Speechless: Shorts On The Writers' Strike

By Angela Carone / Cultural Enterprise Reporter, Culture Lust by Angela Carone

Published December 7, 2007 at 6:14 PM PST

This story was published more than 16 years ago.

The Hollywood writers' strike has inspired some creative YouTube videos, all underscoring the essential role of writers in entertainment. But filmmaker George Hickenlooper has created his own series of star-studded shorts, and you can see them

here . My favorites: Woody Allen, Patricia Clarkson and Amy Ryan reading from the phonebook, Andre 3000, and Susan Sarandon blah blahing with Chazz Palminteri.

The shorts also look great, shot in contrasty black and white. Hickenlooper is probably best known for the recent feature Factory Girl , but I really liked a documentary he did some years back called Mayor of Sunset Strip , about LA radio DJ, promoter, and scenester Rodney Bingenheimer , aka Rodney on the ROQ.

Angela Carone

Angela Carone covered arts and culture for KPBS and was the author of Culture Lust. Angela has produced public radio programs focused on the arts for the Atlanta and San Diego markets. In this role, she has covered topics ranging from books, film, theater, music, visual arts and pop culture. She also has more than 15 years experience in print media, having been published in various newspapers, alternative weeklies, and exhibition catalogs. Angela has degrees in political science from Pennsylvania State University and in English literature from Georgia State University. She is also a published photographer.

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