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Meryl:
I'm back from our evening with Annie! :D
We had a great time. The Guggenheim brochure said she would be discussing the West as "regional and cultural space," as a complement to their new Jackson Pollock exhibit (Pollock often described himself as being from Wyoming). What she actually ended up doing was presenting her ideas on how much she thought Pollock's art had been influenced by Native American art. She made a pretty interesting case for it, and I hope somebody who's an expert in Native American art does some more research on it to back her up.
She was very articulate and poised, not at all like a folksy Wyoming lady (she was born on the East Coast) and wore a nice black pantsuit. She looks younger than her 71 (?) years. The program lasted about an hour and a half, and the audience asked some questions. "Brokeback" didn't come up, unfortunately, since that wasn't the subject.
Afterwards, we saw that people were lining up to speak to her, so Jenny and I decided to go for it. Jenny got to mention her T-shirt line and received Annie's OK to use her words ("you do what you want"). She told her she's trying to distance herself from "Brokeback Mountain" and move on to other things. I shook her hand and thanked her for the talk and also for writing "Brokeback Mountain." She was kind enough to autograph my copy of "Story to Screenplay" (her signature is teensy!).
Jenny, John, Juan and I went looking for a place to eat after the lecture, and what did we find but a Jackson Hole hamburger joint! So we ate huge burgers and contentedly talked "Brokeback" for an hour.
I hope you're able to see Annie and talk to her on Thursday, Truman. Thanks again for the kick in the arse--without it I wouldn't be writing this report! 8)
injest:
*sigh*
perfect...thank you!!
(except the part about distancing herself from BBM!!)
Shakesthecoffecan:
I imagine she has tired of BBM, she has lived with it longer than anyone else, plus she is a creator, she needs to move on to other things. I think I will gague how it goes, if she lectures for an hour about the fiber content of shoe laces in outer mongolia, I feel somewhat obligated to ask her some kind of half way intelligent question about ilets.
injest:
Truman = ever the gentleman!
:-* :-*
Meryl:
--- Quote from: shakestheground on September 13, 2006, 12:44:07 pm ---I imagine she has tired of BBM, she has lived with it longer than anyone else, plus she is a creator, she needs to move on to other things. I think I will gague how it goes, if she lectures for an hour about the fiber content of shoe laces in outer mongolia, I feel somewhat obligated to ask her some kind of half way intelligent question about ilets.
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