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Plague Post

Plague Post

Danger, Will Robinson.  This is a time for slowing down and reading, lots of wonderful books out right now. Just finished Ann Patchett’s novel Dutch House, Ta-Nehisi Caotes’ The Water Dancer, and Delia Owens’ Where the Crawdads Sing. Rich reading, all of them. Different times, places and people.  And I’ve just finished a new short …

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Pixar Rules

Pixar Rules

This information is found on numerous sites on the internet. I just wanted to reinforce its significance. One of the most important reasons Pixar’s work touches so many people is their belief in the importance of good storytelling. Pixar knows that visual beauty means nothing without: A captivating story with Compelling characters who have Clear …

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Annie Hall

Annie Hall

Screenwriter Clay Frohman brought this movie to my attention to show that—even when a director has finished the movie he wrote and spent millions on—it can be a complete nothing for an audience. Sometimes an editor is the only one with enough insight and distance from the writer and director to make an actual satisfying, …

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