </span><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Utah</span><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">’s “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>Slamdance</u>”</i></b> Festival (near
Sundance), & which we’d be <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">seeing</b>
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back in 20<u>10</u>, he’d filmed a short called “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">CHILDREN OF HOPE:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>THE STORY OF </i></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">LIBERIA</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">MISSION</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">”</span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">...</span></i></div>
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a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>MOVIE</u></b> script (somewhat
based on an idea he’d seen in a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Nigerian</b>
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</i>tells the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>STORY</u></b> of that <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“EIGWAY”
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the little play he’d written for <u>videotaping</u> as a film…</span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Todd felt it’s a wonderfully <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">UPLIFTING</b> story about the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>indomitable</u></b> & <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">hopeful</b> spirit of some young people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He thus was <u>stunned</u> & deeply <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">disappointed</b> when a certain Festival in
the southwest <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>REJECTED</u></b> accepting
the short into their Fest— while at the <u>same</u> time <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">admitting</b> certain <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">other</i>
films that were comparatively “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">JUNK</b>”!...</span></div>
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<u>ECHOED</u> his opinion about how certain “chosen” films are frequently
unbelievably <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">POORLY done</b>, & he
at times is also at a <u>loss</u> to understand the “<u>THINKING</u>” being used
by certain of the fest <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">programmers</b>…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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</b>kidded that, one of <u>his</u> “rants” is how the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Midwest</i></b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Film</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Fest</i>
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filmmakers” </i>in a panel!<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">…</i></span></div>
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makers of short films claim they’re making it a way of hopefully helping <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">generate</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>MONEY</u></b> to <u>EXPAND</u> the short film into an eventual <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>FEATURE</u></i></b>
film on the subject, and / or to gather INTEREST in someone <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">backing </b>them financially to make a film
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she was a self-taught <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">writer </b>&
wondered how she might be able to get <u>started</u> in writing for <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">FILMS</b>…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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opined that, when moving from writing <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">plays</b>
to writing for film, you have to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“consider
the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>CAMERA</u></b>” </i>& what’s
needed to detail <u>actions</u> of people & to look proper for the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">camera’s</b> “view” of what’s going on…</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">FRIENDS</b> --<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“people
you <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>trust</u></b>”</i> -- who’ll give
you <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>HONEST</u></b> opinions on how
well things are “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">working</b>”…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An audience member asked <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">BRETT</b> what the situation was regarding using both <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">union</b> & <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>NON</u></i>-union actors in “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">THE
ONION’S”</i> projects…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He responded
that, while he’s been generally pleased with the work done here by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">both</b>, he senses that they may well
start using <u>MORE</u> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>UNION</u></i></b> talent, in that, if actors
have reached the point of being <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">in</b> a
union, they usually have <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MORE</b> they
can <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>bring</u></b> “to the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>table</u></i></b>”
performance-wise…</span></div>
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that some directors say they’re making their <u>SHORT</u> in order to get “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">noticed</b>”, with <u>hopes</u> that it’d
convince someone to fund a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>FEATURE</u></b>
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feature work that way would likely be<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“an<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> <u>EXCEPTION</u></b> to the rule”</i> of
how things <u>usually</u> go… A director by the name of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jon Lisecki </b>was mentioned as someone who <u>succeeded</u> in that,<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>& <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Scott</b> <u>AGREED</u> with the basic premise that it tended to be <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">unusual</i></b>…</span></div>
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many cases of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>bad</u> <u>PROGRAMMING</u></b>
done in Festivals…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SCOTT agreed </b>in general, commenting on a frequent <u>lack</u> of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>QUALITY</u></i></b>
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Festivals are a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>WASTE</u></b> of time
being involved with, host <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Melissa</b>
quickly piped up<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">, “<u>Except</u> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>THIS</u></b> one!!”--</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to which <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Scott</b>
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Mac talked to <b><u>BRETT</u> <u>BLAKE</u></b> as the audience took a time out,
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then spoke to Brett a bit…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mentioned
knowing people who’d appeared as <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">actors</b>
in some of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">THE ONION’s </i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tapings </b>here in </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">Chicago</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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GOOD"</i></b> episodes (a satire on the “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">helpful</b> <u>DOCTOR</u>” shows on TV), he said they were very <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>pleased</u></b> in general with what was
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(on “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">YOU
TUBE”</i></b> or the like), he said that, tho it could <i>change </i>depending
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Todd’s short film <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<span style="color: red;">LOLLYWOOD</span>” </i></b>to<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>the appreciative audience…</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">SCREENING</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> of TODD LOOBY’S Film “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="color: red;">BE</span></u><span style="color: red;"> <u>GOOD</u></span></i>”</span></b></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After that, we viewed Todd’s new <u>feature</u>
film, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<u>BE</u> <u>GOOD</u>”</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">, </i>starring<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">THOMAS</span></b><span style="color: blue;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MADDEN</b></span> (who also starred in Todd’s
previous feature, 2009’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">LEFTY</b>”— </i>which the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Chicago Tribune’s Metromix</i> readers voted
as one of the <u>TOP</u> films that year)…</span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thomas plays Paul, a married man who’s trying
hard to write a <u>SCREENPLAY</u> he could sell, as his wife Mary (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">AMY SEIMETZ</span></b>)
has to be the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>bread</u></b>-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>winner</u></b> by returning to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">office</b> work after her <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MATERNITY</b> leave…</span></div>
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far preferring to care of their newly-born baby <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>DAUGHTER</u></b> </span><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Pearl</span><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> (played by <u>Todd’s</u> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">real</b> daughter, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">TESSA DAY</b>)…</span></div>
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is left to <u>CARE</u> for the child— which he doesn’t mind doing, outside of
the fact that she keeps <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>interrupting</u></b>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The film very <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">effectively</b> tells the story of the <u>financial</u> & <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>emotional</u></i> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">DIFFICULTIES</b> experienced by Thomas & Amy in their “obligations”,
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film </span><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">has <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“</i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">plenty of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">wry</b> <u>observational</u>
humor but a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">lack</b> of sitcom <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>clichés</u></b>”,</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"> wherein <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Looby perceptively explores the ironic <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">dilemma</b> faced by many young couples: ‘a <u>mom</u> feels <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">guilty</b> that she’s <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>working</u></b>; a <u>dad</u> feels guilty that he’s <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>not</u></b>’…”</i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></i></div>
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“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">undeveloped</b>” / <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>unresolved</u></b> (almost as if to leave “room” for a possible
SEQUEL)--<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>ACTING</u> </b>& overall <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">STORY-TELLING</b>
were so <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>well</u></b> done, I’d rate
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screened at the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="color: red;">SAN</span></u><span style="color: red;"> <u>FRANCISCO</u>
INDIE FEST</span>, </i></b>as follows = on Friday, Feb. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>8</u></b> at <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The ROXIE</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>at </span><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7:15 pm</span><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, and at that same theater at </span><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5:00 pm</span><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> on Sat., Feb. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>9</u></b></span>;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">plus, on Wed., Feb. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>13</u></b>
at the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">STATTUCK CIN</i></b> at </span><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7:00 pm</span><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">…</span></div>
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Todd’s <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>DAUGHTER</u></i></b> was <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>in</u></b>
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his music based on what the young Liberian <u>children</u> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>actors</u></i></b> were “doing”
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Tavern</b> for a post-show <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>RECEPTION</u>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">Report: </span></b><b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial;">BEWARE</span></u></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial;"> of <u>SCAM</u></span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> where </span></b><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">caller</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> offers to help “</span></b><b><i><u><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial;">FIX</span></u></i></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">” your computer!</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">This past week,<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">"out-of-the-<u>blue</u>",
I got a call from a <b>fast-talking</b> guy with a thick Indian-sounding
accent, claiming he was calling from "<b><i><span style="color: #0000bf;">MICROSOFT</span></i></b>"...
As I recall, he knew my <u>NAME</u> (-- but, it & my phone number are on all
my <b>e-mails</b>, various "<i>contests"</i> I enter from radio
stations, etc.)...<br />
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... I had to keep asking
him to <u>REPEAT</u> things over & over, as a number of his statements made<b>
little "SENSE</b>" to me... He said, Microsoft's "<u>records</u>"
had shown a bunch of "<b>ERRORS</b>" on my computer, & he was
calling to "<u>HELP</u>" me get <b><u>RID</u></b> of them, because,
if that wasn't done, they'd act as "<b>viruses</b>" (I'm
"paraphrasing" here!) & start to <b><u>infect</u> </b>my computer
& make it <b><u>UNUSABLE</u></b> within like "<b>12 days</b>"!...<br />
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... I report certain <b>PROGRAM <u>PROBLEMS</u> </b>(like sudden "<u><b>disconnects</b></u>") to Microsoft (as a
"<b>pop-up menu</b>" encouraging you to do that is often "<u>built</u>-<u>into</u>"
Windows when there are problems that <b><u>disable</u></b> normal operations of
the program)-- but I do <u>NOT</u> send "<b>identifiable" </b>information
"with" such reports, & purposely do<b> NOT</b> regularly send
info to Microsoft re <b><u>WEB</u>-SITES</b> I go to, etc (as I feel it's
unnecessary & <i>none of their business</i>)...<br />
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... I specifically asked the caller-- who said his name was "<b>ABEL</b>"(!)
-- if he was claiming he worked <b><u>FOR</u></b> <b>Microsoft</b>, & he
claimed he <u>did</u>. I asked, what "<b>OFFICE</b>" was he
calling from?, & he said, "<b><u>CALIFORNIA</u></b>"-- tho
he <b>declined</b> to give me a <b><i><u>PHONE</u></i></b> number there when I
asked for it...<br />
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... The guy named "Abel" had some <b>KNOWLEDGE</b> about <b>computers</b>,
urging me to go to "Start" / "Run", & type in "<b>eventvwr</b>"...
I tried things, &, under "Applications", I did see some periodic
"<b>ERROR</b>" messages he claimed I'd see... (But, that could
be true on <b><i><u>ANYONE'S</u></i></b> computer, & they usually just said
<b>un-vital </b>things like "Application <u>HANG</u>"...)<br />
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... When I asked <b><u>HOW</u></b> -- or <u>WHY</u> -- he or Microsoft
would <b>get </b>any supposed "<b>REPORTS</b>" of "Error"
messages being on <b><u>my</u></b> machine, his words were <u>INDEFINITE</u>
& made <b><u>NO</u> real <i><u>SENSE</u></i></b> overall...<br />
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... Questioning him some more (because I wanted to better <u>understand</u>
his "GAME"), I asked, <b>what</b> did he propose be "<b><u>done</u></b>"
about these supposedly "dangerous" errors on my computer?... In
the midst of his "<u>FAST</u>-TALKING" spiel (which tried to <b>avoid</b>
giving "direct" answers), he eventually said, he would <b><u>DIAL</u>
INTO </b>my computer over the internet &, for "a <b><i><u>NOMINAL</u>
fee</i></b>", he'd <b><u>REMOVE</u></b> the otherwise supposedly
"un-removable" harmful "errors" that would otherwise "<b>DISABLE</b>"
my machine...<br />
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... I asked, just <u>what</u> the "nominal fee" was, & he
reluctantly mentioned $ <b><u>100</u></b>, with some <b>fast-talk</b> words about
how his work would be "<u>GUARANTEED</u>" for a certain period
including re any "<i>re-occurrence" </i>of such errors, etc...<br />
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... I said, I <b>didn't like</b> the idea of some absolute <b>STRANGER</b>
who'd called me<b> <i>uninvited</i> </b>suddenly being allowed <u>access</u> to do <b><u>ANYTHING</u></b>
on my computer [since, tho I didn't say so, he could <b><i><u>STEAL</u>
PERSONAL INFORMATION </i></b>off of it!], & best he call back
"later", after I'd had time to "<b>discuss</b>" the
situation with a computer "PROFESSIONAL" I personally know...<br />
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... To my surprise, the guy called <u>BACK</u> in about an hour...
I said, I wasn't able to make any "decision" at this time, &
again asked for a <b>PHONE</b> number... He started <b>rattling</b> one
off quickly, starting with an area code of <b>786</b>... I said, he was
speaking too <u>quickly</u>, please go <b>slower </b>& REPEAT it--
but, he quickly <b><u>HUNG</u>-<u>UP</u></b> after that, & <u>NOTHING</u>
more was heard from him...<br />
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... Now, I know Microsoft is headquartered in Redmond, <b>WASHINGTON</b>...
While they have numerous offices elsewhere, & undoubtedly some in <b><u>CALIFORNIA</u></b>
where "Abel" had previously <u>claimed </u>he'd been calling from, I
checked out the area code of "<b>786</b>" (which I'd <i>written down </i>as
he'd spoken), & it's an "overlay" code in the <b>MIAMI, <i><u>FLORIDA</u></i>
</b>area, clear <u>across</u> the country from where he'd claimed!...<br />
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… My "point" is, this appears to be an unusually <u>BRAZEN</u>
"<b>DIRECT</b>"-contact scam of a type I <b>haven't personally seen </b>before,
& I wanted to "<u>ALERT</u>" you to it…</span></div>
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transpired, two of them advised me that they <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>ALSO</u></b> had been involved in a <u>SIMILAR</u> situation...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Given that fact, I felt it might be <u>helpful</u>
to get the “word” out to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>OTHER</u></b>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I <b>caution</b> you to <b><u><span style="color: #c00000;">NEVER</span></u></b> allow <u>any</u> stranger who
suddenly contacts <u>YOU</u> “out-of-the-blue” to "<b>dial in</b>" to
your computer on <u>ANY</u> pretense, or to provide them with <b>ANY <i><u>PERSONAL</u></i>
</b>information of ANY type, no matter how much they "<u>WARN</u>"
you about supposed "<b>problems</b>" of some kind!...</span></div>
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</span>…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The odds are, it’s a “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>SCAM</u></b>”, they’re likely to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>CAUSE</u></i></b>
you problems rather than “solving” any, and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">nothing</b> truly <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">GOOD</b> is
likely to be given you by the caller!...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><u>SAVE</u> yourself a lot of “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">hassle</b>”
&, if need be, just <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>HANG</u>-<u>UP</u></i></b> on the
caller!...<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Review of film</b>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“ <span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><u><span style="color: red;">WARM</span></u></i></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <u>BODIES</u></span> </span></i></b>”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>=<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is
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... As stated a number of times on my </span><u style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">web</u><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">-site, overall, my </span><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">LEAST</b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">-favorite genre of movies are "</span><u style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>HORROR</b></u><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">" films...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">... I straight-out </span><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">AVOID </b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">going to "</span><u style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">SLASHER</u><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">" films (like </span><i style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"SAW 3D"),</i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> & generally tend to </span><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">bypass</b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> ones about "</span><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">VAMPIRES</b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">" & "</span><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ZOMBIES</b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">" & the like because most of them strike me as patently </span><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><u><i>STUPID</i></u></b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> in concept & execution, & are usually </span><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">poorly acted</b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> (and / or downright </span><u style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">BORING</u><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> to me)...</span><br />
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... But, trying to remain at least <i>partially </i>"<u>OPEN</u>-MINDED", I nevertheless decided to go out in a drizzling rain to see an advance screening of a </span><u style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">97</u><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">-minute "<b>ZOMBIE-COM</b>" film called "</span><i style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b style="color: red;">WARM BODIES</b>" </i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(which uses a number of <b>funny</b> tag lines, one of which is</span><i style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> "He's still <b>DEAD</b>-- but he's getting <u><b>WARMER</b></u>...")... </i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> ... I did it in part because a writer friend of mine named </span><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Brian</b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> said it was apparently surprisingly WELL-done... And, I was </span><u style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">intrigued</u><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> when I learned it was </span><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">written & directed</b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> by </span><b style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">JONATHAN LEVINE</b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">, who did 2011's excellent "</span><i style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>50 / 50"</b></i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> which I'd </span><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">enjoyed</b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> very much; see the review at <i style="color: red;"><b>http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2011/09/review-of-film-50-50.html </b></i>...)...</span><br />
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... In the lobby, the </span><u style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">waiting</u><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> line for it (mostly consisting of people in their 20's & 30's) was considerably </span><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">smaller</b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> than the seemingly way-</span><u style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">OVER</u><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">-booked line which had congregated for the advance screening of the </span><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Marlon</b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Wayans</b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> film </span><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>"A HAUNTED HOUSE"</i></b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> in </span><u style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">another</u><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> part of the lobby...</span><br />
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... It was </span><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><u><i>CLEVERLY</i></u> </b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">done, filmed in the Montreal area, with British star </span><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">NICHOLAS HOULT</span> </b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">giving a "</span><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">tongue-in-cheek</b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">" performance as a "</span><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">DIS-SATISFIED</b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">" Zombie named </span><i style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"R"</i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> (as in "Romeo"?)... </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(Nic played "Hank McCoy / Beast" in </span><i style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"<b style="color: #38761d;">X-MEN: FIRST CLASS</b>"; </i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">our Review can be seen at:</span><i style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <b style="color: red;">http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2011/06/review-of-film-x-men-first-class.html</b> )</i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">...</span><br />
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... We hear him </span><u style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">complain</u><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> (in off-screen commentaries) about how </span><i style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>hard </b></i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">& </span><u style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">unpleasant</u><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> his life is-- always walking so miserably </span><u style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">SLOWLY</u><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">...</span><br />
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... He has a zombie "</span><u style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">friend</u><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">" named "M" (played by <b style="color: blue;">ROB CORDDRY</b></span><b style="background-color: blue; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">), &, such as they can, they try to "</span><u style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">help</u><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">" each other & "commiserate" & "</span><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">communicate</b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">" (which tends to be </span><u style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">difficult</u><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> when you can do little more than</span><u style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> GRUNT</u><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">!)....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> ... By chance, as "R" is on a "</span><u style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">food</u><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"-slog search, he comes upon live </span><u style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">HUMANS</u><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> who are trying to find
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i> ... </i></span><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Quasi</i></b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">-akin to "</span><u style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Romeo</u><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> & </span><u style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Juliet</u><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">", a "</span><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><u>RELATIONSHIP</u>"</b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> starts to develop between "R" & Julie...</span><br />
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... Will "R" be able to </span><u style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">KEEP</u><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Julie </span><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">safe</b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">?... </span><br />
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... Will Julie be "content" to </span><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">STAY</b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> with "R"?... </span><br />
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... Will his efforts start to "</span><u style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>CHANGE</b></u><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">" him & possibly </span><i style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">others</i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> in some way, either "</span><u style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">inside</u><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">" or "outside"?... If so, will it be for the "</span><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">BETTER</b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"?... </span><br />
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... </span><u style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>WHO</b></u><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> will "</span><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">catch-up</b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">" with who, & what will "</span><i style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><u><b>HAPPEN</b></u>" </i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">from that?</span><i style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">...</i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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... I found the little film quite </span><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><u>FUNNY</u></b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> in an "</span><u style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">underlying</u><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">" & pleasurably </span><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">understated</b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> way... It's </span><i style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">not</i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> written to provide </span><u style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">big</u><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> "laugh" lines as jokes (tho there ARE some </span><i style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">hearty</i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> laughs): it's played generally "straight", with the humor & cleverness arising out of the "</span><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">SITUATIONS</b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">" set-up by the plot & its "</span><u style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>twists</b></u><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">" on the "</span><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">usual</b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">" story in "zombie" flicks...
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... It's not a "great" film; but, because of the </span><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">unusually</b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><u>fine</u></b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> work inherent in it (especially by the creative writing, & the acting by </span><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Nic & Teresa</b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">), I would rate it like </span><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">7.75* </b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">out of 10 stars, because of the way it accomplishes something </span><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">unexpectedly GOOD </b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">&</span><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <u><i>EFFECTIVE</i></u></b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> with an often-</span><u style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">hackneyed</u><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> genre (in how it in-effect makes </span><u style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">FUN</u><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> of many of the </span><i style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>stereotypes</b></i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> of its genre, & "explodes" certain "</span><u style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">preconceptions</u><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">")...
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... The movie is being shown in a number of </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">other</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <i>advance</i> screenings in the next few weeks, before its scheduled general release on </span><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">February 1</b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">st (perhaps as a "<u>back</u>-handed" -- or "short-handed" -- sort of "<b>commentary</b>" on <i><b>VALENTINE'S DAY</b>?!</i>...) ... </span> <br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">2</b>nd time [since July 2], the people "handling" this advance-screening event had <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>OVER</u></b>-BOOKED the theater (which held only 199 people) by like <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>100</u>%</i></b> [rather than the “normal” <u>10</u>% or so], inconveniencing hundreds of people who couldn’t get in...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-pagination: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>... I fully <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>SUPPORT</u></b> trying to <u>STOP</u> people from "<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">stealing</b>" movies by filming them in theaters, & to <u>stop</u> people from turning on any <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">electronic device</i></b> <u>DURING</u> the movies (as the light is distracting & improper)...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, the "<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">BIG BROTHER</b>" attitude of film companies or their "agents" has become way <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>OVERBLOWN</u>:</i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Someone hires so-called "security" people who use ineffective "<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">WANDS</b>" on people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They at times try to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>CONFISCATE</u></b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Cell</b> phones, which some people <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">need</i> for proper communication outside the auditorium...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yesterday, the security "agents" had clear plastic <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>BAGS</u></i> ready to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>HOLD</u></b> Cell phones brought by people, which they <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>demanded</u></b> be <u>turned</u>-<u>in</u> along with any other electronic device...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But they went to a whole "<u>NEW</u>" level by further demanding that people SIGN a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">FORM</b> (for which they improperly <u>offered</u> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">NO</i></b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>COPY</u></i></b> to be kept by the device-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">owner</b>!) which stated that the person turning-<u>in</u> the device (per their <u>demand</u>!) would supposedly hold <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">them</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>HARMLESS</u></i></b> if the device was <u>DAMAGED</u> or <u>LOST</u>...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">REFUSED</b> to accept that to-me <u>FRAUDULENT</u> requirement & action...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>... I find it more than a little "ironic" that the company distribu<u>t</u>ing the film is [apparently] owned by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">RUPERT</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MURDOCH</b>-- who's [seemingly] being charged in England with illegally <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>HACKING</u></b>-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>IN</u></b> to people's <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>cell</u></b> phones!...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I feel the "<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">BIG BROTHER</b>" attitudes by film companies (who try to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">over-control</b> 1st Amendment rights of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>FREE</u> SPEECH</b>) need to be "<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>reigned</u>-<u>in</u></b>" significantly...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoBodyText"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">... That being said, I found the </span><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">"RUBY </i></b><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">SPARKS</i></b><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">"</i></b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> movie to be very </span><u style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">WELL</u><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">-DONE-- a </span><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">charming</b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> & </span><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">clever</b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> fantastical "commentary" on </span><u style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">relationships</u><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> & trying to "control" other people... The </span><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Q&A</b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> afterwards was very </span><u style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">interesting</u><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> & </span><u style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">informative</u><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">... </span></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br />
</div><div class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">... I'd rate this film starring <b>PAUL DANO & ZOE KAZAN </b>(opening in the U.S. on <b>July 25</b>th in limited markets) at </span><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><u>8.00</u></b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> stars out of 10 (& I MAY have more to say about the film & Q&A at a <i>LATER</i> time)...</span></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br />
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</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063891215512512347.post-582394074754844682012-06-25T15:03:00.001-05:002012-06-25T15:04:25.201-05:00Review of film: “MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE’S MOST WANTED”<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">Review of film: <i>“</i></span></b><b><i><u><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Arial;">MADAGASCAR</span></u></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Arial;"> <u>3</u>: </span></i></b><u><b><i><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Arial;">EUROPE</span></i></b></u><b><i><u><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Arial;">’S</span></u></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Arial;"> <u>MOST</u> <u>WANTED</u></span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">”</span></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">I very much <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ENJOYED</b> the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>previous</u></i></b> versions of this animated-film series, as indicated by my posted review of the 2<sup>nd</sup> in the series (as seen at = </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2011/02/review-of-film-madagascar-escape-2.html</span></i></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> )…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">... I saw this 93-minute film (directed by people such as <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ERIC DARNELL </b>&<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> TOM McGRATH</b>) in “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>regular</u></b>” <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>2</u></i></b>-D…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">… It brings <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">back</b> the <u>main</u> characters from the last film: now-fully-grown LION Alex (voiced by <b>BEN STILLER</b>), GIRAFFE Melman (<b>DAVID SCHWIMMER</b>), HIPPO Gloria (<b>JADA PINKETT SMITH</b>), & their nutty ZEBRA friend Marty (<b>CHRIS ROCK</b>)…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">… Also returning are 3 <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">natives </b>of the </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">island</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> of </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Madagascar--</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> self-important ring-tailed LEMUR “King” Julien XIII (<b>SACHA BARON COHEN</b>), overweight big-eared AYE-AYE lemur Maurice (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CEDRIC THE ENTERTAINER</b>), & a small MOUSE LEMUR named Mort (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ANDY RICHTER</b>)…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">… Also in the cast are the PENGUINS, led by Skipper (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">TOM McGRATH</b>), 2<sup>nd</sup>-in-command tall KOWALSKI (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CHRIS MILLER</b>), & others…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">… The gist of the story is, the main characters want to get back to their zoo home in NEW YORK CITY, & feel the only way they can do that is via traveling by way of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">EUROPE</b> (hence the name)… </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">… Since they are “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">illegal</b>” immigrants, they are constantly <u>pursued</u> by a French POLICE-type woman named Captain Chantal Dubois (voiced by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">FRANCES McDORMAND</b>)… </span></div><div class="DefinitionTerm"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">… To try to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">flee </b>from the “authorities”, the characters try to join a traveling <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>CIRCUS</u></b>. The leader of that group is a TIGER named Vitaly (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">BRYAN CRANSTON</b>). David starts to fall for that show’s JAGUAR named Gia (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">JESSICA CHASTAIN</b>)…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">… Also in the circus is an optimistic Italian SEA LION named Stefano (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MARTIN SHORT</b>), & a bike-reading BEAR named Sonya (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">FRANK WELKER</b>) who becomes a “<u>temptation</u>” to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Sacha.</b>... </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">… The action in the movie is based about the main characters trying to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>escape</u></b> from Captain </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">France</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">’s</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> clutches, mainly by learning how to be <u>CIRCUS</u> performers (which they <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">never</i> were before)…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">… While the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">trailers</b> for the movie made it look quite good, the film turned out to be considerably <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>BETTER</u></b> than that: As I said about the # 2 film, the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">animation</b> comes across with <b><u>wonderful</u></b> colors & <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>creativity</u></i></b>...</span></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">... As in the previous film, the characterizations are unusually <b><u>well</u> <u>done</u></b>, immersed with lots of nutty <u>humor</u>, fine “SPECIAL-EFFECTS”, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">clever</i></b> little touches & “relationships”, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">believability</i> and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">individuality</b>…</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.9pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">2012, 06-20:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Regular readers of this probably know that I’m very <u>FOND</u> of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">sci-fi</b> films, & especially if they’re really <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>WELL</u>-<u>DONE</u></b>--<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>as this <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">RIDLEY SCOTT </b>pre-quel to “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ALIENS</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">”</i> is:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Scientists Charlie Holloway (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">LOGAN MARSHALL-GREEN</b>) & Elizabeth Shaw (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">NOOMI RAPACE</b>, from the original Swedish version of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Girl With The Dragon Tattoo”) </i>have discovered strangely-similar signs of “<u>ALIEN</u>” visitation in artwork done by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">various</b> civilizations on earth…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are hired by skeptical / tough businesswoman Meredith Vickers (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CHARLIZE THERON</b>) to lead an exploration to try to find the original “<u>SOURCE</u>” of the drawings out in the “alien” world…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Helping on the quest is the ship’s captain, Janek (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">IDRIS ALBA</b>), & especially an <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>android</u></b>-like character named David (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MICHAEL FASSBENDER</b>) who in-effect “controls” the basic <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">technology</i></b> on the spaceship…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In time, they arrive on a planet that seems to hold the “<u>SECRETS</u>” to the drawings, &, in-effect, the “key” to the “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>ORIGINS</u></b>” of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">humanity</b> on Earth (& possibly elsewhere)…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Various earthlings & “other” creatures (such as Peter Weyland, played by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">GUY</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">PEARCE</b>) have various divergent “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>agendas</u></b>” during the trip, & we soon see what PROBLEMS that can cause…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will the explorers <u>FIND</u> the “source” of humanity?...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If so, will they be “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>pleased</u></b>” what they discover, or will it prove to be a “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>THREAT</u></b>” overall?...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I saw the 2-D version, & found the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">conception</b>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>set</u></b>-designs & especially the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>SPECIAL</u>-<u>EFFECTS</u> </b>to be jaw-droppingly <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>EXCEPTIONAL</u></i></b>…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">… <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is not a “perfect” film in all ways (& that it’s unclear what “causes” certain problems the earthlings encounter, etc.)--<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">overall</b>, I found it to be <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>EXCELLENTLY</u></b> acted & designed, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">EXCITING</b>, thought-provoking & a real <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>DELIGHT</u></i></b> to experience…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">In 19<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">78</b>, my character-actress friend <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">IRMA P. HALL</b> (“Big Mama” in “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">SOUL FOOD”, </i>the “Lady” in Tom Hanks’ <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“THE LADYKILLERS”, </i>etc. = <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>irmaphall</u></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">com</b></u></i>) appeared on TV as a <u>MAID</u> at the home of a rich </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">TEXAS</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> family named the “Ewings” (as seen in the photo below)…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">… That original TV series was a <u>PHENOMENON</u> in the annals of American TV, running all the way until <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1991 </b>(with 356 episodes)…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">… After years of “promises”, America has finally been given a “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>NEW</u></b>” version of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“DALLAS”, </i>featuring some of the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>original</u></b> stars (such as <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">LARRY HAGMAN </i></b>as J.R. Ewing & <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">PATRICK DUFFY </i></b>as his brother Bobby)…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">… But, the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">main</b> “thrust” of the show is to introduce us to the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>CHILDREN</u></b> of those stars, namely, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">JOSH HENDERSON </b>as JR’s evil son John Ross, & <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">JESSE METCALF </b>(from <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Desperate Housewives”) </i>as Bobby’s “good-guy” environmentally-friendly adopted son Christopher…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">… There was a very interesting <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Q&A</u> </b>following the show, with <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>JESSE</u></i></b> & <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>BRENDA</u></i></b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>STRONG</u></i></b> (who plays his mother Ann Ewing), as shown in a PHOTO I shot below… </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">... I personally asked <u>JESSE</u> a question, the answer to which is planned for inclusion in part of one of my upcoming “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>FOLLOW</u></i>-<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>UP</u>”</i> articles on being an <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ACTOR</b>… </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">… Overall, I’d rate the show like <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>8.00</u></b> out of 10 stars…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">Review of movie:<span> </span><i>“</i></span></b><b><i><u><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Arial;">ROCK</span></u></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Arial;"> <u>OF</u> <u>AGES</u></span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">” =<span> </span></span></i></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">No matter your “Age”, TOO MUCH “<u>ROLL</u>” with ineffective “ROCK”</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">As mentioned previously, since the end of 2011, I’ve been involved in a number of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">“<u>SPECIAL</u>” </b>projects which have taken a great deal of time & effort…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That work has been <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>interrupted</u></i> by things such as a “<u>CRASHED</u>” computer with various defects that required “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">rebuilding</b>” & <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">renovating</b>, etc.…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Recently, because it’s so <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">extensive</i></b>, I’ve “divided-up” part of my already-written work on the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>HISTORY</u> of FILM </b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">FESTIVALS</span></u></i></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">, & posted a “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Section 1</b>” on that subject at = </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2012/06/report-on-history-part-2-re-history-of.html ...</span></i></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In time, I want to post the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>OTHER</u></i> sections on the subject, along with an in-process <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">follow</b>-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">up</b> to my previously-posted info on<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> “How” to be an “</b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">EXTRA</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">” in films </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">(which can be seen at = </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><a href="http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2012/06/report-on-how-to-be-extra-in-films.html">http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2012/06/report-on-how-to-be-extra-in-films.html</a> ...</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>)…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At this point, because of limited <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">TIME</i> to finish things, I’m going to make some “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>THUMBNAIL</u></b>” type of “commentaries” re some <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">recently</b>-seen (& in some cases purposely-<u>avoided</u>) movie / TV projects…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The FIRST of those thumbnails is below, concerning <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“</i></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">ROCK</span></u></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> <u>OF</u> <u>AGES</u></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">” </span></i></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">:</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">This is a movie I found sadly <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>DISAPPOINTING</u></i></b>:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The film had some to-me <u>GOOD</u> elements, such as:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The unusual & periodically-impressive (tho admittedly purposely-“limited” characterization) by<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>TOM</u></i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>CRUISE</u></i></b> as an old-time rock “god” Stacee Jaxx;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a strong performance by the “up-&-coming” rock-star character played by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>DIEGO</u></i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>BONETA</u></i> </b>(currently filming the TV series<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“UNDEREMPLOYED</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">” </i>in Chicago);<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>& <u>some</u> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">good <u>MUSICAL</u></b> numbers from the 1980’s (generally by the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>guys</u></b>;<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">JULIANNE HOUGH’s </i></b>numbers are UNFORTUNATELY recorded in a “wispy” way making it so she usually comes across as “actively”<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> <u>LIP</u>-<u>SYNCHING</u></b>)…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The film is (in my opinion) <u>crippled</u> by a series of<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> <u>HORRIBLE</u> </b>choices:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Its <u>writing</u> & “set-up” is often POORLY done:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>while her acting is OK, having<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>CATHERINE</u> <u>ZETA</u>-<u>JONES</u> </i></b>play a character (a mayor’s wife named Patricia Whitmore) “railing” against the “<u>evils</u>” of rock ‘n roll in 19<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>87</u> </b>--<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>which is like 20-30 years “TOO <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>LATE</u>”</i> historically – makes her come across as way “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">out</b>-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">of</b>-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">place</b>”, extreme & <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">UNBELIEVABLE</b>…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Using periodic <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">musical</b> numbers as “<u>introductions</u>” to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">plot</b> “points” also comes across as “<u>OLD</u>-fashioned” & <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ineffective</b>;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>it would’ve been “smoother” to use plain <u>DIALOGUE</u> in many of those spots…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It may’ve been a “lark” for <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ALEX BALDWIN </b>& <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">RUSSELL BRAND </b>to<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b><u>PLAY</u> their characters involved with running the <u>night</u>-club.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, using such “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">well</b>-known” people in OVER-THE-TOP & <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>dreadfully</u></b>-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">written</b> characters with a plot “twist” makes their personalities especially <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>IMPLAUSIBLE</u></b> & a (“pardon”-the-pun) <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>DRAG</u><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></i>on what there is of the story-line…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m one of those “rare” people who tends to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">LIKE</b> musicals in general.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The director of this (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ADAM SHANKMAN</b>) did a FINE job with the energetic & enjoyable <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>HAIRSPRAY</u></b>” </i>in 2007<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">--<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>but THIS movie is a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>MISH</u></b>-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>MOSH</u></b>, & I’m being quite <u>generous</u> in rating it <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>5.50</u></b> out of 10 stars (tho lovers of ‘<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">80’s</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">music</b> might rate it a point or so higher)… </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Report on: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">History PART </b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">2</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">, </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">re the </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="color: teal; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">HISTORY</span></u></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: teal; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> of <u>FILM</u> </span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">FESTIVALS</span></u></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: teal; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> = </span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: teal; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Section # </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">1</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: teal; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> on subject, covering Fests in </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">VENICE</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: teal; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">, </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">CANNES</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: teal; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">, </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">LOCARNO</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: teal; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">, </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #339966; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">KARLOVY VARY</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: teal; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">, </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">EDINBURGH</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: teal; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">, </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #ff9900; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">MELBOURNE</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: teal; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">, BERLIN, </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: maroon; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">COLUMBUS</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: teal; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">, </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">SAN FRANCISCO</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: teal; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">, </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">VIENNA</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: teal; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">, NEW YORK, </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">& </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">CHICAGO</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: teal; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> (incl. info on its UPCOMING Fest # 48)</span></b></div><div class="DefinitionTerm"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Previously, in<b> History </b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">PART </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">1</span></u></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">, I </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">covered</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">the </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="color: teal; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">HISTORY</span></u></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> of </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">MOVING</span></u></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">-<u>IMAGES</u></span></i></b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> [ = FILMS]: I gave the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>background</u></b> on the <u>INVENTIONS</u> & <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>GROWTH</u></b> in the world of movie-making (as seen at </span><a href="http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2012/04/report-on-part-1-of-history-of-moving.html"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2012/04/report-on-part-1-of-history-of-moving.html</span></i></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: grey; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> )</span></i></b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">... As I said in Part 1, t</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">he growth of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">appreciation</i></b> for films in the early 20<sup>th</sup> Century helped lead to the development of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>groups</u></b> who gathered to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">value</b> films...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Arial;">... In the 19<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>20</u></b>’s, as silent movies became increasingly <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">wide</b>-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ranging</b> in their subject matter, variety, & levels of quality, people set up various “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>cine</u>-<u>clubs</u></b>” and film <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>societies</u></i></b> to celebrate and foster further <u>UNDERSTANDING</u> & </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">ADMIRATION</span></u></b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Arial;"> of certain genres, types (documentaries, “avant-garde”, etc.), & of specific directors and films</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">...</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">... It’s been stated that <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">some</i> of these groups were started in part to try to fight <u>against</u> things the people <u>DIDN’T</u> like, such as the growing power of the “</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">HOLLYWOOD</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">” (American) movie industry...</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">... Such movements arose in </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">Europe</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> (especially </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">France</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">), </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">Brazil</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">, the </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">U.S.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> and other places...</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">... In time, the group gatherings became a place to share <u>ideas</u> and promote the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">rise</b> of certain <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>FILMMAKERS</u></i></b> (who at times were <u>MEMBERS</u> of such groups as a means to <u>learn</u> more about the craft & to “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">network</b>” as a means of furthering their movie-making <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CAREERS</b>)...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">... Since late 1922, </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Italy</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> was run by a nationalistic Fascist dictator named <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">BENITO MUSSOLINI</b>. He was an enthusiastic lover of <u>movies</u>, & saw them as a possible instrument for <u>PROPAGANDA</u> & to improve <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">public</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">relations</b>...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">... He set to work at trying to <u>build</u>-<u>up</u> the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>ITALIAN</u> </b>film industry, by pouring government <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MONEY</b> into it and heavily <u>taxing</u> the dubbing of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>foreign</u></i></b> films (thereby hindering their being exhibited)... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">... To further his goals, Mussolini cast his “eyes” at the “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>Biennale</u></i>” exhibition in the city of </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">VENICE</span></u></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">. Since 1895, the city held that show which highlightied <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">contemporary</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ART</i></b> every two years in odd years. The Fascist government took the event <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>away</u></b> from the city itself in 19<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">30</b> & moved under its own control...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">... In 19<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">32</b>, Mussolini supported having the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Biennale </i>add an “International Exhibition of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Cinematographic</u></b> Art”-- which thus became the world’s first real <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>FESTIVAL</u></b> of film... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">... Ignoring the power <u>POLITICS</u> actually behind the Exhibition, it was stated that the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">intention</b> of the event was to let <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">"the light of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>art</u></b> to shine over the world of commerce"...</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">... That festival featured entries of 25 films from 7 countries (including the premiere of Rouben Mamoulian’s “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde</i>”)... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">... The Festival became a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">yearly</b> event in 19<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>35</u></b>, & there was an annual award for Best <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ITALIAN </b>film... It was probably more than “coincidence” that, between 1936 & 1942, the best <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Foreign</u> </b>film award went to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Nazi</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">GERMANY</b> four times (including to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Leni</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Riefenstahl</b>)-- given that Mussolini was <u>allied</u> with its dictator <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">HITLER</i></b> at that time...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">... The <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">politics</b> inherent in the choices eventually caused <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>WALKOUTS</u></i> by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">British</b>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">American</b> & <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">French</b> members in the festival, & led to France starting its <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>OWN</u></b> film festival (via a group which utilized film pioneer <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green;">LOUIS</span> <span style="color: green;">LUMIÈRE</span> </b>[mentioned in<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> PART 1 </b>of my Report]<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>as its President)...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">... Thus, with money from the French <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">government</b>, an <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">International</b> Film festival started being held in the Mediterranean Riviera city of </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">CANNES</span></u></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: Arial;">as of September, 19<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">39</b>... <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">MGM</i></b> in </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Hollywood</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> happily sent a bunch of its <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">stars </b>to<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>the event... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">... Ironically, only <u>ONE</u> film was able to be <u>shown</u> at the Fest-- since things were <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">called</b>-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">off</b> due to the start of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>WORLD</u> <u>WAR</u> <u>II</u> </b>caused by </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Germany</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">’s suddenly <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">invading</i> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Poland</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">... The Cannes fest wasn’t <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">re</b>-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">started</b> until 19<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>46</u></b>, <u>AFTER</u> the War-- & Italy’s <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Venice</b> film festival <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>ALSO</u></i> restarted that year (after a 3-year closure)...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">... </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Cannes</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> had some problems with <u>subsequent</u> Festivals, due to a lack of participation by certain countries such as the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Soviet Union </b>& <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">England</b>... It was only as of 19<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">51</b> that you could “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>rely</u></b>” on </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Cannes</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> holding its Festival: it changed its run-dates to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Spring</b> time, & became the most <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>prominent</u> </b>& <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>ESTEEMED</u></b> International film festival on the planet...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">... With the growing <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">popularity</b> of movies, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>OTHER</u></b> cities and groups started their <u>OWN</u> Film Festivals, including the following:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">1946: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Festival</i> </b></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">del</span></b></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">film</i></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> in </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">LOCARNO</span></u></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">, </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial;">Switzerland</span></u></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> (held in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">August</i> in an <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">open-air</b> screening place; known for discovering <u>new</u> “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>trends</u></b>” & directors).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">1946: </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="color: #339966; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">KARLOVY</span></u></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #339966; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"> <u>VARY</u></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> (</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Carlsbad</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">) Int’l. Film Festival </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">in the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Czech</u> <u>Republic</u></b> (held in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">July; </i>after running in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">alternating</i> years with a MOSCOW Film Festival for almost 40 years, as of 19<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">94</b> [with the full <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">independence</b> of Czechoslovakia], it starting running <u>YEARLY</u> on its “own”)... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">... This is an “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">A</b>” level festival; it screens <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">documentaries</b>, but shows only <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>feature</u></b> films that have <u>NOT</u> screened at any <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>OTHER</u></i></b> international Festival... It also holds <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">seminars </b>on European films...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">1947: </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">EDINBURGH</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> Int’l Film Festival</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">, in </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial;">Scotland</span></u></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">; held each <u>June</u>, it is the oldest film Festival <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>continually</u></b>-run (without some interruption)... It shows <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">shorts, documentaries</b>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">animated </b>films, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">feature </b>films, and even <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">music videos</b>...</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">1951: </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="color: #ff9900; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">MELBOURNE</span></u></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> Int’l. Film Festival</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(MIFF),</i> in </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial;">Australia</span></u></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">. It tends to be held in late July & early August, & in 2011 showcased around 400 films from approximately 50 countries...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">... It’s affiliated with 3 OTHER Festivals held there, including the Int’l. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Animation </b>Festival <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(MIAF)</i>, the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Queer Film </b>Festival (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">MQFF)</i> and the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Underground Film </b>Festival <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(MUFF)... </i>One bit of trivia: in 19<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">06</b>, </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Melbourne</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> was the setting for the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">first</i></b>-ever <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>full</u></b>-length <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">FEATURE </b>film, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“The Story of the Kelly Gang”...</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">1951: </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: teal; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">BERLIN</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> Int’l. Film Festival</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">, in </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial;">Germany</span></u></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> (founded in what was then </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">West Berlin</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> at the urging of a Film officer from the </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">USA</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">). It’s held every <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">February, </i>& is considered the film Festival having the world’s <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>largest</u></b> public <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>ATTENDANCE</u> </b>(with nearly 500,000 admissions)...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">... It’s held in conjunction with its <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">European <u>Film</u> <u>MARKET</u> </i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(EFM), </i>a<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></b>trade fair designed to in-effect “match”-up <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">financiers</b>, co-production agents, <u>producers</u>, distributors & film <u>BUYERS</u>... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">... There’s also a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>TALENT</u></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Campus</b></i> affiliated with the Festival. In-effect a kind of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">round-table</b> for “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>up</u></b>-&-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>coming</u></b>” film-makers, it features <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">workshops</b> & <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">lectures</b> held over a week...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">1953: </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="color: maroon; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">COLUMBUS</span></u></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> Int’l. Film & Video Festival</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">, in </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Ohio</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">. It’s also known by the name <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The <u>CHRIS</u> AWARDS</b>”, </i>&, rather than specialize in feature films, it highlights contests in <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">business</b>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>documentary</u></b>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">educational </i></b>& <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">informational</b> films...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">1957: </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">SAN</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"> <u>FRANCISCO</u></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> Int’l. Film Festival</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">SFIFF)</i> in </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">California</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">, which is held in <u>March</u>... This was set-up emphasizing <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>foreign</u></b> films (especially feature-length <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">dramas</b>), & introduced a number of famous overases directors to American audiences, including <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Satyajit Ray </b>from </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">India</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> & <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Akira Kurosawa </b>from </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Japan</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">... It also features <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">VIDEO </b>productions, & shows around <u>150</u> films from 50 or so countries over a 2-week period. This Fest particularly seeks foreign films that have <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>not</u></b> yet gotten <u>distribution</u> deals in the </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">U.S.</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">.. They claim they’re the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">oldest <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>continuously</u></i></b>-run Festival in the </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Americas</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> dedicated to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">FILMS</b>...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">1960: </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">VIENNA</span></u></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> Int’l. Film Festival <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(“Viennale”)</i></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">, held each October in </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Austria</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">. Info can be found at: </span><a href="http://www.viennale.at/"><span style="font-family: Arial;">http://www.viennale.at</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"> ... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">1963: </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: teal; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">NEW</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: teal; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"> <u>YORK</u></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> Film Festival </span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(NYFF), </span></i><span style="font-family: Arial;">a <u>NON</u>-competitive Fest which features films recommended by the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Film Society of Lincoln Center</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>in New York City... It has various “<u>SIDEBAR</u>” programs which run at the same time as the main Fest... Since 1997, it’s shown <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">non-narrative </b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<u>experimental</u>” </i>films<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>under the name <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Views from the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Avant</b>-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Garde</b>”...</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">... Over time, it’s shown numerous “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ART</b>” films and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">documentaries</b>. It prefers showing a purposely-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>LIMITED</u></i></b> number of films, namely, around 12 or so shorts and around the same number of “quality” <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">features</i>...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">1964: </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">CHICAGO</span></u></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> Int’l. Film Festival </span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(CIFF), </span></i><span style="font-family: Arial;">in </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Illinois</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">. Founded by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Michael Kutza </b>(a filmmaker & graphic artist, who <u>still</u> is its Artistic Director), it claims to be </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">North America</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">’s <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>LONGEST</u></i></b>-running <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>competitive</u></b> Film Festival... It holds its Fest for around 2 weeks, usually in early <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">October</b>... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">... Using their online archives ( at <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>chicagofilmfestival</u></i></b><u>.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">com</i></b></u> ), I’m going to quote some things (with the emphasis being mine): <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“T</i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">he Festival opened in 1965 at the Carnegie Theater, where <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">King</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Vidor</b>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Bette</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Davis</b>, and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Stanley</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Kramer</b> were honored for their contributions to American cinema. Since then, the Festival has grown to become a world-renowned annual event. The Festival is dedicated to fostering <u>better</u> <u>understanding</u> between cultures and to making a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">positive</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">contribution</b> to the art form of the moving image.</i><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“ ... The Festival has a rich history of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>discovering</u></b> <u>hundreds</u> of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>ground</u></b>-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>breaking</u></b> directors such as: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Martin Scorsese</b>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">John Carpenter</b>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Taylor Hackford</b>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Susan Seidelman</b>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Victor Nunez</b> ([all from the] United States); <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Wim Wenders</b>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rainer Werner Fassbinder</b> (Germany); <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Bertrand Tavernier </b>(France); <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Peter Weir</b> (Australia); <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Dariush Mehrjui</b> (Iran); <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Mike Leigh</b>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Alan Parker</b>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Michael Apted</b>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Peter Greenaway</b> (Great Britain); <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Vincent Ward</b> (New Zealand); <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Krzysztof Kieslowski</b>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Krzysztof Zanussi</b> (Poland); <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Dusan Makavejev</b> (Yugoslavia); <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Victor Erice</b> (Spain); <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jan Troell</b> (Sweden); and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Maria Louisa Bemberg</b> (Argentina), to name just a few!...”</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">... Their 20<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">11</b> Festival featured <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">142</b> feature films, including 20 feature-length documentaries, and 54 short subjects from more than <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">55</i></b> countries. Mr. Kutza stated this about that Festival (with the emphasis being mine): </span><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">“... </span>We founded the Festival 48 years ago not only to introduce audiences to the <u>daring</u> work of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>new</u></b> filmmakers from around the world but to <u>share</u> with other moviegoers that electrifying sense of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>discovery</u></b>. This Festival is really for and about <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">you</b>: the <u>filmmaker</u>. This is the one place where artists and the public come together and engage in a conversation about their number one <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">passion</b>. And as the oldest competitive Festival in </i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">North America</i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">, your film will compete alongside <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">first-time</b> and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>established</u></b> filmmakers.</i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">”... </span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">... Since it’s in my “home” city, I’ve long been a Member of the Festival & attended & reported on <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>MANY</u></b> of their films, including fascinating <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>TALKS</u></i> with many of the directors and stars...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">... You can find <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Reports</b> & <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Reviews</b> I’ve done by using the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Google</i> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>search</u></b> box at the top of the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">right</b>-hand column of this web-site: just type in the abbreviation “ <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">CIFF</i></b> ”, & it will bring up a list of write-ups you can “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">click</b>” on to view individually...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">... As time has gone on, they’ve <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>expanded</u></b> their “repertoire” of films-- such as by holding a yearly <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Black</u> <u>Perspectives</u></b>” </i>series (including honoring such important people as directors <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SPIKE LEE & ROBERT --, </b>actresses <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">IRMA P. HALL </b>(shown below + in other photos over the years) & <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">RUBY DEE</b>), <u>SEMINARS</u>, an encouragement of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>first</u>-time</b> feature directors, shorts & documentaries, etc...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">... The Festival just recently held a special event to present their “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hugo</i>” awards at a TELEVISION awards ceremony (at which it presented a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Career Achievement</b>” </i>award to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">KELSEY GRAMMAR </b>(famous for the TV comedies <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“CHEERS” </i>& <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“FRASIER”, </i>& currently appearing as a Chicago mayor in the <u>dramatic</u> cable-TV series <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“BOSS”</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">)...</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">... Starting in 2003, it started cooperating with various foreign <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Consulates</b> & cultural attaches in </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Chicago</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> to present a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>FREE</u></b> series of “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SUMMER</b>” International films, shown to the public at </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Chicago</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">’s </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Cultural</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Center</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">... Originally, those films were shown from July thru early September. But, the series proved so <u>popular</u>, it’s been regularly <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>expanded</u></b>, to the point that this year, they’re showing films from <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>April</u></i></b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>11</u></i></b> thru <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>September</u></i></b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>29</u></i></b>, normally at 6:30 pm each Wednesday, & most are <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>repeated</u></i> the following Saturday at 2 pm...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">... For example, on </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">May 5, 2012</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">, I attended a screening of the Italian comedy <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Chill!” </i>about a lazy 15-year-old male student who is tutored by an older ex-teacher. The film was introduced by the the screening’s sponsor, Silvio Marchetti of the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago </i></b>(who was presented by the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">CIFF’s </i>Artistic Director, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">VIVIAN TENG </b>(as shown in the photo below)...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">... The Festival’s affiliated <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“CineYouth 2012”</i></b> program will be held May 31 – June 2, & the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">main</b> Festival # <u>48</u> will run from <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>October</u> <u>11</u>-<u>25</u></b> in 2012... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">… There’s a call for <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>entries</u></b> to the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">upcoming</b> main Fest (with an <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">online</b> entry form available at: </span><a href="http://chicagofilmfestival.com/entries_and_requirements/entry_form/"><span style="font-family: Arial;">http://chicagofilmfestival.com/entries_and_requirements/entry_form/</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"> ), & here’s what they <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">say</b> about their plans for 2012: </span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Films are programmed for public screening in a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">diverse</i> selection of competitions and categories. Each film is presented in <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">one or more</b> of the following sections and is placed at the discretion of the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">programming</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">committee</i>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">After</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> <u>Dark</u> Competition:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Gathering <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">genre</b> films from horror and thrillers to edgy animation and dark comedy, this competitive section showcases films not often presented in the Festival context for the <u>chill</u> seekers and lovers of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>camp</u></i>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Black</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> Perspectives:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Now in its <u>16</u>th year, this program, created through a collaboration with director <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Spike</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Lee</b>, showcases films that celebrate the richness and diversity of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>black</u></i></b> cultures around the <u>world</u> and the filmmakers responsible for them.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Cinema of the </span></b><u><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Americas</span></b></u><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">From the </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Bahamas</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Panama</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> to </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Brazil</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Chile</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">, and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Argentina</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">, this program spotlights the fresh and vibrant work of emerging and established filmmakers from South and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Central America</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Mexico</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">, and the </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Caribbean</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">City</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> & <u>State</u>:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Illinois</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> has a rich filmmaking tradition second to none. This program showcases the best features, documentaries, and short films with their <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">roots</i> right here in </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Illinois</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Real stories, real people, real emotions. This selection of international documentaries competing for the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Gold Hugo</i> go beyond the headlines in telling those true stories that surprise, entertain, and challenge us. To be eligible for the competition, films may <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">not</b> have </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">U.S.</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> distribution.</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">International <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>Feature</u></i> Film Competition:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Representing a wide variety of styles and genres, these works <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">compete</b> for the Festival’s top honor, the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Gold</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hugo</i>— as well as awards for best <u>actors</u>, <u>director</u>, and <u>writer</u>— in North America’s longest-running competitive film festival.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">New</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> <u>Directors</u> Competition:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">This selection of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">first</b> and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">second</b> feature films receiving their </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">U.S.</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> premiere</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> in </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Chicago</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> celebrates the spirit of discovery and innovation upon which the Festival was founded. To be eligible for the competition, films may <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>not</u></b> have </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">U.S.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> <u>distribution</u> and must be a </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">U.S.</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> premiere</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> if selected for the Festival.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">From the edgy to the tender, these bold <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">LGBT</b>-themed films fearlessly exhibit new artistic perspectives on sexuality.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Reel<u>Women</u>:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Spotlighting the contribution that <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">female</b> <u>writers</u> and <u>directors</u> continue to make to film around the world, this program features films as diverse as the women who made them.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Annually showcasing the best short films from around the globe, this competition highlights the work of both <u>upcoming</u> artists and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>established</u></i> masters in the short subject form. The winner of the Short Film Competition is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">eligible</b> to be considered by the </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Academy</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> of </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Motion Pictures Arts</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> and Sciences for the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Academy Awards®.</i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Sport</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> on Screen:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Sport on Screen celebrates athleticism on film in one of the world's greatest sports cities. The Chicago International Film Festival has a long history of showcasing films from around the world featuring strong <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">sports</b> themes, and this section will bring together audiences, united in their passion for sport and cinema. The program will include compelling <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>narratives</u></i> driven by the excitement, challenge, and intrigue of sport as well as provocative <u>documentaries</u> presenting genuinely great (and not-so-great) moments in sport in both the short film and feature-length forms. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VQtjeWytoaA/T8kmSqEZa-I/AAAAAAAAHI0/xaiP_s4vbJI/s1600/2012,+05-27+=+%27The+Alderman%27+movie-shoot+=+SAM_0491+%2808%29.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VQtjeWytoaA/T8kmSqEZa-I/AAAAAAAAHI0/xaiP_s4vbJI/s400/2012,+05-27+=+%27The+Alderman%27+movie-shoot+=+SAM_0491+%2808%29.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">This is designed to give you some “<u>TIPS</u>” for trying to do “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">background</b>” <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>ACTING</u></b> work (known as being an “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>EXTRA</u></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">”</i>, “stand-in”, or “photo double”) in FILMS, TV, commercials, music videos, print ads & the like… </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">… Sometimes there may be some <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">PAY</i></b> involved in the work-- but often (especially for small “independent” productions), it’s <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>UN</u></b>-paid work that might better be viewed under the category of something “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>FUN</u></i></b>” to do (that you might be able to “point-out” to your friends & family)… <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sometimes</i>, such efforts could be used to encourage others to hire you for some <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>paid</u></b> work in the <u>FUTURE</u>…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">… While what I’ll be saying is “aimed” at people in the </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">CHICAGO</span></u></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> area, the general ideas should apply in general to various <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">OTHER</i> areas around the world…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">… My attitude is, it’s often best to keep an "<b><u>OPEN</u></b> mind" about projects that seem to "<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">fit</b>" you (even if it's just a "<u>bit</u>")… And, it's wise to<b> respond</b> <b><i><u>QUICKLY</u></i></b> to possibilities that might be of interest, because the casting people involved have a <u>limited</u> number of "openings" & often want to be "DONE" with things & "close-off" their considerations to meet<b> deadlines</b> & the like... <br />
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… It’s good to keep in mind that things can (& frequently <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">do</b>!) <u>quickly</u> "<u>CHANGE</u>" or be "<b><u>REVISED</u></b>" from the <i>"<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">original</b>"</i> plans announced, & it's helpful to be in the "<b>INITIAL</b>" considerations to <b><u>learn</u></b> about such "revised" situations...<br />
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... For example, I learned of plans by an “indie” (the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>ST</u>. <u>VITUS</u> <u>IMPROV</u> <u>WORKSHOP</u></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">; <a href="https://www.facebook.com/stvitusimprov">https://www.facebook.com/stvitusimprov</a> )</i> to shoot a <b><u>comedy</u></b> film <i>("<b>THE ALDERMAN</b>") </i> to be entered in the 2012 </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Chicago</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> <b>COMEDY FILM FESTIVAL</b>...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
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... Like a number of productions, they were not able to <i>pay</i> much of anything <u>CASH</u>-wise...<b> </b>But, they provided a chance to be "<b>NOTICED</b>" for possible <b><u>future</u></b> things, in that they would provide your name in their <b><u>CAST</u></b>-listing on the important <b><i><u>IMDB</u> </i></b>movie-info website (which can look good on a "<b><u>RESUME</u></b>", even if the part wasn't especially "important")...<br />
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... Plus, they offered to provide a <b>DVD </b>copy of the final result (which could in part potentially be used on a person’s own <b><u>PERSONAL</u> "WORK" <u>compendium</u> </b>DVD or VHS to <u>show</u> prospective employers what you can "<u>do</u>" & how you can "<u>LOOK</u>")... <b><br />
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... At the "IMPROV" shoot, the people running it were all very <u>FRIENDLY</u> & easy-going, & very helpful about the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">costuming</b> desired for the project... </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">… When a specially-<u>interviewed </u>person was <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">chosen</i> & then <b><u>failed</u> to SHOW-UP</b> as promised, the director "<b><u>upgraded</u></b>" one of the already-scheduled “<u>background</u>” people to do the little "<b><u>FEATURED</u></b>" role (originally planned for the guy who <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">failed</i> to show)…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">( … I can’t stress enough how <u>IMPORTANT</u> it is to be a person of your <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>WORD</u></b>-- if you say you’re going to <u>be</u> somewhere or <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>do</u></i> something, it’s really <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">foolish</b> to not properly “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">FOLLOW</b>-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">THRU</b>” on what you’ve said!...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">( … If you show you <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>don’t</u></b> “take care of <u>BUSINESS</u>” (= “TCB”), that fact will likely be strongly “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>remembered</u></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">”</i> [<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">un</b>favorably!], & such information might possibly be “<u>spread</u>” around to OTHERS in the industry… )</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">… AFTER the scheduled film shoot, they later discovered they'd had some <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><u>camera</u></i></b><i> </i>problems in the form of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">corrupted</b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>video<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></b>footage shot… </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">The director then contacted certain people <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">involved</i> in the “improper” footage to come back for some "<b><u>RE</u>-SHOOT</b>" work…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">… In addition, it had been decided that there would be some <b><u>EXPANDED</u></b> "bits" <b>added in</b> for people at the re-shoot… That “<u>good</u> news” <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">wouldn't</b> have happened if a person hadn't made the "<b><u>EFFORT</u></b>" of being <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>involved</u></b> in the venture in the <i>first</i> place (which is the "<u>MESSAGE</u>" of this!)...<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
… Quite <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">often</b> in the “casting / production” worlds, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">INITIAL</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">PLANS</b> are subject to various “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>last</u></b>-minute” type of “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>CHANGES</u></b>”: the producer (or a similar person) may have to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>reschedule</u></b> the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">date</b> or the number of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>people</u></b> to be used, etc… </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">… Also, understand that there’s often a lot of “<u>WAITING</u>” time & periodic “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">revisions</b>” in the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">midst</i> of work on projects…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">… Best to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>not</u></b> take such things “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>personally</u>”</i>, & do your best to “<u>GO</u> with the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>FLOW</u></b>” of what’s going-on!...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">… When a casting or production company announces it’s <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">seeking</b> people for a project, it’s best to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">NOT</b> "<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">procrastinate</b>" & to respond <b><u>QUICKLY</u></b> if you’re interested & seem to “<u>FIT</u>” the requirements stated...</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><br />
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As to <b><u>SPECIFICS</u></b> on things you might do to get “<u>INVOLVED</u>” in the industry: <br />
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… You need to get in the "</span><b><u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">LOOP</span></u></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">" on things. In the Chicago area, one of the easiest ways is to go onto <b><i>FACEBOOK</i></b> & click on the "<u>LIKE</u>" button for <b><i>ATMOSPHERE CASTING</i></b> [ = <b><i><u><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/AtmosphereCasting" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/AtmosphereCasting</a></span></u></i></b> ] & <b><i>ExtraOrdinary Casting</i></b> [ <b><i><u><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/extraordinarycasting" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/extraordinarycasting</a></span></u></i></b> ] ... <br />
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... That'll normally get you on their "<b>list</b>" to be sent regular <u>ANNOUNCEMENTS</u> (on your Facebook page) of what comes up bit-by-bit...<br />
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… If you’re interested in doing “EXTRA” or similar work, it'd be wise to be <b><u>REGISTERED</u></b> with the agencies. Here's what <b><i>ATMOSPHERE </i></b>requests:<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;">“ To be considered for future extra work and to be put into our <u>database</u> please do the following:<br />
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... Naturally, one of the things you'd probably want to do is "<b><u>NETWORK</u></b>" & "<b><u>STUDY</u></b>" what's going on in the world of film-making as much as possible... There are various groups such as <b><i><u><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://chicagofilmmakers.org/cf/index.php" target="_blank">http://chicagofilmmakers.org/cf/index.php</a></span></u></i></b> ...<br />
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… Of course, various <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>SCHOOLS</u></b> involved with film-making and the like (such as </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">COLUMBIA</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">COLLEGE</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">, DePAUL</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">, etc.)<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>have their OWN “special” projects you might get involved with…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">... In most months, on every <b>first TUESDAY,</b> the <b><i>MIDWEST FILM FESTIVAL</i> </b>(which specializes in INDIE films made <b>by</b> people from & in the </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Midwest</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> area) holds a <u>show</u> at </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Chicago</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">'s Landmark <b><i>CENTURY CENTRE</i></b> theatre, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">2828 N Clark street</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">...<br />
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... They <i>usually</i> hold a "<b><u>PRODUCER'S</u> PANEL</b>" giving a talk (with suggestions on how to get <u>INTO</u> the business, etc.) <b>before</b> the month's film is screened, after which they hold a <b><i><u>Q&A</u></i></b> with people like the film's director, producer, sometimes STARS, etc... <br />
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” … <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">First</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Tuesdays</i> with The Midwest Independent Film Festival continue on Tuesday, June 5th with the film <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<b><span style="color: #c00000;">CLOSE QUARTERS” </span></b></i>at Landmark’s <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Century</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Centre</b> Cinema, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">2828 North Clark street</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> beginning at </span><b><u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">6</span></u></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> p.m.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> This charming feature boasts an ensemble cast loaded with <b>improv </b>stalwarts, including <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0664727/" target="_blank">David Pasquesi</a>, <a href="http://tjanddave.com/" target="_blank">T.J. Jagadowski</a>, <a href="http://www.annoyanceproductions.com/messingwithafriend/" target="_blank">Susan Messing</a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0391103/" target="_blank">Greg Hollimon</a> and <a href="http://snl.jt.org/cast.php?i=TiKa" target="_blank"><b>Tim Kazurinsky</b></a>, <a href="http://closequartersmovie.com/cast/" target="_blank">to name a few</a>. <b><i><u>Director</u></i></b><i> and Chicago filmmaker <b>Jack C. Newell </b>is confirmed for [attendance at] a post-premiere <b><u>discussion</u></b> with the audience.</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">“ Blind love, clandestine love, and love in vain all figure in the interlocking stories of battling baristas, betrayed spouses, inveterate tellers of tales, and caffeine addicts, all brought together by fate late one night in a </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Chicago</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> coffee shop. One hour before closing time, the customers suddenly pour in and the individual dramas escalate, from adultery in the bathroom to the espresso route to heartbreak. An impressive ensemble cast including many </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Chicago</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> theater and improv talents makes this directorial debut a must-see. From director <a href="http://www.jackcnewell.com/" target="_blank">Jack C. Newell</a>, executive producer <a href="http://www.closequartersmovie.com/crew/" target="_blank">Joe Rosengarten</a>, producer <a href="http://closequartersmovie.com/crew/ron-falzone/" target="_blank">Ron Falzone</a> [= from COLUMBIA College], editor <a href="http://www.closequartersmovie.com/crew/jill-dibiase/" target="_blank">Jill DiBiase</a> of <a href="http://www.optimus.com/chicago/" target="_blank">Optimus</a> and director of photography <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2710310/" target="_blank">Stephanie Dufford</a>. ”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">… <b>Screening Information:</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Tuesday, June 5, 2012</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> -- screening begins with a </span><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">6 pm</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Pre-Show Cocktail Reception [with a CASH bar] ... <a href="http://www.midwestfilm.com/pages/just_added__producers_panel_/495.php" target="_blank">The Producers Panel</a> will begin at </span><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">6:30</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> p.m.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> in the theater. "CLOSE QUARTERS" screens promptly at </span><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">7:30</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> p.m.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> ... Any <b>Q&A</b> with the director will probably start around </span><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">9:00</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> pm</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">... A post-screening <b>reception</b> will be held immediately following the screening events (namely, around<b> </b></span><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">9:40</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> pm</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> or so), at <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Forno-Diablo/89729164509" target="_blank">Forno Diablo</a></i>, 433 West Diversey. For more information, please visit <a href="http://www.midwestfilm.com/pages/home/1.php" target="_blank"><b><i>www.MidwestFilm.org</i></b></a> ...<br />
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... One of the participant's in the nite's "<b>PRODUCER'S</b> Panel" is scheduled to be Director <b style="color: #38761d;"><u>ROGER</u> <u>KUMBLE</u></b> (pictured below), </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">who is in town to direct the new <i>MTV</i> series <i></i></span><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><i><i>"</i>UNDEREMPLOYED"</i></b></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">...</span> His credits include <i><i>"</i>Entourage", "Cruel Intentions"</i> and the Ryan Reynolds comedy <i>"Just Friends</i>"... </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">… The theater used holds around <i>300 people</i>, & certain of those seats are usually reserved for "<b>special" guests</b> involved with the new film & the like... Other people who arrive at the theater wait in <u>line</u> for "<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">first</i>-<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">come”</i> entry into available seats for the events...<br />
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<span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... At this time, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">using</i> that Festival as a sort of “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">centerpiece</b>”, I want to give you some information on <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>HOW</u></b> & “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>WHY</u></b>” such Festivals are put-on & “handled”-- preceded (herein) by the “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">background</b>” information offering = </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... The world of entertainment goes back to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">dancing</b> and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">theater </b>performances, such as the performance of <u>plays</u> by
the ancient <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>Greeks</u></i></b> in amphitheaters...</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... Eventually, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>technology</u> </b>started developing to “<u>capture</u>” such <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">story</i></b>-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">telling</i></b>
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Way back in <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>180</u></b> AD, a
Chinese man named </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">TING HUAN</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">invented a device we now call a “</span><b><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">zoetrope</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">”: vertical slits were cut in the side of a
cylinder. The cylinder’s inner surface
had a band of sequenced pictures. When
the outer section turned (which was accomplished by hot air convection),
looking thru the moving slits gave the impression of “<u>MOVING</u>”</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> pictures... </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">... After the invention of
the “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">pinhole</b>” camera, there
eventually came what was called “camera <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">OBSCURA</i></b>” (mentioned as a concept way
back in <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1021 </b>AD) which allowed for
the <u>PROJECTION</u> of images in “real time”...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">... People were able to see more “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">modern</b>” types of <u>MOVING</u> images
via revolving <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">drums</b> and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">disks</b> thanks to various <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">simultaneous</i> independent
inventions: the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Phenakistoscope</u></b>”</i>
spindle viewer by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #00b050;">JOSEPH PLATEAU</span> </b>in Belgium in 1832 (wherein
there was a disc featuring radial slits which was <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">turned</i> while images were viewed on a separate <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">rotating</b> wheel; see the <u>images</u> below)...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">... And, the so-called “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>Styroboscope</u></i></b>” by
Austrian <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #00b050;">SIMON
VON STAMPFER</span></b>; & the “modern” version of what we now call a “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>zoetrope</u></i></b>”
by British mathematician <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #00b050;">WILLIAM HORNER</span> </b>in 1833... </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">... In the 18<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">60</b>’s, an “<u>updated</u>” but crude <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">magic</b>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">lantern</b>”</i> zoetrope (eventually,
described as a “wheel of life”) was demonstrated. (Below, you can see a version of a
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">. There was a famous “study” done on June 19, 18<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">72</b> to see whether a <u>horse</u> had
ALL its legs off the ground <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">simultaneously</b>
when running. That test (sponsored by
Leland Stanford) was done in front of the press in Palo Alto, California, by
English photographer </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">EDWEARD MUYBRIDGE</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><b> </b>(shown below)<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>who used his invention of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">24</i></b> stereoscopic cameras tripped in <u>sequence</u>
via wires by the running horse...</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">... By the 1880’s, an <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">improved</i> version of the zoetrope called
a “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>praxinoscope</u></i></b>”
was shown to the public... In 18<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">82</b>, to study locomotion, Frenchman </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">ÉTIENNE-JULES</span></b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MAREY</b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> invented the<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>chronophotographic</u></i>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>gun</u></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">”</i> which could shoot 12 <u>consecutive</u> frames a second, as shown
below in his photo of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">flying</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">pelicans</i>...</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">... Have you ever heard of </span><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">LOUIS AIMÉ AUGUSTIN <u>LE</u>
<u>PRINCE</u></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">? This
Frenchman (shown in a photo below) is considered by many to be the real <b><u>FATHER</u>
</b>of<b> motion pictures</b>. Born in
1841, he went to the U.S. in 1881 & patented a 16-lens <b><u>camera</u></b>
that could “capture” <u>MOTION</u> (although the images tended to “jump”
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">... In 18<b>88</b>,
he went to work in Leeds, England, & developed a <u>single</u>-lens <b>camera</b>
which used paper film from <b><span style="color: #00b050;">George Eastman</span></b>. That invention helped produce what we know
today as “<b><u>celluloid</u></b>” film, which he used to film <u>MOVING</u>
picture images in an 1888 creation called <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<b>Roundhay
Garden Scenes</b>”, </i>a scene (-- the <b>first</b> still-existing motion
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">(... Sadly,
this pioneer suddenly <b>disappeared</b> under mysterious circumstances from a
train in September, 1890, as he was preparing for a trip to <u>PATENT</u> his
new camera and <b>projector</b> inventions... )</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... On June 21, 18<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">89</b>, a patent for a “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>chronophotographic</u></i></b>” camera
was issued to Englishman <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #00b050;">WILLIAM FRIESE-GREENE</span></b>, which was supposedly
able to film 10 photos per second using a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">celluloid</i>
film. (There’s a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">photo</b> of him below)...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">... The world’s <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">first</b> commercial film <u>THEATER</u> occurred in <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CHICAGO</b>, when the afore-mentioned <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #00b050;">EDWEARD
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... The coin-operated Edison <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Kinetoscope</u></b></i>”
viewing device by DICKSON (which was <u>shown</u> by Edison at the same Chicago
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">WORLD’S</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">FAIR)</i> was <u>not</u> a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">commercial</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>success, & <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #00b050;">CHARLES FRANCIS JENKINS</span> </b>demonstrated his <u>own</u>
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when French photographer <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #00b050;">JEAN AIMÉ "ACME" LE ROY</span></b> used the
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audience frightened by images of an “oncoming” <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">train</b> around Lyon (-- shown in the image below --) is captured in
Martin <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Scorsese’s</b> wonderful <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">HUGO</b>”
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for their work (including at viewing PARLORS set up around Europe), & they kept
producing short films, such as one (shown below) of a group of photographers
arriving at a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>convention</u></b> in
Neuville, and another of people riding in horse-drawn <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">wagons</b> near Lyon’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">La Place
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towards projectors) in time created its <u>OWN</u> form of projector (as shown
in a 1913 version below), including one called a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Vitascope</u></b>”...</i></span></div>
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the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">35mm </b>width of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Edison’s</u></b> <u>film</u>... </span></div>
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which <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">also</i> showed movies, were the
main outlets exhibiting films to the public from around <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1900</b>-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1914</b>...</span></div>
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scope, utilizing multiple cameras, longer run times, and more <u>sophisticated</u>
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of the </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Lumière’s</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> films. He offered to buy a CAMERA from them. They refused, so he bought an “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>Animatograph</u></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">”</i> film projector from its British
inventor <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #00b050;">ROBERT
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the effect called the “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>STOP</u></i>-TRICK” by accident (wherein
you film an object, turn off the camera, REMOVE the object, & <u>restart</u>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... As shown by his 18<b>96</b> film <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Le Manoir du Diable”, </i>he was a leader
in making “<b><u>HORROR</u></b>” films...
And, he also pioneered in <b><u>SCIENCE</u>-<u>FICTION</u> / FANTASY </b>movies,
as shown by his classic 190<b>2</b> film <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“A
Trip To the Moon”</i> & his 19<b>04 </b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“The
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... In 19<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">03</b>, British director </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">FRANK MOTTERSHAW</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">released a film called <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“A Daring Daylight Burglary”. </i>It was innovative in the way it tracked a
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... That film influenced
the far better-known 1903 <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">American </b>film
called <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“The Great Train Robbery</i></b>” starring <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">BRONCHO</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">BILLY</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ANDERSON</b> (& there’s a poster &
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that film-- which is considered a “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">milestone</b>”
because of the way it utilized techniques such as <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>double</u> exposures, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>cross</u></i>-<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>cutting</u></i>, <u>camera</u> movement, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>composite</u></i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>editing</u></i></b>, some hand-<u>colored</u> scenes in certain
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company, including the first “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>gangster</u></b>”
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<u>epic</u> films such as the first “blockbuster” movie, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Birth of a Nation</b>” </i>(1915),
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Intolerance: Love’s Struggle Throughout the Ages</b>” </i>(1916),
& <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Broken</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Blossoms</b>” </i>(1919)...</span></div>
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(utilizing such methods as special <u>lighting</u> & <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>camera</u></i> placement)...
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... The growth of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">appreciation</i> for films helped lead to the growth of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>groups</u></b> who gathered to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">value</b> films, & that eventually led
to Film <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>FESTIVALS</u></b>-- but, <u>that</u> part of the “story” will be
found in the upcoming separate <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">PART</b> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">2</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">of this Report...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Report # <u style="color: blue;"><b>01</b></u> on the <b>28</b>th <b><span style="color: red;"><u>LATINO</u> <u>FILM</u>
<u>FESTIVAL</u></span> in Chicago: <u style="color: blue;"><i>Overview</i></u></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Twenty-seven years ago (in 19<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>85</u></b>),
a bunch of people got together to start the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Chicago LATINO FILM FESTIVAL</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">... </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... From those humble
beginnings (-- just 500 people watching <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>14</u>
</b>movies! --), the operation grew into what is now known as the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">INTERNATIONAL
LATINO CULTURAL CENTER (ILCC), </i></b>headquartered at 676 N LaSalle St.
(Suite 520) in Chicago; phone #
312-409-1757; their web-site (which has
a daily schedule of films available) is </span><a href="http://www.latinoculturalcenter.org/"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">www.LatinoCulturalCenter.org</span></i></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></i></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... One of the most “visible” examples of the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ILCC </i>in Chicago’s stage is their
continuing production of the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black;">Chicago LATINO
FILM FESTIVAL</span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black;"> (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CLFF</b>). </span></i><span style="color: black;">The <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>28</u><sup>th</sup> </b>Festival runs
from Friday, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">April <u>13</u> </b>thru
Thursday, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">April <u>26</u></b>... </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... The Festival this year features <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Films</b> in the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Categories</u></b> of: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ACTION</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ANIMATION</b>,
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">COMEDY</b>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">DOCUMENTARY</b>,<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> DRAMA </b></i>(of
various types including Biographical, Family, Historical, & Political)<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">HORROR</b>,
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">LGBTQ </b></i>(Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
Transgender & Queer), <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">SCI-FI</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">THRILLER</b>,<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> WESTERN</b>, </i>&<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">WOMEN IN FILM</b></i>; plus around 47 <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>SHORT</u></b> films (which are usually shown preceding certain of
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CENTURY Centre Cinema </i></b>(2828 N. Clark St.; phone # <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">773-509-4949</b>),
and at the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">INSTITUTO CERVANTES </i></b>(31 W. Ohio St.; phone # <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">312-335-1996</b>)...</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... On Friday, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">April <u>13</u>: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>OPENING</u></i> Night, </b>featuring<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>the showing of Spanish director
Ventura Pons’ film <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<u>YEAR</u> <u>OF</u>
<u>GRACE</u>” (“ANY DE GRACIA”) </i>about an unusual relationship between a
male college student and a senior citizen lady renting out a room to him. (It’s a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>finely</u></b>
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special premiere of the U.S. / Mexican film <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<u>MARIACHI</u> <u>GRINGO</u>”...</i></span></div>
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film honored was <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<u>CAPTAIN</u> <u>OF</u>
<u>THE</u> <u>SANDS</u>” / “CAPIT</i>ÃES<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> DE AREIA” </i>by Directors Cecilia Amado & Guy Gonzalvez (which
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street at the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">River East Art Center </i></b>(435 W. Illinois). Tickets are $ 75 / or $ 65 for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ILCC </i>members<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">. </i></span></div>
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As shown in some photos below, the show’s </span><span class="messagebody"><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">Production Supervisor Ms. </span></span><u><span class="messagebody"><span style="font-style: normal;">VAIL</span></span></u><span class="messagebody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;"> </span></span><u><span class="messagebody"><span style="font-style: normal;">ROMEYN</span></span></u><span class="messagebody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;"> </span></span><span class="messagebody"><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">spoke to their UPM (Unit [= series] Production Manager) </span></span><u><span class="messagebody"><span style="font-style: normal;">JOSH</span></span></u><span class="messagebody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;"> </span></span><u><span class="messagebody"><span style="font-style: normal;">THRONE</span></span></u><span class="messagebody"><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">...</span></span></span></h6><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-feQ5zUWT1zg/T1fMPjAC28I/AAAAAAAAG90/RtdLyTudpGk/s1600/2012%252C+03-06+%253D+Midwest+Film+Fest+%253D+into+panel+from+%2527BOSS%2527+with+Thorne+%253D+GEDC0001+%25286%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-feQ5zUWT1zg/T1fMPjAC28I/AAAAAAAAG90/RtdLyTudpGk/s320/2012%252C+03-06+%253D+Midwest+Film+Fest+%253D+into+panel+from+%2527BOSS%2527+with+Thorne+%253D+GEDC0001+%25286%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><h6 style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messagebody"><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"> </span></span></span></h6><h6 style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="messagebody"><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">... In a </span></span><span class="messagebody"><span style="font-style: normal;">fascinating</span></span><span class="messagebody"><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"> talk (that I may expand in more detail at some </span></span><span class="messagebody"><span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">future </span></span><span class="messagebody"><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">time), they discussed how they each got their </span></span><span class="messagebody"><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">START</span></span><span class="messagebody"><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"> in the business of film-making...</span></span></span></h6><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vu10PP8PC7Q/T1fMX3Vgu3I/AAAAAAAAG98/7hM9C08Lij0/s1600/2012%252C+03-06+%253D+Midwest+Film+Fest+%253D+into+panel+from+%2527BOSS%2527+with+Thorne+%253D+GEDC0001+%25287%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vu10PP8PC7Q/T1fMX3Vgu3I/AAAAAAAAG98/7hM9C08Lij0/s320/2012%252C+03-06+%253D+Midwest+Film+Fest+%253D+into+panel+from+%2527BOSS%2527+with+Thorne+%253D+GEDC0001+%25287%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><h6 style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messagebody"><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"> </span></span></span></h6><h6 style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="messagebody"><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">... How they worked on </span></span><span class="messagebody"><span style="font-weight: normal;">last</span></span><span class="messagebody"><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"> year’s 1<sup>st</sup> season of the show...</span></span></span></h6><h6 style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="messagebody"><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"> </span></span></span></h6><h6 style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="messagebody"><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">... What they’re doing in this year’s 2<sup>nd</sup> season...</span></span></span></h6><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wisGLVkhLnM/T1fMe6HJMtI/AAAAAAAAG-E/zzEY9JUiFuo/s1600/2012%252C+03-06+%253D+Midwest+Film+Fest+%253D+into+panel+from+%2527BOSS%2527+with+Thorne+%253D+GEDC0001+%25288%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wisGLVkhLnM/T1fMe6HJMtI/AAAAAAAAG-E/zzEY9JUiFuo/s320/2012%252C+03-06+%253D+Midwest+Film+Fest+%253D+into+panel+from+%2527BOSS%2527+with+Thorne+%253D+GEDC0001+%25288%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><h6 style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messagebody"><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"> </span></span></span></h6><h6 style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="messagebody"><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">... What they recommend people </span></span><span class="messagebody"><span style="font-style: normal;">do</span></span><span class="messagebody"><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"> to get </span>INTO</span><span class="messagebody"><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"> the business (such as starting as “</span></span><span class="messagebody"><span style="font-style: normal;">interns</span></span><span class="messagebody"><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">” to </span></span><span class="messagebody"><span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">learn</span></span><span class="messagebody"><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"> the industry), etc...</span></span></span></h6><h6 style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messagebody"><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"> </span></span></span></h6><h6 style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="messagebody"><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"> ... The first WORLD PREMIERE was </span></span><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">a </span><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">funny</span><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"> comic “</span><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">RAP</span><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">” </span><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-style: normal;">MUSIC</span><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">-video type short by Mr. </span><u><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-style: normal;">J.C</span></u><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">. </span><u><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-style: normal;">BROOKS</span></u><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"> – called “</span><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: red; text-decoration: none;">EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE</span><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; text-decoration: none;">” </span><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">(which I’d rate at </span><u><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-style: normal;">7</span></u><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"> of 10 stars), wherein he plays a </span><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">LAWYER</span><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"> promoting himself in a </span><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">TV</span><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"> ad with a band & “clients”...</span></span></h6><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">... T</span>hat was followed by the premiere of a short called <i>“</i></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">WEDNESDAY'S</span></i></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <i>CHILD</i></span></b><b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">” </span></i></b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: large;">(which I’d rate at 7.00<b> </b>of 10 stars)<b><i> </i></b>starring <u>impressive</u> pre-teen actress </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2776169/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">MEREDITH</span><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;"> </span><span style="color: black;">DROEGER</span></a></span></u></b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: large;"> (who was in <i>“EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES” & “THE LAST RITES OF JOE MAY”)</i>...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: large;">... </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: large;">As directed by <b><u>ROCCO</u> <u>CATALDO</u></b>, it’s the story of a “strange” girl & her equally strange PARENTS (including her father, played by <b><u>KIRK</u> <u>ANDERSON</u></b>)... </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... After that, we saw the <u>main</u> feature, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“</i></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1536112" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: red; text-decoration: none;">LAC DU FLAMBEAU</span></i></a></span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">”-- </span></i><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">written & directed by Columbia College graduate </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">MARK</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> <u>MCNESS</u> <u>ROSENGREN</u></span></b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> & filmed in Freeport, Illinois by </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">cinematographer <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>MICHAEL</u> <u>KWIELFORD</u></b>, & produced by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>CANNON</u> <u>KINNARD</u> </b>(all named people who, along with various other cast & crew members, were in the theater <u>AUDIENCE</u>)...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... The film <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b>tells the story of the trials & tribulations of a young man named Milk (played by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><a href="http://www.steppenwolf.org/boxoffice/productions/bio.aspx?id=485&crewId=1516" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">STEPHEN</span><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;"> </span><span style="color: black;">LOUIS</span><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;"> </span><span style="color: black;">GRUSH</span></a></u></b>, who’s appeared in the TV series <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“CHICAGO CODE” & “DETROIT 187”</i>), who was <u>distraught</u> at how he’d caused the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">death</b> of a young woman he loved... As the plot <u>description</u> says, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“</i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">We ride with him as he struggles to find a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">place</b> in a world that seems <u>not</u> to </span></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">want</span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> him.<span style="color: black;">”</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... Other stars are <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>JUAN</u> <u>VILLA</u> </b>as his friend <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Horse”, </i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>WARREN</u> <u>LEVON</u> </b>as Stephen’s co-worker named Chunk, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>ERIN</u> <u>BREEN</u> </b>as a waitress named Aura, young <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2776169/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">MEREDITH</span><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;"> </span><span style="color: black;">DROEGER</span></a></u></b> as a mysterious girl met at a playground, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><a href="http://www.steppenwolf.org/ensemble/members/details.aspx?id=17" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">ROBERT</span><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;"> </span><span style="color: black;">BREULER</span></a></u></b> (a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Steppenwolf</i></b> ensemble member seen in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“PRISON</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">BREAK” </i>& <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“THE</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">CRUCIBLE”</i><i>)</i> as a mechanic, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>KIRK</u> <u>ANDERSON</u> </b>as a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">psychiatrist</i>, and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>MIKE</u> <u>McNAMARA</u> </b>as Glowstick...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... I’m rating the movie at <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>6.50</u> </b>out<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>of 10 stars, because of some good <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">acting</b> by the hard-working main characters. I found the persistent <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>flipping</u></b> “<u>back</u>-&-<u>forth</u>” of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">time</i></b> periods between the PAST, present & “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">dream</i>” type sequences to be a “<u>slowdown</u>” in the story-telling & “<u>HARD</u>-to-take”... </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... Plus, the movie has one of my pet <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>PEEVES</u></i> in film-making today: a purposely “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>ambiguous</u></b>” style ending that leaves you “<u>nowhere</u>”...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... AFTER the screening, “Mac” led an interesting <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Q&A</u></b> with <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Mark</b>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Michael</b>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Meredith</b>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Kirk</b> and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Robert</b> (as shown in photos below)... </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... They talked about how the movie was <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>made</u></b> (shot over a period of 14 days, tho it took <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>9</u> years </b>of work to put “together”)...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> ... How it was <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>financed</u></i> (by a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">local</b> investor)...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063891215512512347.post-22173569716629335562012-02-11T23:16:00.001-06:002012-02-11T23:26:47.921-06:00Review of film: “SIX DAYS, SEVEN NIGHTS” = A TRIP YOU SHOULD TAKE!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.25in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in 7.5in 8.0in; text-indent: -.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Review of film: </span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u style="color: red;">SIX</u><span style="color: red;"> </span><u style="color: red;">DAYS</u><span style="color: red;">, </span><u style="color: red;">SEVEN</u><span style="color: red;"> </span><u style="color: red;">NIGHTS</u>” = </b></span></i><b style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">A TRIP YOU SHOULD <u>TAKE</u>!</span></b></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.25in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in 7.5in 8.0in; text-indent: -.5in;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Since late <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">December</b> of 20<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">11</b>, I’ve been very busy with a large “PERSONAL” project which</span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">has caused me to vastly defer my reviewing the numerous <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>NEW</u></b> movies I’ve seen in the “midst”</span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> of my project...</span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">... While <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">working </i>on that venture, I chanced to come across some <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>OLDER</u></b> work I’d done</span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">regarding Reviews in 1998 & 2000... </span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">... Thus, at this time, I’m going to take some time out to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">share</b> one of those older efforts, in the </span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">form of a Review done in <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>1998</u></b> under the heading of “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u style="text-underline: words;">SLICK</u></i> <u><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">FLICK</i></u> <u style="text-underline: words;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">PICKS</i></u>: <u><i>MOVIES</i></u> <u style="text-underline: words;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ON</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">VIDEO</i></u></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">” </i>(which,at that time, meant on <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>VHS</u></i></b> cassette tapes!), as basically written more than <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">13</b> years ago:</span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.5in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">“ ... The weather outside is getting <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">frightful</i> (here & there), and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">movies</b> can be so <u>delightful</u> (now & then)... It may well be time to consider staying <u>IN</u>-doors, and inviting some friends over to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">share</b> your flick picks!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">“ ... To help you <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">choose</i>, I’m offering the news that you’ve <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">nothing</b> to <u>lose</u>: there ain’t no <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">dues</i>-- you just get my personal <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">views</b> of what’s “OUT there” on video. And, if you <u>don’t</u> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>agree</u></i> with my opinions?-- Just remember-- they’re <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">worth</b> every <u>cent</u> you “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>paid</u></b>” for them!...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">This [<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">98</b>-minute] film [directed by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">IVAN REITMAN</b>]<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>stars the person who [at the time the film was released on June 12 in 1998 was the] # <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>1</u></b> all-time <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">box-office champ</b>-- who’s appeared in films grossing more than $ <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">3 billion</b>. I’m talking about <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>HARRISON</u></i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>FORD</u></i></b>, in a rare and delightful <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>comedy</u></b> performance...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... He plays a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>woebegone</u></i> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">charter</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">pilot</b> [named Quinn Harris] on a South Seas island vacation spot. He’s visited by <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dazzle</i> magazine’s self-confident Assistant Editor [named Robin Monroe], played by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>ANNE</u> <u>HECHE</u></b> (giving a finely <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">crisp</b> presentation) and her lover, [Frank Martin, played by] <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>DAVID</u> <u>SCHWIMMER</u></b> (who’s pleasantly un-<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“FRIEND”</i>-ly in that he’s <u>non</u>-nerdy & <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">believable</b> [in this role]).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... Now, I’m <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">not</i> saying Harrison is <u>klutzy</u>-- but, as the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">well-written</b> script puts it, he is <u>NOT</u> the type of guy who, if you send him out with a Q-tip and a pocket knife, will build you a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">shopping mall</i></b>... </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... Harrison agrees to take Anne on a trip to a planned <u>photo</u> shoot, the plane [he’s piloting] <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>crashes</u></b>, and they have all kinds of major and minor <u>PROBLEMS</u> (including with some <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">buccaneer</i></b> buckaroos).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... As the [two of them] are <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>stranded</u></b> and [become] the subject of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">searches</b>, [back at the island headquarters], Schwimmer smilingly sees himself getting sensually involved with Ford’s shapely <u>girlfriend</u> [Angelica, played by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>JACQUELINE</u> <u>OBRADORS</u></b>)-- not knowing that his <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>own</u></i> girlfriend (Heche) is getting <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">similarly</b> involved, since FORD is fast becoming a “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>Better</u></i></b> Idea” [in Anne’s mind]... </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... So— [if you] rent (or buy) the video, [you can] find out <u>why</u> Harrison caustically comments at one point, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“You know how a person gets a man <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">excited</b>?-- She <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SHOWS</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">UP</b>!”</i>... </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... [You can also] learn what <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Harrison</b> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">does</i> that causes Anne to <u>warn</u> him, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“I’d better not catch you <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>smiling</u></b>!”...</i> [And] discover what causes her to set a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">palm</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tree</b> on <u>fire</u>... </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... It’s <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>fun</u></b>, it’s <u>funny</u>, it’s a raucously <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>WELL</u>-<u>DONE</u></i></b> romantic comedy, which is why I’m rating it at <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>8.0</u> </b>out of 10 stars. Enjoy!...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063891215512512347.post-363191789605578912011-12-21T02:18:00.005-06:002012-02-06T16:11:29.242-06:00Review of film: “HUGO” by Martin Scorsese<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Review of film: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<u><span style="color: red;">HUGO</span></u>” </i>by Martin Scorsese</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RW_GTJxumYE/TvGH0BzdniI/AAAAAAAAG2Q/1tKSoK3X4LQ/s1600/2011%252C+12-03+%253D+%2527HUGO%2527+%253D+poster+with+boy+hanging+from+clock.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RW_GTJxumYE/TvGH0BzdniI/AAAAAAAAG2Q/1tKSoK3X4LQ/s400/2011%252C+12-03+%253D+%2527HUGO%2527+%253D+poster+with+boy+hanging+from+clock.jpg" width="270" /></a></div><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">This <u>126</u>-minute <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">PG</b>-rated movie was directed by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MARTIN SCORSESE</b>...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... The time is the early <u>1900’s</u>, & the place is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">PARIS</b>, France... We’re at a large <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">train</b> station with a clear view of the Eiffel Tower...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... The station is very <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">crowded </b>with people commuting to & from town...</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4NkKO9Ptv8w/TvGKxZYTLQI/AAAAAAAAG5Q/27KZRVKY61U/s1600/2011%252C+12-03+%253D+%2527HUGO%2527+%253D+photo+of+people+inside+Paris+train+station.bmp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="203" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4NkKO9Ptv8w/TvGKxZYTLQI/AAAAAAAAG5Q/27KZRVKY61U/s400/2011%252C+12-03+%253D+%2527HUGO%2527+%253D+photo+of+people+inside+Paris+train+station.bmp.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... And there are a lot of <u>CLOCKS</u> inside the place...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S-ZTCdV7cYg/TvGKU-U0mAI/AAAAAAAAG4Y/bgaVzDtGOT8/s1600/2011%252C+12-03+%253D+%2527HUGO%2527+%253D+photo+of+clock+in+Paris+train+station.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="205" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S-ZTCdV7cYg/TvGKU-U0mAI/AAAAAAAAG4Y/bgaVzDtGOT8/s400/2011%252C+12-03+%253D+%2527HUGO%2527+%253D+photo+of+clock+in+Paris+train+station.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... Shortly, we see a 12-year-old boy named <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hugo</i></b> Cabret (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ASA BUTTERFIELD</b>) who’s secretly <u>LIVING</u> in the large <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>tower</u></b> of the station, among the GEARS of the huge <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">clock</b> there...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... Asa keeps moving around to get a <u>better</u> view of an elderly man named Georges (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">BEN KINGSLEY</b>) who has a small <u>REPAIR</u> shop in the station, where he fixes & sells <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">mechanical </b>items like watches, clocks & TOYS...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... It seems that Asa is “<u>CASING</u>” the area, apparently planning on trying to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">STEAL</i></b> something from Ben... He surreptitiously starts moving <u>towards</u> Ben’s shop to try to further his planned theft...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... All the while, the officious Station Inspector (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SACHA BARON COHEN</b>) is on the “<u>LOOKOUT</u>” for Asa & <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">other</b> scofflaws who keep <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">pilfering</b> items from people there...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... Ben has noticed that Asa has taken things from him <u>BEFORE</u>-- & thus he’s “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>READY</u></b>” for him when he sneaks up & tries to grab a mechanical “running” <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>mouse</u></b> toy... </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... He not only <u>STOPS</u> him from taking the toy, he’s able to confiscate a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>BOOKLET</u></i></b> Asa is carrying which contains numerous hand-made <u>DRAWINGS</u> of mechanical devices... </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... The book for some reason seems to mean “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">everything</b>” to Asa, & he tries FOLLOWING Ben home while “demanding” that he <u>return</u> it, which he <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>REFUSES</u></i> to do...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... Ben’s granddaughter Isabelle (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CHLO</b></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zo%C3%AB_Kravitz" title="Zoë Kravitz"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Ë</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> GRACE MORETZ</span></b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">) tries to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>help</u></b> Asa re the book, & he eventually agrees to <u>WORK</u> at Ben’s shop fixing things to build up “credit” to get the booklet back...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... In time, we learn Asa’s now-dead <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">father </b>(<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">JUDE LAW</b>) had <u>made</u> most (if not all) of the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">drawings </b>in the booklet, & they concerned an <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>AUTOMATON</u></b> <u>robot</u>-like device Jude had found...</span><br />
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... The device ran on clock-like mechanisms, & that he’d found & tried to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">RE</i></b>-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">BUILD</i></b> as Asa watched...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... After Jude <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">died</i>, Asa had <u>moved</u> the automaton to the place of his uncle Claude (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">RAY WINSTONE</b>) which was inside the train station as his job was winding & fixing the clocks...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... The uncle was always getting <u>drunk</u>, & soon in-effect LEFT the place in <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>ASA’s</u></b> hands (unknown to Sacha or others there)... And Asa was always seeking other <u>mechanical</u> parts to try to get the automaton <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>WORKING</u></i> again...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... At one point, Asa trusts <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Chlo</b></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zo%C3%AB_Kravitz" title="Zoë Kravitz"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">ë</span></b></a><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> enough to bring her to his HOME in the innards of the station...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... He invites her in part because he realizes she has a heart-shaped <u>KEY</u> that seemingly might fit <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>INSIDE</u></b> the automaton which possibly could serve to “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>start</u></b>-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">up</b>” the device...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... He & Chlo</span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zo%C3%AB_Kravitz" title="Zoë Kravitz"><span style="background: white; color: black;">ë</span></a> in time work to try to <u>IMPROVE</u> the workings of his <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">automaton</b>...<span style="background: white;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... In time, we learn some of the <u>background</u> about Ben-- how his last name was <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MÉLIÈS </b>& he’d been a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>MAGICIAN</u></b>, working with a female assistant (who’s now his <u>wife</u>) in his act... </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... He’d then tried his hand at making <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>MOVIES</u></b>, being one of the first to use <u>SPECIAL</u>-<u>EFFECTS</u> based on some of his <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">magic</b> routines...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... In 1902, he created the world’s first <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>SCIENCE</u></i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>FICTION</u></i> </b>film, about men shooting a space capsule rocket into the “eye” of “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Man In The <u>MOON</u>”</i> (with <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">hand</b>-tinting providing <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>color</u></i></b> to elements in it)...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... In time, he created his own specially-built <u>STUDIO</u> [the world’s <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>1</u><sup>st</sup></b> movie studio, built in 1896 near Paris], & created around <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>500</u> </b>films, usually highlighting <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">special effects</b>... </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... But, <u>tastes</u> changed as time went on, & his work <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CEASED</b> being in demand, & he <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>stopped</u></i></b> making movies... </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... That caused him (played by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ben</b>) to become very <u>depressed</u>, to the point that he worked to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>DESTROY</u></b> his props & studio...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... His own granddaughter <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Chlo</b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zo%C3%AB_Kravitz" title="Zoë Kravitz"><span style="background: white; color: black;">ë</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> didn’t even know just “<u>WHO</u>” he was-- until Asa came over one day & they chanced to find some “<u>PROOF</u>” about things concerning Ben’s past...<span style="background: white;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... Seeing how <u>distressed</u> Ben was at having to “recall” his past life & his having become a shopkeeper rather than the highly <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">creative</b> person he <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">used</i> to be, his wife Jeanne (<b>HELEN McCRORY</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b>) says, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<u>Maybe</u> it’s time to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">try</b> something <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ELSE</b>—”...</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... Would <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Ben</u></b> ever be able to feel <u>GOOD</u> again about himself & his career (such as from people starting to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">re-<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>appreciate</u></i></b> his work)?...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... Would Asa ever be able to get the automaton in <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>PROPER</u></b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">working</i></b> order (especially after it was <u>DAMAGED</u> from an accident)?...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... Would Asa be able to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>escape</u></b> the clutches of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SACHA </b>who’s always “<u>AFTER</u>” him at the Station?...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... What will <u>BECOME</u> of Asa (Hugo), who keeps having <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">nightmares</b> wherein his life is threatened?...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... Many years ago, I was friends with an <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">artist</b> name <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">GEORGE BETHUREM</b>... He was the <u>first</u> person who <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>told</u></b> me about <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">GEORGES</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MÉLIÈS</b> & how he’d <u>pioneered</u> science fiction movies many decades before... </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... I then made efforts to <u>VIEW</u><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> “THE MAN IN THE MOON” </i>& some other snippets of his work, & I was <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>amazed</u></b> at the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>ground</u></i>-<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>breaking</u></i> efforts he’d done in films...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... Thanks to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">conservation</b> & <u>restoration</u> work done around the world, where there was once only <u>ONE</u> of his films thought to be still in existence, there are now <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>173</u></b> available in partial or complete copies...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>This</u></i> film is in-effect a “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>TRIBUTE</u></b>” by Scorsese <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>to</u></b> MÉLIÈS & the pioneering filmmakers (some <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">others</b> of whom are publicized, including having its <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">poster</i> feature “Hugo” <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">hanging</b> from the hands of a <u>CLOCK</u> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ala</i> the classic <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">HARRY LLOYD </b>film <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“SAFETY LAST” -- </i>which is itself shown in part)<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">...</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“HUGO” </i>is a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">loving </b>&<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> BEAUTIFULLY </b>constructed film, with fine <u>ACTING</u>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">wondrous</b> sets, and some exceptionally fine <u>CINEMATOGRAPHY</u> (including a wonderful use of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>3D</u></b> to enhance the “depth”)...</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... I found it to be a real <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>TREASURE</u></i></b> of a film-- especially in how it celebrates some of the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">historical</b> aspects of movie-making, including how many film <u>pioneers</u> were often “FORGOTTEN” & <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">under-appreciated</b> (plus introducing us to the lives of various <i><u>denizens</u></i> of the Train Station along the way)...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... I feel it’s clearly one of the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>10</u> <u>Best</u></b> movies of 2011 </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">(rating it at <b><u>9.50</u> </b>out of 10 stars), & I hope <u>IT</u> is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">properly </b>appreciated as time goes on!...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.9pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">2011, 12-02:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Review of play: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<u><span style="color: red;">IN</span></u><span style="color: red;"> <u>THE</u> <u>JUNGLE</u></span></i></span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">” <b>= </b></span></i><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Set in Chicago in 1912</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tv-3oyHRtKc/Ttv32AnfpKI/AAAAAAAAGvc/DIeXojfNNwQ/s1600/2011%252C+12-04+%253D+%2527In+the+Jungle%2527+%253D+POSTER+with+guys+in+fighting+mode.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tv-3oyHRtKc/Ttv32AnfpKI/AAAAAAAAGvc/DIeXojfNNwQ/s400/2011%252C+12-04+%253D+%2527In+the+Jungle%2527+%253D+POSTER+with+guys+in+fighting+mode.jpg" width="258" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><br />
</o:p></span></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Some <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>HISTORY</u></b> and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Background</u></b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">In 19<u>18</u> (the year that World War I ended), a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">movie</b> theater was opened (for the Ascher Brothers circuit) on the north side of Chicago at 5440 N Clark Street. Called the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">CALO THEATRE</i></b>, it had a façade featuring beautiful terra cotta, & was originally designed to seat 880 people... <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
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</o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... In time (especially in the next 10 or so years), far more <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">elaborate</b> movie houses were opened in the area (the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">GRANADA, the UPTOWN, </i>etc.), & the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">CALO </i>eventually fell into <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">disuse</b> as a movie house...<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... Seemingly, it at one point (by the 1970’s) was turned into a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">bowling alley</b>, utilizing <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">human</i> (rather than automatic) pin-setters... <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... Then, in the 1990’s, the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">GRIFFIN</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">THEATER</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">COMPANY</b></i> made the building its home, which it was until 2004 (when upkeep became too expensive & the company left)... <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... By the mid 2000’s, (as seen in the photo below), it was turned into a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">resale shop </b>called <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">THE BROWN ELEPHANT </i>(as part of a group of such locations affiliated with the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Howard Brown Health Center)...</i><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
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</o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... Starting on November 17<sup>th </sup>of 2011, the venue was used to stage a <u>PLAY</u> called <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">IN</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">THE</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">JUNGLE</b>” </i>produced by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ALYSSA VERA RAMOS </b>& <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">EMMY-</i>nominated <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">KEATON</i></b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">WOODEN</b>, the latter whom DIRECTED the play as a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>BENEFIT</u></b> on behalf of <u>supporting</u> the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Howard Brown Health</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Center </b></i>& its mission... <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
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</o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... As to the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>play</u></b> itself:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... In 1906, Sinclair Lewis wrote a classic “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">muckraking</b>” book about <u>abuses</u> in the meat industry in Chicago called <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“THE <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">JUNGLE</b>”..<o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... </span></i><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I don’t know if that had an <u>affect</u> on German writer <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Bertholt Brecht</b>, but he wrote a 1923 play <u>SET</u> in <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Chicago</b> ( -- which he <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>never</u></i> had visited --) called <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“IN THE JUNGLE OF CITIES” </i>on which <u>this</u> reviewed play (adapted by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Wallace Dirges</b>) was based...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... Here I have culled some of the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>remarks</u></b> made <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">about</i> the play by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">KEATON</b> (with the “emphasis” being <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">mine), </i>on various associated web-sites and in the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">flyer</b> distributed to play attendees:<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
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</o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.85pt;">“ As someone of roughly </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 1.35pt;">the <b>same age</b> as the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">playwright</i> at the <u>time</u> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">"<b>Jungle</b> <b>of</b> C<b>ities</b>"</i> </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 1.8pt;">was </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 1.3pt;">written, I feel </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 1.8pt;">Brecht, like any visionary, tapped into a profound <b><u>truth</u></b> of our </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 1.65pt;">lives: there come points when we as people desire <b>human</b> <b><u>connection</u></b> so intensely </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 1.15pt;">that we <b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>lash</u></i></b> out for it, as if intimacy were to be attained through <u>hatred</u> as easily as </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">love...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">“ ... Think to a time when you had an intense <b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>hatred</u></i></b> of someone, and that hatred </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 1.3pt;">caused you to desperately wish to hear more of their <u>affairs</u> and <u>lives</u>, almost like a </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 1.95pt;">forlorn <b>lover</b>, if only to hear [&] <b>revel</b> in the "<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">schadenfreude</i>" (in Brecht’s language: </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 1.8pt;">"<u>happiness</u> at the <b>misfortune</b> of others")...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 1.8pt;">“ ... We as humans seek <u>intimacy</u> in <b>various</b> </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 1.3pt;">ways, and if one avenue does not provide <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">fruit</i>, we seek <b><u>others</u></b>. We see it daily, how </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 1.85pt;">easily groups intended to bring people <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">together</i> transform into <b>hate</b> speech, or a </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 1.45pt;">simple <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">disagreement</i> explodes into a battle of <u>wits</u> and <u>friends</u>...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 1.45pt;">“ ... And in the <u>name</u> of </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 1.95pt;">this hatred we will <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">sacrifice</i> so much <b>happiness</b> to fill a <b><u>hole</u></b> of connection. But </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.8pt;">whereas pure <b>love</b> can fill that hole, pure <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">hatred</i> only <u>adds</u> <b><u>FUEL</u></b> to a fire...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.9pt;">“ ... This story is a <b><u>tragedy</u></b> </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.4pt;">in the strictest sense, a story of </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.9pt;">two men who seek <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">connection </i></span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.9pt;">through </span><u><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.4pt;">hatred</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.4pt;">. I advise you to <b><u>learn</u></b> from their mistakes, seek <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">intimacy</i> in </span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.9pt;">a way that </span><b><u><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 1.4pt;">GIVES</span></u></b><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 1.4pt;"> and doesn’t </span><b><u><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.9pt;">take</span></u></b><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.9pt;">, and to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">concentrate</i> on the <b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>SHOWDOWN</u></i></b>... ”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">“ ... In this modern retelling, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">battling</b> <u>social</u> classes are translated to the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">dichotomy</i></b> that exists in modern <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>politics</u></b>, complete with <u>corruption</u>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">hypocrisy</i>, and ultimately <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>destruction</u></i></b>... ”<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">“ ... <span style="color: black;">In 19<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">12</b>, in the unforgiving city of Chicago, George Garga's <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">blue</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">collar</i> life is <u>assaulted</u> by the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">wealthy</b> Shlink for an <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>unknown</u></i> cause. Digging his heels in, George takes the fight to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Shlink</b> as his mind, family, and the city of Chicago hang in the balance.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">“ ... [This] is a stark, dangerous, <u>forboding</u> tale of the power of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">love</b> and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">hate</i></b> between two men tossed <u>TOGETHER</u> in an inexplicable, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">metaphyscial</i> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">boxing</b> match.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">“ ... <span style="background-color: white;">The danger and perhaps even the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">draw</i> of this story is its acknowledgment that we <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>all</u></b> have thought to resort to the vulgar actions made by these characters. I am <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">thrilled</i> to bring this haunting story to the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Chicago</b> community.”</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">In order to put <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">on</b> the play, the central part of the resale shop had to be EMPTIED of its <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">clothes</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">racks</b>, shelving<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>& similar items...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... A very simple but <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">clever</b> set was designed by </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">SHAUN RENFRO</span></b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">, wherein <u>ropes</u> outlined the “<u>BOXING</u>” area & <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">dimmable</i></b> lighting was set up at the corners (as seen below)...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... The play begins with two <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">FIGHTERS </b>entering a ring: George Garga (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">EDWIN J. EBERWINE III</b>) & Shlink (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">DREW JOHNSON</b>)...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... We also see the Fight Manager (played by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">EDWIN UNGER</b>)<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>& “hangers-on” & audience members nearby...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... At one point, very <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>angry</u></b> Edward attacks Shlink AFTER the round...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... In time, we see Edward working (sweeping-up) at a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">lending</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">library </b>run by Mr. Maynes (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">HOWARD RAIK</b>)... <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... Drew comes into the store, quickly lets it be known he’s a very RICH guy, & he & his associates (including Skinny, played by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">BRETT MESLAR</b>) soon start <u>ANTAGONIZING</u> Edward, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">belittling</b> him & putting him down... <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... Edward responds with deep <u>ANNOYANCE</u> at their attitude & actions, pointing out that he’s from a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">working-class</b> family & they – like most people -- have it very <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>HARD</u></i> in life, commenting on how, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rotten</b> fish is what my family <u>LIVES</u> off of!”, </i>& how much he <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">dislikes</b> rich people who try to in-effect “<u>lord</u>” it over those <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">less</i> fortunate...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... Things keep becoming more & more <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tension</b>-filled, particularly after Drew’s “group” comments on how they know his <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>girlfriend</u></b> JANE (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ELISE SPOERLEIN</b>)...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... Edward grows very <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>ANGRY</u></i> when they bring her name into the conversation (& speak about her supposedly being “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">drunk</b>”)...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Continuing</i> to antagonize Edward, they at one point talk about his sister Marie (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">LAURA LAPIDUS</b>) who does <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">washing</b> work... Edward gets “<u>fed</u>-<u>up</u>” & tries to order them <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">out</b>--<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>which angers his boss who works to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>FIRE</u></i> him...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... As “Round <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">2</b>”, Edward goes to visit <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">DREW </b>at Drew’s lumber mill. He’s irate (as usual), & dislikes how Drew speaks of his sister Laura who’s an <u>employee</u> there... <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... Drew tries to force him to drink <u>LIQUOR</u> (which he doesn’t “handle” very well), & Edward is very peeved when Laura <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">hugs</b> Drew... Infuriated at the way Laura & he have been treated, Edward pulls a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>GUN</u> </b>on<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>Drew...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... Drew changes his “tune”, saying, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“I’m your <u>SLAVE</u>—”, </i>& suddenly agrees to turn over <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>ownership</u></b> of the mill to Edward... Ed demands that Drew fire his <u>assistant</u>...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... At one point, a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Salvation</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Army</b> person (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">BRUCE McCONNELL</b>) comes around, & Edward has Drew <u>SPIT</u> in the guy’s face (wanting Drew to keep doing his <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>bidding</u></i> in life)... <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... In “Round <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">3</b>”, we’re at the Garga family <u>HOME</u>... We meet Edward’s <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">father </b>John (<b>HOWARD RAIK</b>, shown with a beard in the next photo), & his mother Mae (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">HELENE ALTER DYCHE</b>)... <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... Visiting is a neighbor named Manky (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MICHAEL MORAN</b>), who has a strong <u>Irish</u> accent -- & a strong interest in George’s sister <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Laura</b>... In time, we also meet a guy named Worm (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">EDWIN UNGER</b>)...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... Edward is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">drinking</b> again in the house. Laura tells the family how he was <u>FIRED</u> from his job at the Lending Library <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">2 weeks</b> before (which he purposely <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">hadn’t</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">told</i> anyone there), & he <u>COMPLAINS</u> to her about what she’d done...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... Edward tells her she should get the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">money</b> due her from Drew for <u>work</u> she’d completed, & says he has to be going <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>AWAY</u></i> soon... <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... Helene talks about wanting to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">stop</b> all the <u>PAIN</u> Edward was feeling in life, & he gives her a then-huge amount of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">money</b> to cover a ½-year’s <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>RENT</u></b> on their place...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... We meet a guy who wants to report on how Laura was acting “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>immorally</u></b>” recently...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... “Round <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">4</b>” has us outside a sort of “hotel” called the “CHINESE” place... </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Laura </b>asks <u>Drew</u> to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Please <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">PROTECT </b>me!” </i>against some people... </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... He points out how her <u>family</u> <u>LOVES</u> her, & she <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>kisses</u></b> him...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... We see people talking at the top of some <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>STAIRS</u></b> of the hotel, & soon see religious Laura “crossing” herself... Shortly, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Michael</b> is heard to remark that he wants to <u>SLEEP</u> with her...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... From atop the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">stairs</i>, we hear a remark that <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Human <u>skin</u> is too <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>THICK</u></b></i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">for</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">this</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">world!...”<o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... “Round <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">5</b>” has scenes INSIDE the “Chinese” hotel... </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... We see <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Edward</b> in <u>Drew’s</u> nondescript room there...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... Edward tells his sister Laura how <u>BAD</u> she was looking. & comments of learning of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“TRICKS </i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">going on”... </i>She says she <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>LOVES</u></b> Drew, & irate Edward says she’s <u>never</u> learned how to “<u>KEEP</u>” a man... She talks in time about how there’s <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>nothing</u></b> she <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">wants</i> from him...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Drew</b> remarks about how <u>he’s</u> the one who’s been putting out money to help support <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Edward’s</b> <u>FAMILY</u>, all the while <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Edward</b> had been living on money <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>TAKEN</u></i> from him... Edward soon <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">GRUMBLES</b> to Drew...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... In a bar area, we before long see a <u>drunk</u> man (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Bruce</b>)...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... Soon, he tries to <u>KILL</u> himself in despair at his life, as others around him (including Brett) comment on how <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ineffective</i></b> he is...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... Drew talks about how he wants his <u>land</u>, & Laura desperately talks about how <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“They’re <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">selling </b>me!”...<o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... Soon, we see her talking with the “Irish” guy <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Michael</b>, & see <u>DREW</u> ask Edward how much more <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">money</b> he needed for his planned trip to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>TAHITI</u>... <o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... </span></i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">George reveals he’s heard about the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>CROOKED</u> </b>lumber deal <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Drew</u></b> had been involved in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">before</i> turning over the company to him (-- two events which may be “tangled” with each other!)... <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... “Round <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">6</b>” has people in some “WOODS”... Drew tells Laura about his deep <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">feelings</b> for her. She feels <u>BAD</u> in life, tho... <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... In time, we see Michael talking about how Laura was lying in a “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>flophouse</u></b>”... He soon tries to <u>KILL</u> himself (seemingly because his <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">love</b> for her isn’t RETURNED)...<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... Marie eventually is heard to remark that <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“I <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>am</u></b> a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>WHORE</u></b>!”, </i>to which one of the men offers his <u>money</u> to her... <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Edward </b>talks to his girlfriend <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ELISE</b> about having been with her for like <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">5</b> years, & he wants her to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>MARRY</u></i> him...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... “Round <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">7</b>” has us in the Garga family home, where <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Edward</b> is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>MARRYING</u></b> Elise...<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... After that, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">DREW</b> visits... Edward says, he’s thinking of going <u>back</u> to working in the Lending <u>LIBRARY</u>... Drew asks him to read an important <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>letter</u></b> he had about his <u>CROOKED</u> deal...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">... Edward mulls over the idea of going to <b><u>JAIL</u></b> about the crooked deal that he’s now “<u>stuck</u>” with as the owner of Drew’s company... </span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... Ed’s father Howard is very <u>UPSET</u> with how things are, & Drew talks about how he <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">might</i> “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">EXPLAIN</b>” things to the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>sheriff</u></b> about the crooked lumber deal Edward is being “charged” over...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IsMySlBxxUI/TtwFaS-2e0I/AAAAAAAAGzc/S2rkDb0Cv1w/s1600/2011%252C+12-02+%253D+%2527IN+THE+JUNGLE%2527+play+%253D+GEDC0006+%252855%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IsMySlBxxUI/TtwFaS-2e0I/AAAAAAAAGzc/S2rkDb0Cv1w/s320/2011%252C+12-02+%253D+%2527IN+THE+JUNGLE%2527+play+%253D+GEDC0006+%252855%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... Howard tells Edward what he thinks he should <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>do</u></b> about things, & Helene states how she feels Ed is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“DAMNED</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">” </i>in life...<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... Howard refuses to tell Laura where HELENE has gone off to... Edward is heard to speak about <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Drew</b> & a supposed “<u>RAPE</u>” that’s gone on...<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Edward </b>talks about considering going to <u>JAIL</u> about the crooked lumber deal, & then presenting an important <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>letter</u></b> to the police BEFORE he’s released... </span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... We then had a 15-minute <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">intermission</b> in the play (which lasts around 2.5 hours)...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... When the players return for ‘Round <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">8</b>”, we see <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Drew</b> dictating a LETTER to Laura...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... There‘s a lot more <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>TENSE</u> </b>action between Edward & Drew & problems regarding the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">OTHER </i>characters...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... What will cause a character to remark that, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“People are <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">too DURABLE</b>--”?...<o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... What will come about from a <u>FIRE</u> that arises in an important place?...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... What will happen to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">LAURA</b>, & who (if anyone) will she “choose” to be <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>with</u></b>?... <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... Will <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Edward</b> go to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">JAIL</b>?... He talks about a “<u>RAGE</u>” he feels in life...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... Will Ed follow-thru on <u>threats</u> made to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>DREW</u></b>?... </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... What will Drew <u>DO</u> regarding an important piece of “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">evidence</b>” he has?...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... Who will state that, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“I do declare that our <u>FIGHT</u> is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>OVER</u></b>—”, </i>& what will that “cause” to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>happen</u></b> concerning the various characters?...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... Who will be heard to remark that, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“The <u>goal</u> is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">NOTHING</b>. What’s <u>important</u> is to come out <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>ALIVE</u></b>!”, & </i>what will that “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">lead</b>” to?<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">...<o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... Overall, this a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">remarkable </b>production-- a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>POWERFUL</u></b> piece of work performed in an “unlikely” setting, with a host of amazingly <u>STRONG</u> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ACTING </b>performances, particularly by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">EDWARD </b>& <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">DREW </b>who have loads of very long, “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>involved</u></b>” dialogues with various characters...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... I can well understand the <u>difficulties</u> experienced by the various cast members, in learning & honing their <u>intricate</u> roles to a point that each could help the plot move resolutely <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">forward</b>, in the midst of a number of very “<u>EMOTIONAL</u>” underpinnings...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... Thus, with the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>pleasurable</u></b> & often-unexpected “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>TWISTS</u></b> & <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">TURNS</b>” in the story lines & the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">fine work</i></b> done, I’m rating this at <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>9.0</u></b> of 10 stars...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... Accordingly, I heartily <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>RECOMMEND</u></b> attendance at the play (<b>info</b> about which can be found at: <i style="color: blue;"><b>www.InTheJungleChicago.com</b></i> )... </span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... Tickets are $ 30 each ( which can </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">be purchased by visiting the web-site = </span><a href="https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/207296" target="_blank"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #074d8f;">https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/207296</span></i></b></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> )</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">, & </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">50</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">% of ticket sales will be given to the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Howard Brown Health Center</i></b> in Chicago for the causes of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">HIV <u>prevention</u></b> and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>wellness</u></b>, including research and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">anti</b>-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">discriminatory</b> health care services...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> <o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> * - - - - - - - - - *<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">After</span></b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> the play (which was <u>rehearsed</u> for about <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">5-6 weeks</b> to get everyone in the proper “place” for their roles), I spoke to various of the <u>ACTORS</u>...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">EDWARD J. EBERWINE III </b>has been acting for a <u>number</u> of years (seemingly since like 6<sup>th</sup> grade), & also enjoys working on being a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">producer</b> of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">independent</i> theater & film work... <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... Although he comes across as very “<u>enraged</u>” in his role of “George” in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">this</i> play, he’s very “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>relaxed</u></b>” & cheerful and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>ENTHUSIASTIC</u></b> in person!...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">DREW JOHNSON </b>was born in Alabama, but went to college in <u>Arkansas</u> -- where he got his <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MFA</b>... His very “involved” role of “Shlink” marks his <u>FIRST</u> production in Chicago, which he’s much <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">enjoyed</b>...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">BRETT MESLAR</b> (“Skinny”) said he’s been acting for like<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> 19 years</b>, because he <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">LOVES</i> </b>the craft. He only fairly recently came to the Chicago area...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">EDWIN UNGER </b>(the “Fight Captain” and “Worm”)<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>has appeared in a <u>number</u> of productions in this area... If I recall correctly, he’s been acting for like <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">15</i> years...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ELISE SPOERLEIN </b>(Edward’s girlfriend “Jane”) has been acting for <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">7 years</b> (in both “serious” and “musical” type roles), & recently graduated from Ball State University. This role was her <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">first </b>“official” role in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Chicago...<o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">HOWARD RAINES </b>(“Mr. Maynes” & “John Garga”) has been formally acting for like 3.5 years, & enjoys taking <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">continuing</i> acting classes (including from a man who was in tonite’s audience)...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">LAURA LAPIDUS </b>(“Marie”) calls Chicago “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">home</b>” now, & recently got her BFA from the University of Michigan...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... Although he uses a very convincing <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Irish</b> accent in his role of “Manky”, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MICHAEL MORAN </b>is all “American”. He’s been acting for like <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">12 </b>years (since he was 12), & has been in the Chicago area for like a <u>year</u> now...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... He’s been in a number of productions in the area, & -- even while he works in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">this </i>production --, he’s also <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">rehearsing</b> for <u>ANOTHER</u> role, in Noel Coward’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“DESIGN FOR LIVING” </i>(which will be given as another <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>fundraiser</u></b> for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">HOWARD BROWN)...<o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">HELENE ALTER DYCHE</b> (in a photo above) is an acting<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> veteran</b>. When I spoke about her singing in her role (as “Mae Garga” & “Baboon”), she commented to me about having had an <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>operatic</u></b> background...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... Furthermore, she was proud to have been <u>nominated</u> as <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Best</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Supporting</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Actress</b> in the 2011 <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">DARK CARNIVAL Film Festival </i></b>for her recent role in the horror film <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“THREE SLICES OF LIFE”, </i>which was shown at Chicago’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">PORTAGE </i>movie theater...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">BRUCE ALEXANDER McCONNELL II </b>(the Salavation Army officer who gets spit at, + the drunken bar patron who tries to kill himself) just <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">recently </b>moved to the Chicago area from his home town of Toledo, Ohio...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... He was very <u>pleased</u> to be chosen by director Keaton to work in this, his <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">FIRST </b>theater role in Chicago (which is represented by the photo below)... <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">... He’s working to further his career by taking <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">continuing</i> lessons at Chicago’s <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Acting</i></b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Studio</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">, </i>& is rehearsing for a role to be presented at a Church near the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Wellington</i> el stop...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Review of film: <i>“<u><span style="color: red;">THE</span></u><span style="color: red;"> <u>DESCENDANTS</u></span>” </i>+ <span style="color: #365f91;"><u>INFO</u> </span></span></b><span style="color: #365f91; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">on<b> </b>what put the “<b><u>5</u>-<u>0</u></b>”<b> </b>in <b><i><u>HAWAII</u></i></b></span><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">...</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
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</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: #365f91; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">INFO</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #365f91; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="color: #365f91; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">on<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>what put the “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>5</u>-<u>0</u></b>”<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>in <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>HAWAII</u></i></b></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">...</span></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Have you ever wondered what put the “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>5</u>-<u>0</u></b>”<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>in <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>HAWAII</u></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">?...</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... Sometime in the unrecorded past, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">POLYNESIANS </b>(probably from the islands of Marquesas & Tahiti)<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>came to the Hawaiian islands in <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">canoes </b>& formed <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">settlements</i>...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... Based on some signed maps, it’s postulated by some that <u>SPANISH</u> explorers came to the islands between <u>1551</u> & 1555 (but they made no settlements)...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... While seeking the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Northwest</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Passage</i> between the Pacific & Atlantic Oceans, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">English </b>captain <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">JAMES COOK </b>visited the area by “accident” on January 18, <u>1778</u>, & named the place the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">SANDWICH </i></b>Islands (after the Earl of Sandwich)... </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... Various <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">other</b> Europeans & Americans visited the area <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">after</i> that...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... In <u>1810</u>, the various islands were<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> UNITED </b>under <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>one</u></b> ruler for the first time by King <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Kamehameha</b>...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... There was a <u>financial</u> dispute on the island of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>KAUAI</u></i> in 1815, & that disagreement resulted in that island becoming a temporary <u>protectorate</u> of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">RUSSIA</b> (until around 1853)...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... The <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">FRENCH </b>(who controlled the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Tahitian</i> islands)<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b><u>complained</u> to the Hawaiian King about the treatment of <u>CATHOLICS</u> in Hawaii in <u>1839</u>, & forced the King to issue a decree of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">TOLERANCE</i></b> concerning them... </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... In <u>1843</u>, a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">BRITISH</b> Lord named Paulet tried to take <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>over</u></i></b> the islands by forcing the King to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">abdicate</b>; but, around 5 months later, Paulet’s <u>commanding</u> officer <u>REPUDIATED</u> his actions, & the King was restored to power on July 31<sup>st</sup> of that year...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... <u>Further</u> disputes arose between the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">FRENCH </b>& the Hawaiian King<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>in <u>1849</u>, but they <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">left</b> after an invasion that lasted around one month...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... After King <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Kamehameha V </b>died in <u>1872</u>, Princess <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">KA’IULANI </b>(of the House of Kalakaua] ascended to the throne, & worked hard to <u>try</u> to keep the country from being taken <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">over</b> by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>AMERICA</u></i></b>...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... In <u>1875</u>, Hawaii was in-effect <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>forced</u></b> to conclude the “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>RECIPROCITY</u></b> Treaty”, wherein the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>U.S</u></b>. allowed sugar to be imported <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">duty-free</i> from Hawaii-- but demanded that <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">America</b> be granted <u>control</u> of Oahu island’s <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">PEARL HARBOR </b>and Ford Island + <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">shore</i> lands there..</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">... The U.S. declared Hawaii to be a “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>SOVEREIGN</u></b> nation” in that Treaty... </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... But, -- <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">typical</b> of its treaties with <u>indigenous</u> people like the Native American Indians --, it soon <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>IGNORED</u></b> the agreement, &, after local “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rebellions</b>” in 1887 & 1893, a U.S. government minister declared an <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“imminent <u>threat</u> to American lives and property",</i> called in U.S. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">TROOPS</b>, & forced then-Queen Lili’uokalani to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>ABDICATE</u></i></b>... </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... After <u>disagreements</u> between various U.S. government people (-- sound FAMILIAR?!--), on July 4, <u>1894</u>, there was a declaration of a “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>REPUBLIC</u></b> of Hawaii”...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... Still <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>more</u></i></b> “disagreements” arose, &, on July 7, <u>1898</u>, U.S. President McKinley <u>ILLEGALLY</u> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>ANNEXED</u> </b>the islands & declared Hawaii to be a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>TERRITORY</u></i> </b>of the United States (an act some have called the 1<sup>st</sup> major incident of American <u>IMPERIALISM</u>)...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... On August 21, <u>1959</u>, Hawaii was officially admitted as the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>50</u><sup>th</sup> <u>STATE</u> </b>in the United States-- which is where the “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>5</u>-<u>0</u></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">”</i> comes from...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> * - - - - - - - - - *</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Review of film: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<u><span style="color: red;">THE</span></u><span style="color: red;"> <u>DESCENDANTS</u></span>”</i></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Now that you have the “<u>background</u>”, that brings us to the new <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>MOVIE</u></b>:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... This <u>115</u>-minute <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">R</b>-rated (mainly due to language) <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">dramedy</i> was directed & co-written by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ALEXANDER PAYNE</b> (who directed <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“ELECTION” </i>in 1999,<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> “ABOUT SCHMIDT” </i>in 2002,<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> & “SIDEWAYS” </i>in 2004)... </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... Matt King (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">GEORGE CLOONEY</b>) is a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>DESCENDANT</u></b> of a member of the onetime-<u>ROYAL</u> family in Hawaii... He deals in <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">REAL ESTATE</i></b>, & that’s kept him extremely <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">busy</b> thru the years...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... He’s been particularly active <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">lately</i>, because he’d been chosen by his family as the one to make a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">major</b> <u>determination</u> about a huge chunk of their beachfront <u>PROPERTY</u> in <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Kauai</b> that had been passed down from an old Royal ownership...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... It seems that continuing new <u>laws</u> in Hawaii had made things so that the family must in some way <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">DISPOSE</b> of the highly-<u>valuable</u> undeveloped property within the next <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">7 </i></b>years, or else they’d owe huge <u>TAXES</u> on it and / or would be forced to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">relinquish</b> the property (possibly to the State)...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... As George comments at one point, most people seem to think of Hawaiians as living in one big “<u>PARADISE</u>”-- but he feels that’s <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>NOT</u></i> ACCURATE</b>:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... Yes, there are some very <u>NICE</u> areas to be found in the 8 main islands...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... But, some places -- like Honolulu -- are overly <u>CROWDED</u>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">hectic </b>& <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>UNPLEASANT</u></i> to deal with on a daily basis...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... Furthermore, he’s upset that people seem to think that everything is “<u>PERFECT</u>” in Hawaii-- but he feels (& says), their <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">families</b> are <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“just as <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>SCREWED</u></b>-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>UP</u></b>” </i>as in <u>OTHER</u> places...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... There’s a number of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>reasons</u></b> he feels the way he does:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... He’d been happily married for like <u>17</u> years, & he & his wife Elizabeth (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">PATRICIA HASTIE</b>) had had two <u>daughters</u>...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... But, Patricia had gone off to go <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">water-skiing</b> recently. She was supposed to just drive the <u>boat</u> rather than ski herself-- but some family friend had in-effect allowed her to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SKI</b>, & she’d <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">fallen</b> in the water & severely <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>INJURED</u></b> herself & was in the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>HOSPITAL</u></i>...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... George had mainly left the <u>raising</u> of his kids to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Patricia</b>... As he says, he has always been <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“the ‘<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>BACKUP</u></b>’ parent”...</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... George at times wants to take his youngest (9-ish) daughter, Scotti (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">AMARA MILLER</b>) to see <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">comatose</b> Patricia... But, Amara is very DIFFICULT to deal with, doing things like angrily throwing a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">chair</b> in the family <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>POOL</u></b> & the like...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... As maddening as Scotti is, the 16-ish <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">older</i> daughter, Alexandra (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SHAILENE WOODLEY</b>) is even <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>MORE</u></i></b> troublesome to deal with: </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... For some unknown reason, she’d grown extremely <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>antagonistic</u> </b>towards Patricia, to the point that she’d been sent away to a sort of <u>BOARDING</u> school on <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">another</i></b> island... But, she’d gotten involved in <u>DRUGS</u> & <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">drinking</b>, & had become increasingly <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>INCORRIGIBLE</u> </i>there... </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... His “<u>outer</u>” family members (who owned a “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">share</b>” of the Kauai property) were “pushing” George to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>SELL</u> the </b>property, so they would have something to “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">show</b>” for all the years the family had held onto it...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... George had been considering the bids of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>two</u></b> groups, both of whom wanted to <u>DEVELOP</u> the “untouched” property, to add more “value” to it... </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... But, there were a lot of things George was trying to “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">mull</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">over</b>” before coming to a soon-to-be-made <u>decision</u> on the planned disposition of the land...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... At one point, Patricia’s <u>doctor</u> Johnston (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MILT KOGAN</b>) has a very <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">serious</b> discussion with George at the hospital. It seemed that she, <u>before</u> her accident, had signed a document that, if she was terminally ill, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>NO</u> “special” </b>efforts were to be made to keep her <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>ALIVE</u></i>... </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... The doctors had determined that there was <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>no</u> way</b> Patricia would be likely to <u>RECOVER</u> from her injury, & thus -- per her prior decision --, they soon would be <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">turning-<u>off</u></b> the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>LIFE</u> SUPPORT </b>she was on, meaning, she’d likely die within around a <u>WEEK</u>... </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... George, naturally, feels at a “<u>LOSS</u>” of just what to “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>do</u></b>” next... Trying to be <u>thoughtful</u> to all concerned, he wanted to give Patricia’s <u>FRIENDS</u> a chance to come & say their “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>GOODBYES</u></b>” to her...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... But, <u>before</u> he did that, he wanted to tell his <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">KIDS</b> what was going on... He thus goes to another island to <u>retrieve</u> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Shailene</b>... Typically, she’d <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">run away</b> from the school & was on a “<u>BENDER</u>” with another girl at the time he’d arrived...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... George eventually tells her she needs to come <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">HOME</b> because of the <u>condition</u> of her mom <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Patricia</b>-- but, she said she wouldn’t <u>be</u> there unless she’s able to bring along a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">guy</b> friend named Sid (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">NICK KRAUSE</b>)... </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>Reluctantly</u></i>, George agrees to have Nick <u>WITH</u> Shailene, & they return to Oahu...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... He tries talking <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">seriously </b>to Shailene about <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">AMARA</b>, saying, “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>Help</u></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> me with her. I don't know what to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>DO</u></b> with her...” </i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... At one point, he <u>TELLS</u> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Shailene</b> about Patricia’s <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>hopeless</u></i></b> condition, & wonders just <u>WHY</u> she’d acted so <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ANGRY</b> towards her mom recently... </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... Somewhat amazed at his words & lack of understanding, Shailene replies, didn’t he <u>know</u> that Patricia had been having an <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>AFFAIR</u></b> with some guy for quite some time (& <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>THAT’S</u></i> what she was angry about)?!...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... George is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>stunned</u></b> at the news, & quickly runs to talk to some nearby family <u>FRIENDS</u>, Mark Mitchell (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ROB HUEBEL</b>) & his wife Kai (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MARY BIRDSONG</b>)...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... Grudgingly, they <u>admit</u> that Shailene’s words were <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">TRUE</b>, & they <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">didn’t</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">feel</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">right</b> bringing the situation “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>UP</u></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">”</i> to him... </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... George becomes obsessed with trying to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>FIND</u></b> the guy Patricia had the affair with... Shailene makes clear, she feels such a thing would be a <u>WASTE</u> of time at this stage...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... With all the things going on, George feels obligated to inform Patricia’s immediate <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>FAMILY</u></b> about her hopeless condition... Her brother, Barry (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SCOTT MICHAEL MORGAN</b>), <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">appreciates</i> the gesture...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... But George finds it very <u>difficult</u> to deal with her mother, Alice “Tutu” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">BARBARA L. SOUTHERN</b>), who has a <u>medical</u> condition that makes it hard for her to “<u>UNDERSTAND</u>” the situation with Patricia...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... And, it’s extremely hard for George to put up with her hostile <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">father</b>, Scott (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ROBERT FORSTER</b>), who clearly didn’t know of her <u>affair</u> & keeps berating <u>HIM</u> for how he’d <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>TREATED</u></i> </b>her in life...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... George eventually learns <u>WHO</u> the guy is who Patricia had been having the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>affair</u></b> with— Brian Speer (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MATTHEW LILLARD</b>)...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... George keeps “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">obsessing</b>” about Matthew, & wants to try to <u>find</u> him on the island of KAUAI where he’s learned Matt is vacationing...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... Since that island is where the family’s main <u>PROPERTY</u> is, he takes the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>KIDS</u> </b>along <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>WITH</u></i> him to go there, in part to “clue-them-in” a bit more about their <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">HERITAGE</b>...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... Shailene & Amara (& Nick) are <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">amazed</i> at how <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>BEAUTIFUL</u></b> & <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">untouched</b> the beachfront property is...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... On the island, he meets a number of his <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>RELATIVES</u></b>, including his cousin Hugh (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">BEAU BRIDGES</b>), who -- not yet understanding the “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>depth</u></b>” of Patricia’s health condition – comments to George on how HARD it must be for him to deal with the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>property</u></b> situation at the same time as he’s dealing with <u>PATRICIA’S</u> problems...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... Beau talks to George about how he’s sure George will make the “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">right</b>” decision as to what to do with the family’s remaining <u>PROPERTY</u> on the island, namely, choosing the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">BEST OFFER</b> from those who want to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>buy</u></b> & develop it...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... How will George deal with the idea of “<u>TRACKING</u> DOWN” <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MATTHEW</b>, & what will “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>COME</u></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">”</i> of that search?...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... What <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">unexpected </b>“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>TWIST</u></b>” will arise in the midst of George’s trying to decide what to do regarding the undeveloped <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>PROPERTY</u>?</i>...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... How will the “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>cousins</u></b>” group -- including Ralph (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MATT CORBOY</b>), Dave (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">TOM McTIGUE</b>), Milo (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MICHAEL ONTKEAN</b>) & others – “<u>RESPOND</u>” to George’s <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">decision</b>?...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... How will <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Shailene</b> & <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Amara </b>ultimately “<u>DEAL</u>” with what’s happening to their mom PATRICIA?...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... What will <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">George</b> end up “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>DOING</u></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">”</i> with his life?... </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... This is an unusually <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>EXCEPTIONAL</u></b> piece of film-making... The STORY has loads of “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>heart</u></b>”, alternating between <u>humorous</u> & <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>sad</u></i> & <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">touching</b>... </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... It’s a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>finely</u></b>-<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>written</u></i> piece, dealing with a bunch of “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>TRUTHS</u></b>” people need to handle in life-- the “expected” & the “<u>UN</u>expected”...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... The<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> acting </b>is <u>EXCELLENT</u> overall, led by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">GEORGE’S </b>highly-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>nuanced</u></b> & sensitive work... I think his characterization -- & the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">movie</b> ITSELF -- will likely be considered for <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">OSCAR </i></b>nominations...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">... Thus, all things considered, I’m rating this at <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>9.00</u></b> out of 10 stars...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
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