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What's next? One of the things that I'm thinking for the next one is 'a walk in the park.' So squirrels, pigeons, ducks, sparrows. Green Porno has turned out to be more successful than we had planned. Now Sundance is going to show them on television and the Independent Film Channel shows them before feature films. So they're viewed on the big screen-and they look great, I have...
...Comedy Be Cutting-Edge? Aspiring filmmakers used to cut their teeth on R-rated horror movies; it was a genre that allowed them to show their skills of cinematic technique and audience manipulation (get 'em to scream). But with Apatovian buddy farce currently triumphant, more tyros are turning to R-rated comedy (get 'em to laugh). Here timing, not technique, is required: creating a vibe, working with actors, building a scene, knowing the audience. It's less like movie auteuring than like staging a play, but that's all right. Every film comedy needs a director, and these days there...
...best known as a radio host, but you're practically your own industry. You sell exercise tapes, you make jewelry for charity, you have a stage show. I had no idea I could buy a talking Dr. Laura action figure. Are you a brand...
Take its creators, for instance. Jack Norworth, the lyricist, started his career doing minstrel shows and vaudeville acts at the turn of the 20th century, just as baseball was making a name for itself. The National Association of Base Ball Players had been established in 1858 and Major League Baseball itself would be founded in 1903. One day while riding a New York subway, Norworth saw a sign that read "Baseball Today - Polo Grounds." And in 15 minutes, he had scribbled the words of his fun-time anthem on the back of an envelope - now on display at the National...
...Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says that all these talks with Israel have yielded nothing. I think it's very simple. If the moderates on the Palestinian side show they can make progress by engagement [with Israel] they'll be strong. If they engage and can't make progress they'll be weak. It's an absolutely simple equation...