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LOCATION
Pueblo, Colorado, USA
ABOUT BETTY JO
All art forms converge in the movies, and that’s probably why I like writing and talking about them so much. Frankly, I've never been able to conquer my addiction to movies. When everything works in a film, something magical happens to me, but even if a movie falls short, I can’t wait to share my reaction with others. After retiring as a college dean, I turned my passion for cinema into a new career. Fortunately, my husband, children, and grandchildren love movies almost as much as I do!
While working as a film critic, I’ve also found time to:
■ Reveal everything about my longstanding obsession with the cinema in CONFESSIONS OF A MOVIE ADDICT, an amusing life-at-the-movies memoir.
■ Analyze Susan Sarandon’s remarkable acting career in SUSAN SARANDON: A TRUE MAVERICK, which received Honorable Mention at the 2007 New York Book Festival.
■ Develop and teach an online writing course entitled "The Reel Deal: Writing about Movies" for the Long Story Short School of Writing.
In SCREENING HISTORY, author Gore Vidal confessed that as he looked back over his life, he realized the only thing he really liked to do was go to the movies. That makes two of us.
FAVORITES
Singin’ in the Rain, Vertigo, Waiting for Guffman, Moulin Rouge!, Secret Window, Fargo, Hero, The Wizard of Oz, Alfred Hitchcock, Victor Fleming, Vincente Minnelli, Zhang Yimou, Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Johnny Depp, Jackie Chan, Tanna Frederick, Antonio Banderas, Angela Bassett, Cate Blanchett, Sandra Bullock, musicals, thrillers.
