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Article: A book no one read is the star of this film.
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- The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)
- Article date:
- March 27, 2003
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Byline: Karen Heller
CHESTER SPRINGS, Pa. _ Mark Moskowitz talks books the way other people talk baseball, spewing stats, arguing facts, comparing, contrasting. But as he speaks in his suburban Philadelphia home, he has a tendency to pick up one specific volume, clutching the tangible.
Moskowitz, a leading political and corporate commercial director, has no problem calling himself "this nutty guy." He became so obsessed with a certain work, he was compelled to make a movie about it: the acclaimed "Stone Reader."
The 128-minute feature won last year's Slamdance Film Festival audience award and a special jury honor. It's played several festivals ...