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THE LAST DALAI LAMA? — Mickey Lemle Interview

July 10, 2017 By Leave a Comment

THE LAST DALAI LAMA? — Mickey Lemle Interview

Mickey Lemle made his first documentary about the Dalai Lama in 1991. Entitled COMPASSION IN EXILE, it recounted his discovery as the reincarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama, his training since childhood to be the spiritual leader of Tibet, and the consequences for him and his country of the Chinese invasion of Tibet, and his… Read More »

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TRUTH

October 25, 2015 By Leave a Comment

TRUTH

James Vanderbilt’s TRUTH is a careful, disturbing dissection of the triumph of style over substance, flash over facts, insinuated itself, and then took over, television news. Based on the book Truth and Duty: The Press, the President, and the Privilege of Power by Mary Mapes, it examines that moment in history when the eponymous truth… Read More »

Tagged With: based on a true story, book to screen, Dan Rather, George W. Bush, investigative journalism, journalism, Mary Mapes, media, supersript, Texas Air National Guard, typewriter

James Vanderbilt Examines TRUTH

October 21, 2015 By 1 Comment

James Vanderbilt Examines TRUTH

I did not expect James Vanderbilt to do his impression of Roland Emmerich for me. And I certainly didn’t expect it to be so dead on. Vanderbilt was talking to me on October 2, 2015, about his upcoming collaboration with Emmerich on the sequel to INDEPENDENCE DAY, the script for which Vanderbilt contributed, and I… Read More »

Tagged With: based on a true story, book to screen, CBS, Dan Rather, George W. Bush, INDEPENDENCE DAY, journalism, Mary Mapes, Robert Redford, Roland Emmerich, Texas Air National Guard

Charles Ferguson, Charles Sees NO END IN SIGHT

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Charles Ferguson, Charles Sees NO END IN SIGHT

Charles Ferguson brought an acadamicians sensibility to NO END IN SIGHT, his film debut, which won the Special Jury Prize at Sundance this year. This is hardly a surprise and neither is his bookish demeanor, considering his degree in political science from MIT, the three books on techonology to his credit, and his time with the… Read More »

Tagged With: Bush Administration, crumbling infrastructure, debut film, Dick Cheney, documentary, film. movie, founding a technology company. director, George W. Bush, Iraq, Iraq War, Iraqi Occupation, occupying force, Sundance Special Jury Prize, vote of no confidence

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