Archive for May, 2007

PodTech:Michael Taylor

Michael Taylor is the editor of the San Francisco Chronicle\’s car section. He is also the son of screenwriter Samuel Taylor, who wrote plays and movies (including Sabrina and Vertigo, which was made in San Francisco fifty years ago).

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PodTech:Steven Bach

Steven Bach was the head of worldwide production at United Artists when the movie Heaven\’s Gate sank the company. Since then he\’s written four books. The new one, Leni: The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl, has just come out. She was the evil genius director of movies for the Nazis (she died recently, at 101).

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PodTech:Peter Morgan

Peter Morgan is perhaps the most celebrated screenwriter in the world right now, and he deserves to be. He\\\’s written five plays — four screenplays and one stage play — that establish his oeuvre. He\\\’s a great writer at the top of his game and we can only hope for more.

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PodTech:Lisa Loven

Lisa Loven is an ingenue from Norway. Right now in her country she is the star of a national advertising campaign for a food product. She moved to Los Angeles four months ago to become a movie actress. People I know think she\’s got a chance.

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