> Is this what they teach in film schools?

>

> A New Jersey native, Tom Musca, who attended an unnamed film school in

> Los Angeles, is the producer of recently released film MONEY FOR NOTHING,

> based on an event some years back.  A bag of money fell out of the back

> of an armored truck; the hero, Joey Coyle, picked up the bag.  Now, Joey

> was not a heroic guy, what he was was a meth addict.  Weeks before the

> film was released, Coyle used an electric extension cord to hang himself

> in his basement.

>

> In an article in yesterday's Philadelphia Inquirer magazine, Musca is

> quoted: "'It's important not to let the facts get in the way of the

> truth.'"

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> Cal Pryluck, Radio-Television-Film, Temple University, Philadelphia

> <[log in to unmask]>  <PRYLUCK@TEMPLEVM>

>

        Isn't that precisely what they teach?  "The play's the thing,"

especially when it's good boxoffice.  Remember Peter Davis, Michael Moore,

the guys who did BROTHER'S KEEPER; why ask?  Heavens, accuracy and

representativeness are "journalistic," and who would want to be accused is

that!!

 

(Enjoyed your comment/ PJO)

 

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