Musings of an Idiot

Frontier(s)

A week just flew away and I have no idea where it disappeared. It has been crazy busy at my end. At work - my boss has gone to China for Olympics coverage, which means that I've picked up some of his duties and this is along with my normal job schedule. So needless to say my brain usually turns to mush by afternoon while juggling various things and making sure that nothing falls over. Hopefully it will be a lot easier from next week since I know what to expect.

I have been talking to a few film makers for VUDU and I have managed to get firm commitments from 6 film makers, which is exciting. I also bit the bullet and went and saw an entertainment lawyer so that a proper contract can be drafted for agreement between Unkreative Artists and the film makers. So more news on that once the contract is finalized and signed between the parties.

I had a comprehensive eye test at Optometry School's public clinic and I almost had a big scare when the supervisor who was overseeing the student optometrist's work came in after the tests to do some more tests and mentioned that they were worried that I might have glaucoma. It turned out that everything else about my eyes is healthy, so they think it is highly unlikely that I have glaucoma. I have however been recommended to wear reading glasses if I want to stop my eyes from getting strained over extended periods. I am tossing and turning the thought in my head and I think I might get myself a set of reading glasses just to try them out. If I don't like it then I can always discontinue their use.

Frontier(s) was a real shocker of a movie. It was ultra violent and extremely sadistic. It had my guts churning in a fair few places and the easiest way to describe it would be to take 'Hostel' and multiply it by 5. I think I am over this genre - it is not horror as much as it is sadistic violence.

In other non-significant news - I have put my head down and trying to finish off the dialog list for 'FIVE' over this weekend, so I can deliver it to the Finnish distributor of the movie. It is harder than you think, especially when a good chunk of the dialogue was improvised and chopped and changed on location. I spent almost 5 hours on it till now and I am 35 minutes into the movie. Another 40 minutes odd of movie to transcribe. :-)

That's really it from me for now.
Till later,
Amit

Labels: Five, Movies, TVNZ, Video on Demand, VUDU

posted by Amit @ 7:54 PM