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Re: Herzog Wasn't Available
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"The greatest challenge in filmmaking is finding the balance between art and commerce, some choose one or the either and ultimately suffer but those artists who can embrace a partnership with the guy on the other side of the desk are the truly gifted.Thanks for your reply...I'm the Producer of Rescue Dawn. " [More]
Herzog Wasn't Available
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harryknapp
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The Film Network
"Recently my film "Rescue Dawn" closed the Denver Film Festival and since Christian Bale wasn't available they decided to invite me. After Werner Herzog found himself stranded in Europe and unable to attend they asked me to sit on a panel of Producers and Directors.The moderator was a reporter who had interviewed me the day before when yes Werner wasn't available. After his introductions he asked each person on the panel to describe their journey through the film business from start to present. The first guy described his glorious career in painstaking detail and the next woman told of her collegiate accomplishments which were just a precursor to her greatness and the guy next to me discussed how breast feeding was the key to his brilliance...and then they came to me. Having had plenty of time to reflect on my 20 years in the business, the ups and downs, the success and disappointment all I could muster was "I have survived for 20 years in the business"For a moment, whic ... " [More]