Thu 20 Mar 2003
Wed 19 Mar 2003
Everyone should read this as soon as possible. And then pass it on!
Tue 18 Mar 2003
Really, some of
us do!
Fri 14 Mar 2003
Does this make sense to anyone else? Because I would love an explanation.
http://www.guggenheim.org/barney/introduction/index.html
Fri 14 Mar 2003
Three hours and many many steps up the Guggenheim ramps all for what?
” the cremaster muscle releases and the testicles descend.”
Apparently, I am not the intended audience for the Cremaster Cycle.
Sat 8 Mar 2003
I know I will be made fun of for going to a “Poetry Slam” in a year post 1993
BUT the Def Poetry Slam was worth it. Especially the poets from Youth Speaks in Oakland, CA. Just when I thought our country is going to illiterate hell - some 18 year old blows me away with her literary skill.
When Chinaka speaks, I listen.
Fri 7 Mar 2003
Wed 5 Mar 2003
Okay - so we edited out way too much of the film. It’s weird how you can be cutting and then accidentally cut out the entire set up for a joke. Then you sit and wonder why the audience didn’t laugh because in your mind you already know the set up. How to keep perspective… now Jane and I have to go figure out what to put back in… I love editing. It is scary how you can make many totally different movies though. I always wonder if the final version was the right one or just the one we got to at the time…
Sun 2 Mar 2003
Tomorrow we (Jane the editor and I) have to figure out how to trim 3 minutes off of Cosmopolitan for the PBS version of the film. I was flipping channels and caught Carol Kane beating the crap out of Bill Murray in “Scrooged”. I wonder if we should’ve added a fight scene between her and Roshan Seth.
Sun 2 Mar 2003
This is my first attempt at blogging so there’s a lot of pressure. What will this weblog be like? Who the hell is going to read it? And who else is going to write? I’ve enjoyed reading the guestbook section of the Chutney Popcorn page so I’m hoping this will be just as fun. Of course, sometimes i wake up in the middle of the night remembering the nasty rantings of someone claiming that my films and me personally both suck. So…
Well anyway - the first order is to thank Avinash Chopde for this cyber-room of my own to rant. He has been invaluable to my work and growth as an artist and has supported my films before I was even a ‘Filmmaker’. I don’t know what made you take such a life-long leap of faith from watching Junky Punky Girlz - but I thank you Avinash.
And now — off to the rants.