I Grew Up in the Shadow of Michael Rubyan
My son’s film, Life is for the Living, premiered in Ann Arbor last night to a packed house: over one thousand people showed up. It was a huge success.
I have two podcasts and you HAVE to listen to them:
- Jack Lessenberry’s film review podcast of Life is for the Living (3:00)
- Jack Lessenberry’s interview with filmmaker Michael Rubyan (4:25)
- Life is for the Living trailer (Quicktime, 3:00)
Here’s some print coverage:
The film may also become a catalyst for change, as Michigan’s stem cell research ballot initiative will be up for a vote in November. The film will be showing around the state between now and then.
At the end of the film review (you gotta listen to it!) Lessenberry actually says this:
If I were Michael Rubyan’s father I might be thinking, “Whether my son becomes a doctor or a filmmaker, I’m pretty darn proud.”
I can’t even begin to tell you how proud I am of Michael. I always said that I grew up in the shadow of Michael Rubyan. Now everyone knows what I meant.
Nice. Must be pretty humbling to have someone tell the world just how you, specifically you, should be feeling. What he needs to know is that you’ve always been proud of him. I know Michael does.
Yes he does.
And you’re right: when you hear a total stranger tell you, out of the blue — on a podcast, yet! — how great your kid is, it makes your whole life flash before your eyes. Nothing like it.
Congratulations, Ara.
We’ve been getting a lot of that sort of unnecessary advise for the last couple of years ourselves. I realized that it’s not advise at all but a form of flattery, as if we deserved it.
Politically, what we have is nothing less than an establishment of religion by government; by the Executive Branch, which was apparently unforeseen by the founders.