Re: Canyon Cinema boook by Scott MacDonald

From: Scott MacDonald (email suppressed)
Date: Sun Dec 23 2007 - 11:52:42 PST


Andrew,
    Thanks so much for that very kind review! It's made
my day. I didn't expect the book to be on shelves until
January. I'm excited about it.

Thanks again.
   
Scott

On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 11:37:04 -0800
  andrew lampert <email suppressed> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'm not sure if it has already been mentioned on the
>list, but I just found Scott MacDonald's brand new book
>CANYON CINEMA: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF AN INDEPENDENT FILM
>DISTRIBUTOR on Friday at my local book store (St. Mark's
>here in NYC; there were 2 other copies on the shelf). It
>should go without saying that this book is indispensable
>to everyone on the list. All the topics and many of the
>points that cyclically come up on Frameworks regarding
>film festivals, submission fees, rip-offs, lack of
>attention, technical questions, skirmishes, the community
>at large and the relevancy and reaction to experimental
>films (among other topics) are nothing new as one
>readily discovers when reading through the reproduced
>Canyon Cinemanews writings included in this volume. I've
>had the good fortune to examine many volumes of the old
>newsletters and firmly believe that Scott's choices of
>key (as well as fun) letters and articles is nothing
>short of a marvel. Scott's
> interviews are informative and in a lot of cases quite
>funny. I'm taking this book with me on vacation.
>
> CONGRATULATIONS, Scott, and please keep them coming.
>
> Happy Everything to everyone,
> A.
>
>
>
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