‘Variety’ Writer Tweets About ‘On the Road’ Film

Jerry Cimino of the Beat Museum in San Francisco has an intriguing segment in his latest newsletter, which I’m reproducing in full because the effect would be lost in paraphrasing. So, courtesy of www.kerouac.com, here’s news about the now-completed “On the Road” film that is expected to premiere in France this spring. The tweets must be read from the bottom up.

In related news, a reporter from Radio France, the national public radio network, will be in Lowell tomorrow as a guest of the Greater Merrimack Valley Convention and Visitor Bureau to prepare a story about Kerouac and Lowell in connection with the film’s release in Europe.

B).  Variety Says On The Road is Gonna Be Great


JOSH DICKEY WRITES FOR VARIETY and he was at the Sundance Film Festival last week and as he was
boarding the plane for his flight back to LA he sent out the following excited five tweets on Twitter.  We copied them below and you need to read them from the bottom up:

27 Jan  Josh Dickey @Variety_JLD
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And that’s all I know. (At least, that’s all I can tell you!) Hope it’s new to somebody; I don’t follow as close as some of you guys.

27 Jan  Josh Dickey @Variety_JLD
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There were no problems w/ film; just awaiting the right moment to show & actively start seeking distribution.

27 Jan  Josh Dickey
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… it would not be a stretch to see it open Cannes. Producers are thrilled with the result & eager to at least have it there. More …

27 Jan  Josh Dickey
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OTR is finished. Took 1 year to edit, and is very, very good. According to a discerning and in-the-know viewer, it’s so good that …

27 Jan  Josh Dickey
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ON THE ROAD fans, I have some cool news to share with you. Just got to the airport so stand by…
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