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Letter to a Young Filmmaker on Notebook | MUBI

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Ira Sachs's Passages is now showing exclusively on MUBI in many countries—including the United Sates, Canada, India, Mexico, and Turkey—from October 6, 2023. Detail of the shooting schedule for Passages (Ira Sachs, 2023). When the great Stephen Sondheim died, in November of 2021, there was a lot written about how he took the time throughout his life to communicate with younger artists. He didn’t hesitate to praise, or occasionally cajole, but always did so with a noticeable warmth and generosity.  It seemed to me a very good way of being in the world—to make yourself available, to share openly the challenges, as well as the discoveries, you’ve made over the course of a career, and a lifetime.  To demystify the work of creating art.  This is the kind of mentorship I never had in my own life—I blame the AIDS epidemic, that took from us so many artists and filmmakers I might have learned from, followed, modeled myself after.  Last year, I had an exchange with a young Italian filmmaker, Lo

Letter to a Young Filmmaker on Notebook | MUBI Notebook Feature Ira Sachs's Passages is now showing exclusively on MUBI in many countries—including the United Sates, Canada, India, Mexico, and Turkey—from October 6, 2023. Detail of the shooting schedule for Passages (Ira Sachs, 2023). When the great Stephen Sondheim died, in November of 2021, there was a lot written about how he took the time throughout his life to communicate with younger artists. He didn’t hesitate to praise, or occasionally cajole, but always did so with a noticeable warmth and generosity. It seemed to me a very good way of

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