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  • Peter Coyote is Not P.C.

    By on April 11, 1994

    "Eternity for me began one fall day in Paris…" So speaks Peter Coyote’s latest character, Oscar, in Roman Polanski’s Bitter Moon. His...

  • Grant’s a Hugh Success

    By on April 10, 1994

    Easier? Why? Grant slips into a "DeNiro-esque” street twang for this answer.  "Well, you know Americans are kinda looser, you know. ‘Hey-...

  • The Movies are Shrinking

    By on April 8, 1994

    Here I am, in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip, where Hollywood has spent the last week throwing one of its...

  • Bit Men and Hitmen

    By on April 7, 1994

    You know they’re part their prime when a Roger Corman movie receives a degree of critical acclaim, Diane Ladd ends up in...

  • Intravenous Video

    By on April 6, 1994

    By definition (my own), Intravenous Video causes a physical change in the viewer, whether real or perceived. By this definition I would...

  • Letters

    By on April 3, 1994

    Austin Applauds Dear Tim, My ad in MovieMaker has brought students into my workshop from the Seattle film community. I assume I...

  • Marty and Me

    By on April 2, 1994

    I had a chance to sit down with Dan Algrant when he was in Seattle a couple of weeks ago to talk...

  • Are Women Psycho or is it Just Hollywood?

    By on April 1, 1994

    I have recently noticed a disturbing trend in Hollywood cinema: the psychotic woman. The films that come to mind are Basic Instinct,...

  • How I Made a 1 Mil. Feature Virtually for Free

    By on April 1, 1994

    Mark Knudsen wandered into the MovieMaker offices last month and told us an extremely unusual story about how he financed his first...

  • Citizen Cotten

    By on March 8, 1994

    In the title of his autobiography Joseph Cotten said Vanity Will Get You Somewhere. Talent, and possibly vanity, took Cotten from his...