Sorry Charles, my bad. I believe it was an interview by a Charles Shapiro and that's how I got mixed up.

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Hello Charles, I know this has very little to do ith your podcast but I just read an interview you did with Jeff Wall and I wanted to say I found it very interesting. I am residing in Vancouver right now and I'd like to get in touch with him. I understand that you would not give me his contact (if you actually have it) given that you don't know me but I was wondering if you knew whether he actually still lives in Vancouver? My email adress is myfaircandy@gmail.com.

Thank you in advance for your help.

PS: In case that may induce you to help me find him, the reason I would like to meet him is for some tips on cinematography and use of natural light (so it is more or less linked to your podcasts!)

Charles, I totally agree with everything you say about film schools. I go to film school myself and I think you're right on most points. Having said that, I would just like to offer you my own motivation for going to film school. I knew from the start that I was not going to be taught how to make films as an unlimited - personal - artistic expression but rather, how to follow a certain formula. I knew I would be surrounded by people with limited taste or knowledge of film - let alone people willing to challenge its possibilites. But for young people like me with limited access to equipment or with no friends that are willing to help out, or no deals to get cheap 16mm film - or no free insurrance deals that allow to get authorizations to shoot pretty much wherever... making films is a little harder. On a pure practical basis, and provided one does not get sucked in the totalitarianism of modern academia, film schools have a lot of advantages.