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Interview -- Penelope Spheeris (Director)

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"My life has just  been  a run of crazy comedians..." ~ Penelope Spheeris ~ When discussing director Penelope Spheeris , I hesitate to suggest she has led a charmed and magical life, only because that might imply that her acclaimed work in film has been more a gift from the good luck fairies and less from the good old fashioned sweat of hard work.  And that would simply be a falsehood.  An untruth.  And while she is indeed charming, her accomplishments are nothing less than well-earned.  Someone once said, 'you make your own luck.'  And that's exactly what Penelope has done. She burned the late-night candle earning her Masters Degree at UCLA...and then kept her ears open and her eyes peeled for any opportunity she could grab.  She walked on the wire and absolutely dared anyone to tell her she couldn't do it.  She was fearless. She rattled windows with her amazing documentaries about the music culture.  She smacked us around a bit with films about a