A quick note Dear Listener to say that posting will be very light over the next two weeks.
I’m off to Costa Rica to marry the most amazing, astonishing woman I’ve ever met. ‘The Film Talk’ co-host Dr. Higgins will be joining me as best man so I don’t expect there will be too much action here on the site.
We’ve recorded two shows in advance, our look at the new Michael Mann pic ‘Public Enemies’, which will go online July 1st; and in association with The Film Society of Lincoln Center’s blog and their Tarkovsky season, our thoughts on my favorite filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky, (including an interview with Dmitry Trakovsky, director of the documentary ‘Meeting Andrei Tarkovsky’), which will be live July 7th.
On another personal note I’d like to thank everybody who listens to and participates in our show. Gareth and I love doing it and will try to keep it going as long as we can. Obviously we’re in a strange, precarious and exciting time for media, with old business models collapsing and new ones struggling to be born. ‘The Film Talk’ doesn’t pay for itself yet and we’re trying to find a way to make that possible. As always suggestions on sponsorship or patronage are welcome – we’d hate to give up on it before a wider audience has a chance to discover the show.
In previous years my various side projects like TFT have been subsidised by my work as a TV director – but since moving back to the States after a decade in the U.K. I’ve found it very hard to find fulfilling work – now Gareth was so impressed with the photos I took at his wedding several weeks ago that he has suggested I become a wedding photographer – and, while I must admit that’s never been my dream job, I realise that I’d do just about anything to keep our show going – we shall see!
So wish me luck on my latest and greatest adventure – I’ve been very blessed in my life and I know how lucky I am to be able to do this show with Gareth, someone who’s both interesting and kind – and lucky to have listeners out there like you who’ve been so supportive over the years.
Thank you all – we’ll keep talking real soon.
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(Photo above of myself and the wife to be, taken in May 2009 at Gareth’s wedding)
