Where is the comment? Can't find it on insanefilms. I was very tired during that interview so perhaps not as articulate as I'd have liked, but Madge's question also hit some nerves with me. I've been thinking a lot about the US and my own reactions to it, which are stronger every time I go back there now (mostly recently, in August). I've written a few thousand words on this, but haven't published much yet as I still am not entirely sure myself what I feel, let alone why.
You're totally right about the polarization of the US population, and I get that. But there seems to be more going on. I just haven't nput my finger on what yet. I'm sorry you and I didn't get more time to talk during the week, but am very glad to hear you had a good time and got a lot out of it - whether or not that's tangential to vlogEurope, it's a great result as far as I'm concerned. On 12/1/06, Richard (Show) Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > First of all, I strongly recommend this great interview on insane films > with > Dierdre Straughan. (Dierdre says some very interesting things and you also > get to see Madge Weinstein's new look). > > http://insanefilms.com/?p=280 > > I ended up leaving this long comment on the post, but, on the outside > chance > you don't read all the comments on insane films I thought I'd repost it > because Dierdre's interview brought up a couple of things that really hit > home for me. > > First, I get the impression that the whole world tends to believe that the > vast majority of Americans are nationalistic and narrow minded. My belief > is > that almost exactly half of Americans are this way and the split is > dramatic > and real. Much more so in the last 8 years or so than has ever been the > case > in my 48 years of life in American. I don't think the rest of the world > realizes that this dramatic split exists here - the press only focuses on > (the other) half of us. > > Second, Vlog Europe literally changed my life and opened my eyes to make > me > realize why people would want to travel out of the US to countries where > they dont' speak your language etc. I've always been pretty much a hobbit > who doesn't really like adventure and was satisfied to just stay in one > place. I can't tell you how fun/great/enlightening Vlog Europe was and it > was all because of the people who were from different cultures who all > shared my same passion (for vlogging and, well, for having fun). Some of > those with the most interesting perspectives were the ex-pats like > Dierdre, > Joel, and (Bicycle) Mark - but all the people I met were really really > interesting and the conversations in and out of the conference had this > sort > of depth that surprised me and I don't thing I ever heard a person the > whole > time mention anything about number of down loads his/her show had (not > that > this is bad, just different), and even the session on making money turned > i > to more of a session on philosophy with respect to what is truly important > in life. (And, by the way, while Madge is very entertaining, I have to > tell > you that Richard Bluestein is Really interesting and also added a lot to > these conversations). > > ... You know, I haven't even posted the actual comments I made on the > Insane > Films post, which was the purpose of this email ... I think Michael Meiser > is rubbing off on me :) (though I could never be as articulate as often as > my friend Michael is :) > > ... So, the comments mainly say what I said above, which you can read, if > you want, after you watch the excellent interview referred to above. > > ... Richard > > -- > http://richardhhall.org > http://richardshow.com > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
