Hi, Abbott & Nancy--
Completely understandable but oh we will miss the two of you.
Laurie
On 09/17/2016 08:07 AM, Nancy Meader wrote:
Dear Joel, et al,
Nancy and I have had our plates full lately, and age is taking a toll - in both a general slowing down and an inclination (at least in my case) to find little personal interest in chasing the electronic technology. We both are in awe of the devotion and savvy that both you, Alice, and the others have brought to our variously named winter film series, but N and I must admit we find ourselves somewhat conflicted. While we love the comeraderie and the discussions about candidates for the series program, we wonder what use we would provide when we find both limited time and an increasing technological helplessness confronting us. Also Nancy is going to be just really busy at the pottery- and will also be travelling to NYC and Copenhagen, each for a week, and so would be missing some meetings for certain.
We have immensely enjoyed our involvement with you all, and look forward to your choices this season. I am always happy to show up to join in on general discussions, if such would ever be helpful, but it seems our full participation looks unlikely for this season. It's time and technology, and we're sorry to say it.
Best regards to all, Abbott
----- Original Message -----
*From:* Joel Johnson <mailto:joel_johnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*To:* cinemaexp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:cinemaexp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Sent:* Tuesday, September 13, 2016 6:10 PM
*Subject:* [cinemaexp] CINEMA EXPLORATIONS 2017
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
