On Thursday, the St. Louis International Film Festival Opening Night Gala was the special screening of Casino Jack. The tribute to St. Louisan & filmmaker George Hickenlooper happened at the Tivoli prior to the screening of his film Casino Jack.
George was a previous Cinema St. Louis Award winner. Several people from George’s professional and personal life spoke along with clips from his work being shown. Casino Jack actor Spencer Garrett (Tom DeLay in the film) and George’s producing partner Michael Buegge (“Up in the Air,” “Little Miss Sunshine”) were two of the speakers at the Tribute. Others speaking included Sue Gummersbach (George’s aunt), who read statements from his mom and dad; Joe Schulte (Sluh teacher of George’s); Art Holliday (Ksdk-tv news anchor whose documentary “Johnnie Be Good” was being Executive Produced by George); and Bill Boll (Sluh classmate and composer of score for several of George...
George was a previous Cinema St. Louis Award winner. Several people from George’s professional and personal life spoke along with clips from his work being shown. Casino Jack actor Spencer Garrett (Tom DeLay in the film) and George’s producing partner Michael Buegge (“Up in the Air,” “Little Miss Sunshine”) were two of the speakers at the Tribute. Others speaking included Sue Gummersbach (George’s aunt), who read statements from his mom and dad; Joe Schulte (Sluh teacher of George’s); Art Holliday (Ksdk-tv news anchor whose documentary “Johnnie Be Good” was being Executive Produced by George); and Bill Boll (Sluh classmate and composer of score for several of George...
- 11/13/2010
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The day will come when the words of Shakespeare are no longer known. The day will come, perhaps sooner, when all the words on the internet, in every language, have disappeared. These very words, and all the words we have read and written, will no longer exist. Oh, for a long time they may be on a hard drive somewhere, one able to store the entirety of the web. But not forever. Not even close. A word not read is like the proverbial tree falling in the forest. The word existed, the tree fell, but without witness, what does it mean?
These thoughts were inspired, oddly enough, by an advice column by Cary Tennis on Salon.com. He is asked a question, and answers it. I suspect the question was asked by Tennis of himself, in a spell of existential funk. His question comes down to: "Will anybody ever read what we write here,...
These thoughts were inspired, oddly enough, by an advice column by Cary Tennis on Salon.com. He is asked a question, and answers it. I suspect the question was asked by Tennis of himself, in a spell of existential funk. His question comes down to: "Will anybody ever read what we write here,...
- 2/18/2009
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
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