Musings of an Idiot

Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

I received a phone call from SPADA early this evening telling me that I have narrowly missed out on being one of the finalists for this year’s New Filmmaker Award at SPADA this year. It is kind of cool that atleast that they personally rang me to tell the news and also explaining that the decision was really close as far as my application was concerned. Personally, I wasn’t expecting to be in the finals knowing well that I have been working in the industry only for the past 2 years and that particular award is open to anyone who has been working in the industry for 10 years or less and that there would have been more people deserving of the shot because of the time they have spent in the industry. But it is a good feeling knowing that I came that close and that our work did bring us some much needed attention in the industry. I guess I will apply again once I have some more projects under my belt. After all I am a new film maker for another 8 years. (:-)


The past couple of days at school have been wrapped up in meetings and paperwork and I think I will be regaining some perspective by the end of this week, so that I can be a lot more productive. Sometimes it is really important to step back to look at the bigger picture.

The music video which we did for Mo'reece has been confirmed for Coke New Releases this Sunday on TV2. It's playing as a NZ fresh clip after the first ad break at the beginning of part 2 (sometime shortly after 10-30am). So that would be Unkreative Artists first music video on National TV.

I just returned from watching ‘Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang’ and it is a fun movie. It is kind of unpredictable, which provides the most fun in the movie and Robert Downey Jr. is the heart and soul of the movie – he is simply superb. Val Kilmer is his usual good self but Michelle Monaghan was alright, she did not create any extra magic and there is no chemistry between her and RDJ. It is the chemistry between Val Kilmer and Robert Downey Jr. which keeps the movie going, along with RDJ’s incredible sense of comic timing. There are some classic scenes like when RDJ looses his finger for the second time; when he plays Russian roulette; when he hangs onto his life from a bridge in LA. The plot becomes dense and really convoluted very quickly and sitting there I was thinking I don’t really care for the plot – I just love seeing what these characters keep getting themselves into next.

There are couple of other things happening in relation to the next movie but I will save those updates till they become concrete. For now enjoy or curse the poem I was talking about recently{i was too lazy to update my section of the website} -

The Bird

Set me free,
From the confines of my own mind.
For I dare dream.

Set me free,
From the single notes of music.
For I dare feel.

The half-ness of the whole.
The rising tides of uncertainty,
In the sea of calm.

Set me free.

The beating heart pumping harder.
For the junction of cross worlds,
Never to be.

Set me free.


Adios for now..
Amit

posted by Amit @ 10:35 PM