Alexandros Avranas - a man who truly lives
Alexandros Avranas is a film director who recently thrilled audiences and critics with his second film "Miss Violence", winner of the International Festival of Venice. His life and path were formed by his one and only passion: cinima. 'For me, cinema is necessary. It's no job or employment.' Avranas chose not to take the easy road of commercial cinema, but instead to bring attention to controversial social and political issues. Although faced with many difficulties in pursuit of what he believes is most worthy of his time and energy, he continues to create films with passion because that is the most meaningful driving force of his life.
Born in Larissa, Greece, Alexandros Avranas made his way to Berlin, Germany to study Fine Arts at the Universität der Künste. He soon began making art through filmmaking, releasing his debut feature, “Without,” in 2008. The film, about a family’s hardships with trying to adapt in a difficult corporate world, won a total of seven awards at the 2008 Thessaloniki Film Festival, including the Greek Competition Award and Most Promising Filmmaker Award. Unfortunately, “Without” never had the chance to screen in Greek theaters outside of the Festival, but was a stepping stone for the talented director to become a recognized name in the industry, and it ultimately led him to his latest project.
Avranas’ second feature, “Miss Violence,” made big waves at this year’s Venice Film Festival. The film, a shocking story about an 11-year-old girl who commits suicide on her birthday, won the Silver Lion Best Director Award as well as the Volpi Cup Best Actor award for one of its stars, Themis Panou. It’s the latest in a series of Greek films (Lanthimos’ “Dogtooth,” Tsangari’s “Attenberg”) to put a spotlight on the country’s cinema, which has been garnering much attention on the festival circuit, most notably in the last few years. See full interview
so you want to be a writer?
by Charles Bukowski
so you want to be a writer?
by Charles Bukowskiif it doesn't come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don't do it. unless it comes unasked out of your heart and your mind and your mouth and your gut, don't do it. if you have to sit for hours staring at your computer screen or hunched over your typewriter searching for words, don't do it. if you're doing it for money or fame, don't do it. if you're doing it because you want women in your bed, don't do it. if you have to sit there and rewrite it again and again, don't do it. if it's hard work just thinking about doing it, don't do it. if you're trying to write like somebody else, forget about it. if you have to wait for it to roar out of you, then wait patiently. if it never does roar out of you, do something else. if you first have to read it to your wife or your girlfriend or your boyfriend or your parents or to anybody at all, you're not ready. don't be like so many writers, don't be like so many thousands of people who call themselves writers, don't be dull and boring and pretentious, don't be consumed with self- love. the libraries of the world have yawned themselves to sleep over your kind. don't add to that. don't do it. unless it comes out of your soul like a rocket, unless being still would drive you to madness or suicide or murder, don't do it. unless the sun inside you is burning your gut, don't do it. when it is truly time, and if you have been chosen, it will do it by itself and it will keep on doing it until you die or it dies in you. there is no other way. and there never was.
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if
it doesn't come bursting out of you
in
spite of everything,
don't
do it.
unless
it comes unasked out of your
heart
and your mind and your mouth
and
your gut,
don't
do it.
if
you have to sit for hours
staring
at your computer screen
or
hunched over your
typewriter
searching
for words,
don't
do it.
if
you're doing it for money or
fame,
don't
do it.
if
you're doing it because you want
women
in your bed,
don't
do it.
if
you have to sit there and
rewrite
it again and again,
don't
do it.
if
it's hard work just thinking about doing it,
don't
do it.
if
you're trying to write like somebody
else,
forget
about it.
if
you have to wait for it to roar out of
you,
then
wait patiently.
if
it never does roar out of you,
do
something else.
if
you first have to read it to your wife
or
your girlfriend or your boyfriend
or
your parents or to anybody at all,
you're
not ready.
don't
be like so many writers,
don't
be like so many thousands of
people
who call themselves writers,
don't
be dull and boring and
pretentious,
don't be consumed with self-
love.
the
libraries of the world have
yawned
themselves to
sleep
over
your kind.
don't
add to that.
don't
do it.
unless
it comes out of
your
soul like a rocket,
unless
being still would
drive
you to madness or
suicide
or murder,
don't
do it.
unless
the sun inside you is
burning
your gut,
don't
do it.
when
it is truly time,
and
if you have been chosen,
it
will do it by
itself
and it will keep on doing it
until
you die or it dies in you.
there
is no other way.
and
there never was.
so you want to be a writer?
by Charles Bukowskiif it doesn't come bursting out of you
in spite of everything,
don't do it.
unless it comes unasked out of your
heart and your mind and your mouth
and your gut,
don't do it.
if you have to sit for hours
staring at your computer screen
or hunched over your
typewriter
searching for words,
don't do it.
if you're doing it for money or
fame,
don't do it.
if you're doing it because you want
women in your bed,
don't do it.
if you have to sit there and
rewrite it again and again,
don't do it.
if it's hard work just thinking about doing it,
don't do it.
if you're trying to write like somebody
else,
forget about it.
if you have to wait for it to roar out of
you,
then wait patiently.
if it never does roar out of you,
do something else.
if you first have to read it to your wife
or your girlfriend or your boyfriend
or your parents or to anybody at all,
you're not ready.
don't be like so many writers,
don't be like so many thousands of
people who call themselves writers,
don't be dull and boring and
pretentious, don't be consumed with self-
love.
the libraries of the world have
yawned themselves to
sleep
over your kind.
don't add to that.
don't do it.
unless it comes out of
your soul like a rocket,
unless being still would
drive you to madness or
suicide or murder,
don't do it.
unless the sun inside you is
burning your gut,
don't do it.
when it is truly time,
and if you have been chosen,
it will do it by
itself and it will keep on doing it
until you die or it dies in you.
there is no other way.
and there never was.
- See more at: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/16549#sthash.RVxCgfAH.dpuf
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