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Don't want to be the first one!


On 9/12/06, Richard Armstrong <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Does anybody remember this email? I am truly puzzled as to why people don't
> respond to this opprtunity to publicize their practice. Is it a question of
> logistics or ideology? Go on, enlighten me... (I should perhaps add that the
> British writer Jonathan Romney seems very happy for me to render a profile
> of his work at Metro).
>
> Earlier this summer, Saul Symonds, the editor of the film website Light
> Sleeper, mooted a new section on the site consisting of profiles of film
> writers
> in which individuals are invited to offer for publication a short  bio with
> a
> little background to their practice, themes and preoccupations.
>
> I warmed to the idea since I am in the process of amassing a series of
> similar profiles of writers with a view to setting up a website devoted to
> film
> literature. (These profiles are currently published in the Australian film
> magazine Metro and so far include Bazin, Adrian Martin, C.A Lejeune  and
> Pauline
> Kael amongst others).
>
> Saul's idea has not so far elicited the interest he had hoped for - it  is
> summer after all, not everyone is around, in the mood etc. Perhaps now would
>  be
> a more apposite moment to encourage people to contribute to an  interesting
> site which already carries pieces by people such as  Jean-Pierre Coursodon,
> Raymond Durgnat and Ronald Bergan. (So no inconsiderable  venture!). As a
> film
> writer, I am endlessly fascinated by the diversity of  film-literary
> practices
> out there. As a film writer, you have an opportunity  to come up with a more
> considered profile of your practice than the  usual byline allows.
>
> Saul can be found at  [log in to unmask]
> (mailto:[log in to unmask]) .
>
> Richard
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