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server?) seems to be catching it in spam filters or worse. Trying
again with the potentially filter-triggering word truncated....-SB]
[Tried again, still no luck. Apologies if subcribers are getting
multiples of this, but I'm not getting any.]
Filmmaker Michael House presents the film project "L_____'s
Butterfly" and requests for support. You can support the film at
various financial levels, including pre-purchasing, via IndieGoGo,
as indicated below. The IndieGogo site includes more information
about the project and about Michael House's "green . His films have
been shown on BBC, PBS, CBC, SBS and in the Telluride Film Festival.
A video describing the film, and still more information about
Michael House, can be seen here:
http://swimcinema.com/2012/05/05/
[Late Edit: The IndieGoGo link, which includes the trigger
word and can't be included here, can be accesses from the site above
as well].
The film, a documentary, will include Nabokov video footage,
interview material from Nabokov Museum staff, Brian Boyd, Kurt
Johnson (author of Nabokov's Blues), yours truly, scientists
working today on Nabokov's blues, and others. This will be a lovely
and important presentation of VN's scientific side. Spread the
word!
~SB
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‘L-----’s Butterfly’ is
a film I am currently making (it will be released in 2014). This
film tells the story of novelist Vladimir Nabokov’s amazing work
with butterflies. To pre-buy this film please go to our IndieGoGo campaign page.
Last fall I went to Saint Petersburg to research
& film, that was my first visit to Russia and I was entranced
by this city and the people. It is by far the most colorful
metropolis I’ve ever visited. The buildings are painted vibrant
colors and they reminded me of the colors on the wings of the
butterflies I saw at Nabokov’s family house (now the Nabokov Museum). I am going
back in a few months to film more and I am really looking forward
to it, I met some wonderful ‘Nabokovians’ it was inspiring
learning about Russia and Nabokov’s roots there.