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Commentary – Rabbit Hole
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor Why would someone with a 2 1/2 year-old want to make a film about losing a young child in an unforeseeable fatal accident? I just saw an interview with Nicole Kidman where she muses, as a left-handed person, at times her approach to the world can be uncommon, not only literally, but intellectually and creatively. She likes to delve into her worst fears and make herself do things that make her uncomfortable. As a fellow lefty, I think I can relate, it’s why I’m blogging and Christmas shopping and getting my eyebrows professionally waxed when I should be in a fit of despair and panic…
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19th Annual Philadelphia Film Festival Coverage – BLUE VALENTINE
#PFF18 Continues with BLUE VALENTINE Q&A After the screening of Blue Valentine on Friday night, Producer Jamie Patricof gave us a little background on how long it has taken to get this film to the screen. He’s been on board for 9 of the 12 years Derek Cianfance (Brother Tide) was in the midst of both writing and directing this wonderfully heart-wrenching depiction of a couple learning each other, needing each other, and then needing different things. In the first incarnation of the screenplay Cianfrance had planned to cast an actress by the name of Shannon Plum, although she ultimately never got the role, she did land the director, Cianfrance…
