Short Cuts was the place where I first felt at home. Until then, I had occasionally found some work that spoke the language of my imagination, but Short Cuts gave me a constant appointment, and with each episode it was like opening a gift.
Everything that was broadcast was a cause for reflection, whether it made me shake my head in disbelief, or made me run to look for all the things ever done by a new producer that I just discovered. At the end of each episode, the exchanges with my listening friends began (did you hear the last one? Which one did you like best? It made me angry!).
I still remember when Eleanor asked me if I wanted to be included in the mailing list for producers, to send my pitch. Oh my happiness! Happiness that was renewed every time I threw down another proposal (almost a dozen) and it doesn't matter if I never had anything accepted (always with exquisite kindness and the offer of debriefing) because many of those pitches became pieces that I produced and Short Cuts represented a continuous source of inspiration.
I can't even begin to think of a favorite episode of mine, there are too many, and to weave all the stories, Josie's fantastic voice, with whom I feel I have travelled a piece of the way through the details of her private life that occasionally shone through.
The world continues without Short Cuts, certainly, but it's a world a little darker. Fortunately, many of us are finding each other elsewhere, because in the end we have learned to know each other. And if any Short-cutter feels like staying in touch, I'm here, I'm waiting for you.
Short Cuts was the place where I first felt at home. Until then, I had occasionally found some work that spoke the language of my imagination, but Short Cuts gave me a constant appointment, and with each episode it was like opening a gift.
Everything that was broadcast was a cause for reflection, whether it made me shake my head in disbelief, or made me run to look for all the things ever done by a new producer that I just discovered. At the end of each episode, the exchanges with my listening friends began (did you hear the last one? Which one did you like best? It made me angry!).
I still remember when Eleanor asked me if I wanted to be included in the mailing list for producers, to send my pitch. Oh my happiness! Happiness that was renewed every time I threw down another proposal (almost a dozen) and it doesn't matter if I never had anything accepted (always with exquisite kindness and the offer of debriefing) because many of those pitches became pieces that I produced and Short Cuts represented a continuous source of inspiration.
I can't even begin to think of a favorite episode of mine, there are too many, and to weave all the stories, Josie's fantastic voice, with whom I feel I have travelled a piece of the way through the details of her private life that occasionally shone through.
The world continues without Short Cuts, certainly, but it's a world a little darker. Fortunately, many of us are finding each other elsewhere, because in the end we have learned to know each other. And if any Short-cutter feels like staying in touch, I'm here, I'm waiting for you.