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Jan.04.2012
The butterfly. This has long been a metaphor for change. I’ve always accepted that metaphor as being appropriate. I just saw myself as still gestating within the cocoon, not quite ready to emerge and fully spread my wings in all their glorious splendor. More accurately the...
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Aug.23.2011
Being back in NYC for the past 5 weeks or so has been rejuvenating for my psyche. One of the reasons is the almost immediate access to so much cultural, exciting and varied activities. Last night, I went to a Lincoln Center Film Society/Film Comments Selects screening of the Guillermo del...
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Aug.23.2011
Being back in NYC for the past 5 weeks or so has been rejuvenating for my psyche. One of the reasons is the almost immediate access to so much cultural, exciting and varied activities. Last night, I went to a Lincoln Center Film Society/Film Comments Selects screening of the Guillermo del...
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Dec.16.2009
What happened to the The Road? I’m not referring to the filmmaking when I ask this question but to the distribution. A film originally scheduled as a wide release was unexpectedly changed just prior to its release date to a limited, platform release. From what I can tell, no one, outside of the...
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Aug.30.2009
On August 15, 2009, I started my hiatus from New York City. I’ve decided to use the word “hiatus” so as to remind myself that come hell or high water I will come back. I made a very tearful goodbye to my dear friend Traci Klainer at the airport. It’s unfortunate that one of the cell phone...
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May.13.2009
I received an e-mail message from the White House today. At 1:31 in the morning, I found waiting in my inbox an e-mail message from President Barak Obama. I don't work at the White House. I don't work in government. I'm a citizen of the United States of America and I received an e-mail message...
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Apr.01.2009
How often do television shows get remade? I don't know that I've heard of even one actually, but my knowledge of television history isn't quite as up to speed as perhaps it could be. Last night, ABC premiered Rob Thomas's remake of his 1998 series "Cupid," which seemed almost too...
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About Lynne
A writer and film historian, L. E. Bond is in her 3rd year of the PhD program in Mass Communication and Media Arts at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. She completed her MFA in Film, with a focus on screenwriting and producing, in 2002 from Columbia...
Lynne’s Favorite Books
The Road, Possession, Pride & Prejudice, A Tale of Two Cities, The Secret History, The Eight, The Historian, Fever Pitch, The Master and Margarita, Call It...