Reception to follow. The Lake Placid Film Forum is an intimate setting for filmmakers and film lovers to come together to see films and discuss in informal and formal venues the overarching issues of content and the medium. Panelists include WGAE members Russell Banks, Susan Charlotte, Lisa Cholodenko, William Kennedy, Edward Pomerantz, Nancy Savoca, Stephen Schiff and Tom Topor. Forum also includes a Tribute to Norman Jewison. The first Wednesday of every month members gather informally for drinks, food and conversation.
Friends are welcome.
Ask the hostess for the Writers Guild table. Like Gatsby, Jay is trying to preserve life the way he remembers it while his friends and the woman he is in love with try to get him to embrace the future. Admission is free. The Writers Guild of America, East is pleased to invite you and your colleagues to the next exciting session of our newly-created luncheon series with Mark Katz. For the eight years of a previous administration, Mark Katz assisted President Bill Clinton with his annual humor speeches to the Washington press corps.