Thursday, November 6, 2008
The World Unseen - See it!
Have I mentioned that The World Unseen premieres November 7 in the U.S. & Canada? I will have to address Proposition 8 next week. I just can’t let those misguided Mormons who spent $21 million to pass a ban on gay marriage instead of doing a million and one useful things get to me. I can’t let them yuck my yum! The time will come to rally, and the time will come for change.
Now is the time to celebrate what we can control and celebrate the possibilities. Our friends made a movie which most would have thought to be an impossible feat. Shamim wrote a beautiful novel, The World Unseen, but we all know a good book does not a movie make. If you ask Shamim, she and her partner Hanan were able to make this movie because that beautiful novel inspired people to get behind the project. This is true. What is also true is that Shamim & Hanan are an amazing team. They bring out the best in each other as individuals and together they are nothing less than a force. Gabriella and I are incredibly proud of them and inspired by them as a couple. For more back story see previous entry - Be There or Be Square.
For those of you attending the 7:25PM premiere in NYC tomorrow, you will meet Shamim & Hanan as well as participate in the Q&A following the film. I believe they’ll be at the L.A. premiere of their next film, I Can’t Think Straight on the 21st. The 7:25PM show is SOLD OUT, but the film will be at The Quad Cinema for a week, and I hope you’re able to catch it at some point. Not to fear. I'll be at it again as we count down to I Can't Think Straight on the 21st.
I CAN'T THINK STRAIGHT
You'll find THE WORLD UNSEEN at the following theatres:
NEW YORK:
New York, Quad Cinema
(212) 255-8800
34 W 13th St
New York, NY
LA:
Beverly Hills, Laemmle's Music Hall 3
9036 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, 90211
310-274-6869
TORONTO:
Cineplex Odeon Carlton
20 Carlton Street
Toronto
ON, M5B 2H5
(416) 598-2197
SAN FRANCISCO:
PLEASE NOTE OPENS November 14, 2008
San Francisco, Roxie Theater
3117 16th Street,
San Francisco, CA
(415) 863-1087
PORTLAND:
November 21, 2008,
The Living Room Theatre
Portland, OR
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I bought the book on Amazon and waited, anxiously, for it to arrive. All that came were the undershirts I ordered for Ryan, and an email from Amazon letting me know my book was delayed.
ReplyDeleteWhen it finally arrived, unannounced by the usual email barrage, I was only too happy to put my son to bed, put my partner to bed, and start reading. I didn't stop reading until I had finished the book. I was unable to put it down. And now I miss the characters - so I think I will read it again - but I am pretty sure that it will end the same way...
Tell your friend she is a gifted writer, and I thank her for sharing her gift with me!
oh - and Rachel is in a book club and she is going to tell them to read this as the next book!
ReplyDeletei should push for royalties...
Thrilled that you enjoyed the book so much! I'll be sure to tell Shamim to check out your comment.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure she'd be happy to sign all of the books bought through my blog if Rachel's book club is so inclined. Perhaps I can arrange for some book signings the next time Shamim is in town. There are links to Amazon on each page-speaking of royalties.
Her novel, "I Can't Think Straight" should be out this week or next. I'll have a link for that one, too.
Thanks again for buying, reading and posting!!
When you have a link for that one, I will be purchasing and reading. Just need to plan ahead to not sleep one night. If it is as well done as 'Unseen', then I will not be able to put it down. There must be medication for this compulsion...but why bother.
ReplyDeleteWhy bother, indeed. I can think of worse compulsions.
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