Links

These artists are all more or less under the radar of the public eye–people whose work I admire and want to share. So far, I know and love them all, but I think the list will eventually expand to include strangers…

Barbara Browning

It’s hard to describe Barbara Browning. Her novels, as yet unpublished, have a kind of almost spiritual flatness of delivery. They are utterly original. Her dance pieces are also unique. She is a professor of performance studies at NYU. I have known Barbara for 27 years. I am excited to share her work.

Teddy JeffersonOne-inch Leather:  Stories

Teddy Jefferson is writing like no one else right now. His stories are totally contemporary, the deepest kind of social criticism, filtered through a surreal lense.  

Michael Rohatyn:  composer

Michael has composed the music for my four films as well as “The Music of Regret” and others. He’s a major talent with absolutely no capacity for self-promotion, so I am doing it for him. Whether he likes it or not.

Inge Morath, photographer.  The Inge Morath Foundation

Julia Bolus

Julia designed this site, is a poet, a teacher, as well as the director of the Arthur Miller Trust. Her site is a mine of information about poetry and contemporary culture.

www.juliasroom.com

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Women’s Aid:  This link is in support of Women’s Aid, an organization which increases awareness of violence against women:  www.womensaid.ie/16dayscampaign

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    My son tells me a mega-Tsunami is expected to hit Manhattan and wipe it out entirely. Understandably, he finds this disconcerting. So do I. All chaos is disconcerting. The Egyptians, this same son has informed me, divided the world into order and chaos, instead of good and evil. Goodness is order, what we can predict. [...]

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  • On rehearsal and shooting in Ireland.

    I am sick today. It snowed. It doesn’t snow often in Ireland so the roads are pretty much just left as they are out here where I live, and we all slide around as best we can. Someone asked in a comment about whether or not I rehearse.  The only time I really rehearsed scenes [...]

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  • In defense of cliche. A man from Mississippi. Christmas.

    There is a man from Mississippi who wants to see Pippa. Great. I wonder if there is an art house nearby where he lives? Sir? Maybe I can get a print there. It’s heartening to hear from a family man who cares about my films–not that my audiences are always female. That’s not my experience [...]

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  • Pippa is about to come out in the States on November 27th. Feeling hopeful.

    First of all I want to thank those of you who are writing to me about Pippa. It’s so heartening to see that people –at least a few people–are “getting” the film. I just came back to Ireland from 8 days in the States promoting Pippa, first in LA then NYC. I think maybe in [...]

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