Really wonderful interview by Queenie Tirone--with flattering yet no longer entirely accurate picture--now up at FearZone, here: (http://www.fearzone.com/blog/gemma-files).
No, the (very boring) real answer: I'm forty now, and that was taken when I was thirty; I weigh more, because I hadn't had a kid back then; I've been ill for what seems like a fucking year, and I feel like I look like Hell; I usually wear my glasses. All that. But you'll see for yourself, on the 23rd!
Aw! Thanks, man. I remember coming out of a screening some years back--a revue cinema screening attended by exactly four people; me, Steve and another couple. We came out into the rain, and the other couple came up behind us, and I turned around and smiled at them, all ready to go: Wasn't that GREAT? Only to hear the chick says to the guy: "That was the most boring movie I ever saw."
At which point I thought: Yeah, and YOU're the dumbest person I've ever met. But I don't feel like I have to ANNOUNCE that fact.
Session 9's one of the creepiest things I've ever seen. Amazing pacing. And proof that once upon a time, David Caruso could act. What else could you ask for?
You also got a very complimentary review of "Mrs. Margery Lovett, Her Book" by someone who was inspired to look up Alexander Pope, but doesn't seem to have recognized Sweeney Todd from a hole in the head. Congratulations?
Yeah, wow, that's...really odd. I sort of feel like I should email her and point out that the Pope reference was considerably more tenuous, but...well, what the hell. At least she enjoyed it.
I sort of feel like I should email her and point out that the Pope reference was considerably more tenuous, but...well, what the hell. At least she enjoyed it.
I have had reviews (and rejections, but the positives are the ones that really make me blink) that have gotten the allusion or underlying folklore one hundred percent wrong; I never have any idea what to do with them. Say thank you and wonder what the inside of their head looks like?
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Date: 2008-08-15 02:11 pm (UTC)No, the (very boring) real answer: I'm forty now, and that was taken when I was thirty; I weigh more, because I hadn't had a kid back then; I've been ill for what seems like a fucking year, and I feel like I look like Hell; I usually wear my glasses. All that. But you'll see for yourself, on the 23rd!
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Date: 2008-08-15 02:13 pm (UTC)I knew I loved you for a reason.
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Date: 2008-08-17 02:31 am (UTC)At which point I thought: Yeah, and YOU're the dumbest person I've ever met. But I don't feel like I have to ANNOUNCE that fact.
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Date: 2008-08-15 02:30 pm (UTC)I found this, and thought maybe it might, possibly be of use?
http://www.carte-blanche.org/submissions.html
It's the Quebec Federation of Writers online magazine, but it is open to worldwide submissions.
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Date: 2008-08-15 04:56 pm (UTC)I'll need to check out Session 9. Miike's Audition is incredible! (I hope I spelled his name right.)
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Date: 2008-08-15 06:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-08-15 06:20 pm (UTC)(I just check my list at Blockbuster and saw that I already had Session 9 listed. I moved it to the top. I'm such a mush head anymore.)
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Date: 2008-08-16 03:43 am (UTC)You also got a very complimentary review of "Mrs. Margery Lovett, Her Book" by someone who was inspired to look up Alexander Pope, but doesn't seem to have recognized Sweeney Todd from a hole in the head. Congratulations?
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Date: 2008-08-18 06:15 am (UTC)I have had reviews (and rejections, but the positives are the ones that really make me blink) that have gotten the allusion or underlying folklore one hundred percent wrong; I never have any idea what to do with them. Say thank you and wonder what the inside of their head looks like?