Musings of an Idiot

150

This will be the 150th post for me - nothing special but it is a round number and that always calls for some kind of celebration doesn't it??? No???


We lost our first grade group netbal game 34-26..it was an interesting game but our core team wasn't there for various reasons and it was a patch job..Lance could not do play because one of his fingers was bitten into by a merecat {which are supposed to be these tiny, cute animals}, when he was filming at the Auckland zoo... It is one of those incidents on which you crack up laughing sideways. Lance said he will try to get the footage of that because someone filmed it {afterall a whole bunch of school kids were watching and laughing as well} -while writing about this - it sounds bad but the best way to hear it is from Lance - if you ask nicely he might tell you without biting. (:-)

Went and saw 'Sin City' yesterday night, and the sound design was awesome. It is ground breaking in terms of technology but the movie felt a tad long -maybe I was tired.

Talking of movies - 'Memories' won 3 awards at Microcinemafest: Best Actress for Rachel, Best Editing for Benji and Best Director for me...it was exciting but I think they made a mistake on giving me the director award thingy -would have prefered a cinematography award for Lance but obviously the film which won the cinematography award must have been way better shot than 'Memories'... It is a good feeling getting some recognition for our efforts though.

Another significant thing is that Unkreative Artists Limited is officially a company from today -which is thrilling..baby steps... In something totally unrelated - I got talking to Miguel Coyula, the director of 'Red Cockroaches', another micro-cinema effort which started the revolution in a way {it won more than 20 awards and has had a huge success on the festival circuit}. He shared a small scene from his new movie "Memories of Overdevelopment" with me and I was totally blown away by the visuals, the mood and rhythm and pacing.. That is a movie to keep an eye out for when it comes out. Incidentally RC is being released on DVD by Heretic Films at the end of December and I would suggest that you watch it - to see what a vision and a passion can achieve.

So comes an end to the momentous 150th post and there will be more to come further down.
Ciao,
Amit

posted by Amit @ 9:43 PM