Filmmaker and Austin Film Society artistic director Richard Linklater weighed in on the ongoing Austin Studios fracas in an open letter in Persistence of Vision, the AFS newsletter. (Maybe fracas is too strong. How about a ruckus?):
“There have been a lot of rumors flying around over the past week about what is happening at Austin Studios and before things get out of hand, we all need to take a breath and get on the same page.”
You can read the whole letter here. Hopelessly lost? Read this week’s Film News column to find out what all the bustle’s about.
This article appears in June 12 • 2009.
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A graduate of the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas, Kimberley has written about film, books, and pop culture for The Austin Chronicle since 2000. She was named Editor of the Chronicle in 2016; she previously served as the paper’s Managing Editor, Screens Editor, Books Editor, and proofreader. Her work has been awarded by the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for excellence in arts criticism, team reporting, and special section (Best of Austin). The Austin Alliance for Women...
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