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Thursday, June 12, 2014

Jim Gianopulos

USC School of Cinematic Arts 2014 Commencement Speech
A pretty smart guy once said, “I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.” That was Albert Einstein. Your questions will become the stories you’ll tell, because ultimately, filmmaking is story telling. And stories are told by people with a sense of wonder, a desire to explore new ways of looking at the world, to relate to what’s there and to explore what others don’t see. The best filmmakers I know are always the most curious. They’re travelers, readers, lovers of art and food and music, of new experiences. They’re the explorers, the searchers, the inventors. [...]

You’ve been given a great education in the art of story telling—the best in the world. And now you are being given a great opportunity to use your acquired skills to tell new stories in new ways. The questions you ask through your stories can be incredibly powerful. They can change the way people think and feel, alter the way they see themselves and others. If you assemble the right images and right words, sound, and music you can make something that changes the world through the boundless potential of creativity. And it all starts with the questions you ask. - J.G.

Thursday, April 17, 2014

Jorge Luis Borges



"You think you are alone, and as the years go by, if the stars are on your side, you may discover, that you are at the center of a vast circle of invisible friends whom you'll never get to know, but who love you."
-Jorge Luis Borges