Another Version. Unpublished.

It Made Me Smile Too.

"Stranger Than Fiction" is a meditation on life, art and romance, and on the kinds of responsibility we have. Such an uncommonly intelligent film does not often get made. It could have pumped up its emotion to blockbuster level, but that would be false to the premise, which requires us to enter the lives of these specific quiet, sweet, worthy people. The ending is a compromise -- but it isn't the movie's compromise, it belongs entirely to the characters and is their decision. And that made me smile. -Roger Ebert

It's Been A Long, Long Time

'make money, make art, make money, make art...,make money, make art, make money, make art, make money, make art, ...make money, make art, make money, make art, make money, make art, make money, make art, -keep telling yourself that, hanina.