Come off it, Abbott! We Leos don't age.
Bill
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On Sep 15, 2016, at 12:35 PM, Laurie <laurie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Any day but Monday, September 26.
Laurie
On 09/15/2016 09:34 AM, Joel Johnson wrote:
Laurie:
In that Alice and I have been aware of the work that is ongoing on your
book, we are not surprised that you plan to cut back your involvement with
CINEMA EXPLORATIONS. We certainly wish you well in this endeavor. As far as
our first meeting is concerned, are there days and times during the week of
September 26-30 that work better for you?
Joel
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On Behalf Of Laurie
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 9:21 AM
To: cinemaexp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [cinemaexp] Re: CINEMA EXPLORATIONS 2017
Hi, all--
As some of you know, this fall is an exciting time for Clif and me. My YA
fantasy book, Maya and the Book of Everything, will be coming out in
November. As to be expected, we are as busy as can be getting the book
ready. Unfortunately, what this means is that we will not be as involved
with Cinema Explorations as we have been in the past. The planning time for
Cinema Explorations almost exactly overlaps when we will be getting Maya
ready. However, we do want to stay involved. We've been on this committee
since the beginning, and we do love this little film series. So, after much
discussion, here is what we came up with. We will come to the first meeting
and the last meeting. In between, if there are screenings and meetings, we
will attend those if we can. Clif is going to see about getting Vimeo to run
passworded movies on our television. Sitting bunched around a small
computer screen seriously affects our judgment of the film along with
cramping my creaky knees and stiff neck ;) Unfortunately, we can't come to
meetings every week, but we will stay in touch through email. Clif will
continue to manage the listserve.
We are very sorry to have to reduce our involvement, but we feel it is
necessary as we are on a rather tight schedule.
Onward and upward!
Laurie & Clif
On 09/13/2016 06:10 PM, Joel Johnson wrote:
Wow! 2017!
There have been inquiries about our upcoming winter film series. Some of
this has come from the recent announcement that Shannon Haines would be
changing her position and how this would affect the Maine Film Center
and—ultimately—our little corner of that. Alan acknowledged in an e-mail to
me that a lot about what responsibilities Shannon would continue to perform
had yet to be worked out, but that he felt quite confident that CINEMA
EXPLORATIONS should and would continue. I am hoping to be in touch with Ken
when he gets back from Toronto to discuss film possibilities and ways that
our group could make arrangements to see films. As many of you know, the use
of DVD screeners by film distributors is becoming increasingly rare. Many on
the committee found viewing films on a computer via a link as not
particularly satisfactory. I think sometimes the film may have been
punished for not being seen in a more advantageous situation. Anyway,
hopefully we can have some film leads and a plan to allow people on the
committee to see them. I would like to set up a meeting during the week of
September 26-30.
What I need to know from each of you is whether you are willing and able to
be involved in our process this year? Life situations change and that can
impact your availability. Assuming that most of you are available, I would
like to know what time would work best for a meeting. I have commitments for
Tuesday and Thursday evening that week, but I am otherwise free. Since many
of us are retired, we did end up having meetings during the day last year
and that well may work for us this year.
In the meantime you may want to check out
https://pointsnorthinstitute.org/ciff/ . This is a page that links you to ;
the films in the Camden International Film Festival. This festival has many
of the best documentary films and documentary shorts of the year. Many of
these will be released in the next few months. I have forwarded to you other
websites in the past. Some of these are for distributors and others for film
festivals. Obviously one of the big festivals is the ongoing Toronto
International Film Festival http://www.tiff.net/tiff/ . There’s a lot of ;
films there and many will be released over the next few months though many
others may not show up for quite some time. The New York Times publishes a
Fall Movie Special Section which should be coming out over the next couple
of Sundays. That can give you a peak at what films are being released when
and a brief description. Some of you are particularly partial to classic
films. Do you have any suggestions? One classic film that I know has been
recently re-released is the 1992 film “HOWARD’S END.” If you are aware of
others or have recommendations, be sure to bring those to our meeting.
Joel
