Talk:Jesse Vint

Which Vancouver?
Given that The Columbian is published in Vancouver, Washington, it's reasonable to assume that the Vancouver in this newspaper article is not referring to Vancouver, BC, Canada. This makes more sense, as Vint taught in Portland, Oregon, which is across the Columbia River from Vancouver, WA, but is several hundred miles south of Vancouver, Canada. - BilCat (talk) 22:07, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

@BilCat: Sorry for the month-long wait for this response. I agree with you completely that it's the city in the state of Washington and not the city in the province of British Columbia. Hitcher vs. Candyman (talk) 01:25, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

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Chess
Won the WORLD CELEBRITY CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP held at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles in 1988. I beat out twenty - seven opponents and was undefeated. I was given a provisionary CLASS A tournament rating by the World Chess Federation. I am still the reigning champion. It is very likely the highest rating that any celebrity chess player has ever had.

(1) The victory is well documented by well known professional CHESS WEBSITES, namely:

http://www.chessdryad.com/articles/wall/art_05.htm Actor Jesse Vint plays chess. In 1987, he won First Runner-Up in the World Celebrity Chess Championship held in Mazatlan, Mexico. In 1988, he won the World Celebrity Chess Championship at the Century Plaza in Los Angeles. He is still the reigning champion. http://www.chessmaniac.com/famous-people-and-chess-i/  Tags: famous people and chess Posted by bill AT Saturday, October 18th, 2014

David Carradine
(2) ALSO, Oscar nominee David Carradine, who starred as "BILL" in Tarrantino's movie called, "Kill Bill" wrote a book about the shooting of the movie called "KILLBILL: The Diary". It was a day by day account, and has become very popular with film buffs.

On page 248 of this autobiography David Carradine wrote, "......Jesse Vint, an acting buddy of mine, is a very wise and cool dude." And then he went on for almost a full page. It is nice to be defined by an icon of the film industry who had absolutely nothing to gain by doing it.

The website is: https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=Jesse+Vint%2C+an+acting+buddy+of+mine%2C+and+a+very+wise+and+cool+dude%2C

Titanic criticism response
(5) Jesse Lee Vint III wrote a blistering response to Kenneth Turan’s scathing review of James Cameron’s film, THE TITANIC, which was printed in full by the Los Angeles Times in 1998. Vint called out the movie critic Turan as “a coffee-shop genius….”

”THE COFFEE SHOP GENIUS: Turan, like most critics, is only a coffee-shop genius. These critics can't write, can't direct, can't act and can't produce, but they pretend to know all about it. If a thousand Kenneth Turans were put on an island and told to write one screenplay as good as the "Titanic" script, within a pico-second they would chop down all the trees, build rafts and get the hell out of there, because all critics secretly know that they are mere eunuchs who freely give advice to parents on how to raise their children.” Jesse Lee Vint III

The Los Angeles Times website for this article is:    http://articles.latimes.com/1998/mar/28/entertainment/ca-33447

Books
(7) Jesse Lee Vint has written three books which are available (including editorial reviews) through Amazon or his website www.jessevint.com/


 * https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=jesse+vint&rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3Ajesse+vint
 * https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jesse-lee-vint/william-the-conqueror-vs-king-harold/
 * http://www.pacificbookreview.com/william-the-conqueror-vs-king-harold/

“William the Conqueror vs King Harold” is about the events leading up to the battle of 1066. This book of historical fiction was reviewed by Kirkus and Pacific Book review as “brilliant…"  The full book reviews are at www.jessevint.com/

“The Brothers Reno” is a book about extraordinary civil war guerilla fighters who turned to crime following the war, giving birth to America’s historical hurricane known as the Wild West.

“The Film Actor’s Handbook” is a concise account of the acting techniques used by most professionals, based on the Stanislavski inspired teachings of Stella Adler and Lee Strasberg. Vint observed that almost all acting books are written by people that have never made a dime as an actor. This one is very different.

Use what you will. - TheDaveRoss (talk) 13:46, 6 January 2017 (UTC)