http://www.edrants.com/segundo/the-bat-segundo-show-2/ A cultural podcast in tenebrous standing Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:52:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.edrants.com/segundo/the-bat-segundo-show-2/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Edward Champion’s Return of the Reluctant » 75 Books: Books #12-32 Thu, 23 Mar 2006 08:37:19 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/segundo/?p=5#comment-20 [...] Book #13 was David Kipen’s The Schreiber Therory. I’m happy to report that Mr. Kipen is just as exuberant on page as he is in person. Kipen makes the case for screenwriters, pointing out that “American film history may currently be entering its third act” and that the time has come to recognize these scribes for their contributions. For some of the writers Kipen proffers, I don’t entirely buy Kipen’s argument (Robert Towne’s Personal Best, anyone?), but Kipen is irresistably perfervid and quite right to puncture holes into the auteur theory, which has, among other things, been one of the reasons why incompetents such as Uwe Boll, Stephen Sommers and Michael Bay have inexplicably remained gainfully employed. (I also got a chance to talk with Kipen on the fly at last year’s BEA. You can hear the podcast here.) [...] [...] Book #13 was David Kipen’s The Schreiber Therory. I’m happy to report that Mr. Kipen is just as exuberant on page as he is in person. Kipen makes the case for screenwriters, pointing out that “American film history may currently be entering its third act” and that the time has come to recognize these scribes for their contributions. For some of the writers Kipen proffers, I don’t entirely buy Kipen’s argument (Robert Towne’s Personal Best, anyone?), but Kipen is irresistably perfervid and quite right to puncture holes into the auteur theory, which has, among other things, been one of the reasons why incompetents such as Uwe Boll, Stephen Sommers and Michael Bay have inexplicably remained gainfully employed. (I also got a chance to talk with Kipen on the fly at last year’s BEA. You can hear the podcast here.) [...]

]]> http://www.edrants.com/segundo/the-bat-segundo-show-2/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Edward Champion’s Return of the Reluctant » Kipen Update Tue, 07 Feb 2006 14:59:56 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/segundo/?p=5#comment-6 [...] David Kipen, whose The Schreiber Theory has just hit bookstores, sends word that he’ll be hitting numerous California bookstores in February and March. More info on these events can be found at the Melville House site. And an impromptu interview with Kipen can be heard on Show #2 of The Bat Segundo Show. [...] [...] David Kipen, whose The Schreiber Theory has just hit bookstores, sends word that he’ll be hitting numerous California bookstores in February and March. More info on these events can be found at the Melville House site. And an impromptu interview with Kipen can be heard on Show #2 of The Bat Segundo Show. [...]

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