{"id":165370,"date":"2015-07-07T04:51:02","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T04:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dostoevsky-bts.com\/blog\/?p=165370"},"modified":"2015-07-07T12:52:03","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T12:52:03","slug":"the-missing-screenwriter-silence-speaks-volumes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dostoevsky-bts.com\/blog\/the-missing-screenwriter-silence-speaks-volumes\/","title":{"rendered":"The Missing Screenwriter: Silence Speaks Volumes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Multitasking has become a way of life since I took up the search for Robert Hurley. In between promoting\u00a0Dostoyevsky Reimagined: The Making Of Notes From The New World<\/em>, I’ve been hard at work trying to uncover anything about a missing person’s report that has too many loose ends and chance coincidences. Sometimes it’s hard to tell where reality ends and fiction begins.<\/p>\n

\"NOTES<\/a>

NOTES Robert Hurley Missing Poster<\/p><\/div>\n

Facts are always useful in these circumstances, so here’s what I have: Robert Hurley, screenwriter for\u00a0Notes From The New World<\/em>, disappeared shortly before production of the film began. Before he vanished he filed multiple reports of harassment, including his home being broken into and a copy of the script for the film being stolen.<\/p>\n

The strangeness didn’t end with his disappearance; if anything, it only compounded it. Rumors of cults, the Russian mob, and Hurley’s own disturbing notes on his mindset at the time of his disappearance aren’t exactly comforting. I’ve reviewed them and will continue to piece together his state of mind at the time he vanished. The problem is, it seems like Hurley wasn’t entirely sure about what was his script, and what was his real life.<\/p>\n

\"Robert:<\/a>

Robert: “I MADE THIS SKETCH BY MEMORY-
THE CAMERAS WERE FORBIDDEN…”<\/p><\/div>\n

It would be so much easier if anyone involved would talk to me. I’ve reached out to private investigators, neighbors, and even friends. While they’ll all speak warmly about Hurley’s work and his friendly nature, when I get to the matter of his disappearance it’s like a door has been slammed in my face. Private investigators flatly reply, ‘the trail went cold’ before making excuses and hanging up. Friends begin to stammer, stutter, and refer to Hurley in the past tense. Needless to say, none of this has been particularly comforting.<\/p>\n

\"Robert<\/a>

Robert Hurley<\/p><\/div>\n

Despite it all, I believe a few things at this point in my research:<\/p>\n