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Parler Paris Après Midi

NEXT MEETING: April 13, 2010 and every second Tuesday of the month.

This is your opportunity to meet every month, often with local professionals who can answer your Working and Living in France questions. You are invited to come for drinks and share your questions and comments about what it takes to create a life here, own property and enjoy what France has to offer. It is also an opportunity to network with other Parler Paris readers.

Upstairs at La Pierre du Marais 96, rue des Archives at the corner of rue de Bretagne 75003 Paris Métro Lines 9, 3 et 11, stations Temple, République or Arts et Métiers

A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES with Judith Merians
The American Library in Paris
Thursday, March 25, 2010, 7:30 p.m.

How does story telling in words differ creatively from story telling in films? A Night at the Movies will compare excerpts from books and plays with scenes from the film versions of the literary works. Once a month scenes from a different and popular book/play and its film version will be featured and each selection will exemplify a different aspect of filmic story telling. Discover why films require their own creative conventions and how filmmakers employ visual and aural techniques to enhance and deepen the tale with as few words as possible. And to add to the enjoyment get the scoop on some of the behind-the-scenes history of the evening's film.Following are the films we'll be exploring this quarter:

Thursday March 25th, Jaws: Creating suspense on screen through music and editing.

Tuesday April 13th, Schindler's List: Establishing a documentary feel through the use of black and white film & historical details.

Tuesday May 11th, City of God: Making a story set in the slums of Rio de Jainero have universal appeal.

Tuesday, June 15th, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: The importance of casting in filmed story telling (Academy Award winning film)

No RSVP required, just drop on in and join us for a Night at the Movies.

About Judith Merians

Judith Merians has been an entertainment attorney and business executive for the Hollywood Studios and independent production companies for 27 years. She has taught the business, finance, and legal aspects of filmmaking at the University of California Los Angeles Extension Film School for 12 years and in film schools around the world and has spoken at many film conferences including the Cannes Film Festival and the American Film Market seminars. She is currently a consultant to independent filmmakers and film school professor.

For more information visit: http://www.americanlibraryinparis.org

"Little Eden" Play Reading
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Carr's Pub, rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris, at 19:30 sharp! Metro: Tuileries

Local screenwriter Timothy Jay Smith will have a staged reading of his newest screenplay, Little Eden, on Sunday, April 11. Set on the tenth anniversary of 9/11, a celebrated newscaster, whose continuing grief for a son lost in the attack has torn his family apart, takes them on an idyllic vacation where a second dire attack forces them to pull together to survive. Tim's other screenplays have won prestigious competitions sponsored by the American Screenwriters Association, Hollywood Screenwriting Institute, WriteMovies, and Houston WorldFest.

Photo by Michael Honegger

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