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The Urth list — 2 messages, 2 voices, 18 Aug 2000
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akt — 18 Aug 2000, 09:25

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Wombat asked:

> Is Crowley still doing this? I had gotten the impression from some
> conversation that he wasn't writing films, but had retired to spend
> time
> with his daughters (one of whom, I also seem to recall, has a
> crippling
> health problem). Am I completely off-base?
> 
> If so, has he done any documentaries more recent than _The Gate of
> Heavenly
> Peace_? I've read the script to that one, and quite liked it. I've
> actually
> seen _The World of Tomorrow_, about the 1939-40 World's Fair, and it's
> staggeringly brilliant, and very, very Crowley.

Well, the night I did the "pre-interview" about six weeks ago, he was in
town to work (all day) on a documentary. Some of these go directly to
television, I gather, so you might not have heard of them. His wife,
Laura, is a documentary film-maker, and in fact gave me one of hers on
tape, "Fit," about the fitness industry. I haven't had a chance to watch
it yet. The one she is working on now involves persons with
disabilities. And yes, one of their 13-year-old twin daughters has spina
bifida and will never walk, except with leg-braces and crutches. She
gets around pretty well though, and certainly doesn't need a full-time
"retired" parent. Besides, during the school year, both girls are in
(different) schools.

-alga

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Kevin J. Maroney — 18 Aug 2000, 13:46
  follows, by subject match akt

> At 09:25 AM 8/18/00 -0400, you wrote:
> Well, the night I did the "pre-interview" about six weeks ago, he was in
> town to work (all day) on a documentary. Some of these go directly to
> television, I gather, so you might not have heard of them. 

"The Gate of Heavenly Peace" was a _Frontline_ documentary for PBS. 

If you find out the names of any of his other films, let us know. 

> His wife,
> Laura, is a documentary film-maker, and in fact gave me one of hers on
> tape, "Fit," about the fitness industry. I haven't had a chance to watch
> it yet. The one she is working on now involves persons with
> disabilities. 

Ah. 

> And yes, one of their 13-year-old twin daughters has spina
> bifida and will never walk, except with leg-braces and crutches. She
> gets around pretty well though, and certainly doesn't need a full-time
> "retired" parent. Besides, during the school year, both girls are in
> (different) schools.

That clarifies matters. Thankee, alga Alice. 

  --
  Wombat, a.k.a. Kevin Maroney kmaroney at ungames.com
  Kitchen Staff Supervisor, New York Review of Science Fiction
  http://www.nyrsf.com

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