Did You Read "The Spectacular Now?"
I've invested this weekend in attending the 8th Annual Berkshire International Film Festival (www.biffma.org). Since Friday evening, I have seen 3 feature films and one short film (12 minutes long that was fantastic) and will be seeing a bunch of short features today plus 2 feature films.
Yesterday I say "English Vinglish," a fantastic film that is a 21st century analysis of the Fiddler on the Roof in that it deals with a woman from India coming to visit her sister in NYC and realizing that traditions, normalcy in her life, language challenges for this lovely lady who speaks almost no English, confront he low self-esteem and realization that life in NYC is very different from the sheltered world she lives in. The producers will be doing an interview with me tomorrow that we hope to broadcast next weekend on Travelers411. You can get the film from Netflix and you will LOVE it!
So far the other outstanding film was The Spectacular Now which is based on a book by Tim Tharp. Read it now because the film has been picked up for distribution and in August will debut across America. After that you'll be able to buy the dvd or Netflix it! But you might want to read the book first. The film is amazingly well done and is much in the genre of Breakfast Club, Circle of Friends and the other films about coming of age in America's suburbs delving into the family relationships, backgrounds, friendships and confusions of teens in which some fall off the track and other stay focused on the ultimate goals of being strong and independent people regardless of the obstacles life has thrown in their way. The young actors are AMAZING and the film is excellent! Read the book now! But note that I'm told the ending of the book is not the same as the ending of the film!
I'm hoping to have one of the producers, who is also one of the screeplay writers, Mark Weber, on the air with me to discuss the film and his travels with me and my radio audiences on Travel WITH Stephanie Abrams and Travlers411. He is now in possession of a copy of RUMORS and you never know where that might go. RUMORS would make a great film. There are some truly spectacular visuals in RUMORS and,for a team that has already written a screenplay that is wrapped around the word SPECTACULAR, RUMORS just might ring their bell! I hope you read both!!
I'm off to the cinema now. Too bad it's not a rainy day here. We had almost 2 straight weeks of gray and rainy weather. Now that I'm spending the weekend mostly in the theater, the skies are gorgeous, the breezes are balmy and the temperature is perfect PLUS the boat in the lake and I'll be in the theater. What's up with that!
Yesterday I say "English Vinglish," a fantastic film that is a 21st century analysis of the Fiddler on the Roof in that it deals with a woman from India coming to visit her sister in NYC and realizing that traditions, normalcy in her life, language challenges for this lovely lady who speaks almost no English, confront he low self-esteem and realization that life in NYC is very different from the sheltered world she lives in. The producers will be doing an interview with me tomorrow that we hope to broadcast next weekend on Travelers411. You can get the film from Netflix and you will LOVE it!
So far the other outstanding film was The Spectacular Now which is based on a book by Tim Tharp. Read it now because the film has been picked up for distribution and in August will debut across America. After that you'll be able to buy the dvd or Netflix it! But you might want to read the book first. The film is amazingly well done and is much in the genre of Breakfast Club, Circle of Friends and the other films about coming of age in America's suburbs delving into the family relationships, backgrounds, friendships and confusions of teens in which some fall off the track and other stay focused on the ultimate goals of being strong and independent people regardless of the obstacles life has thrown in their way. The young actors are AMAZING and the film is excellent! Read the book now! But note that I'm told the ending of the book is not the same as the ending of the film!
I'm hoping to have one of the producers, who is also one of the screeplay writers, Mark Weber, on the air with me to discuss the film and his travels with me and my radio audiences on Travel WITH Stephanie Abrams and Travlers411. He is now in possession of a copy of RUMORS and you never know where that might go. RUMORS would make a great film. There are some truly spectacular visuals in RUMORS and,for a team that has already written a screenplay that is wrapped around the word SPECTACULAR, RUMORS just might ring their bell! I hope you read both!!
I'm off to the cinema now. Too bad it's not a rainy day here. We had almost 2 straight weeks of gray and rainy weather. Now that I'm spending the weekend mostly in the theater, the skies are gorgeous, the breezes are balmy and the temperature is perfect PLUS the boat in the lake and I'll be in the theater. What's up with that!
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