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Escape Pod 377: Real Artists

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This story originally appeared in TRSF (September 2011), a special publication of MIT’s Technology Review. Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:12 — 19.5MB) Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | RSS “You’ve done well,” Creative Director Len Palladon said, looking over Sophia’s résumé. Sophia squinted in the golden California sun that fell on her through the huge windows of the conference room. She wanted to pinch herself to be sure she wasn’t dreaming. She was here, really here, on the hallowed campus of Semaphore Pictures, in an interview with the legendary Palladon. She licked her dry lips. “I’ve always wanted to make movies.” She choked back for Semaphore. She didn’t want to seem too desperate. Palladon was in his thirties, dressed in a pair of comfortable shorts and a plain gray t-shirt whose front was covered with the drawing of a man swinging a large hammer over a railroad spike. A pioneer in computer-assisted movie making, he h

Real Artists by Ken Liu “You’ve done well,” Creative Director Len Palladon said, looking over Sophia’s résumé. Sophia squinted in the golden California sun that fell on her through the huge windows of the conference room. She wanted to pinch herself to be sure she wasn’t dreaming. She was here, really here, on the hallowed campus of Semaphore Pictures, in an interview with the legendary Palladon. She licked her dry lips. “I’ve always wanted to make movies.” She choked back for Semaphore . She didn’t want to seem too desperate. Palladon was in his thirties, dressed in a pair of comfortable shor

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