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Following Nolan, by Roger Darnell

March 7, 2024 by rkdarnell

A close encounter with the Academy Award Best Director nominee at the dawn of our careers.

Read on Counter Arts

As I begin this writing on a bone-chilling winter day in the Blue Ridge Mountain foothills of suburban Asheville, North Carolina, I confess to its motivation being a cheap trick. Strongly suspecting that the illustrious filmmaker Christopher Nolan will very soon be awarded the Academy Award for Best Director, the obscure fact that we briefly shared a stage together 25 years ago is weighing somewhat heavily. Illuminating that rapidly fading memory is my blatant inspiration.

Going way back to Park City in 1999, my buddy Dean Ramser and I had a very close encounter with Academy Award Best Director nominee Christopher Nolan – and my pals behind The Blair Witch Project. I’m super proud to have this story published in Counter Arts Magazine:… pic.twitter.com/KIFJEKncaI

— Roger Darnell (@RKDarnell) March 7, 2024

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