![]() Technically, right now is the worst time to publish, because the gap between the Oscars and Cannes - arguably the only interregnum separating the official end and unofficial beginning of “Awards Season” - just closed.īut I couldn’t bring myself to not-finish this volume of Element X. My young coworker, dangerously privy to the breaking-down of these production timelines, started asking me: “ Where’s the Substack? ” Deadlines blown, brains ground to a fine dust, subscribers jumped ship, spring sprung I even contemplated pulling the plug myself, putting my ideas into palliative care. After that came March (the actual Oscars) and still nothing. THE CLICKBAIT VERSION OF THIS would have been called “Lists Are Bad.” (Maybe with the subhed “Here’s Why You Should Stop Making Them.”) And explaining why lists are bad seemed like a pretty simple task back when it was supposed to run, December 2022 (for reasons which will reveal themselves in short order.) I missed that window of opportunity, but managed to rationalize February, given the run-up to the Oscars. From Hangin’ Out Yonkers (1973) courtesy Fondation Akerman
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