January 2009
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Lincoln Park, Chicago
December 2008
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On Chicago
Chicago is summarised so far by these few things:
1) amazing array of architectural delights: from historic art-deco styled buildings to modern skyscrapers, fascinatingly juxtaposed against each other, dominating the skyline of The Loop area to the Magnificent Mile. (Check out the architectural tours at the Chicago Architecture Foundation.)
2) food: This place is heavenly for the restaurants...
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In Chicago
We eventually got the filming done, after finding our location in New Jersey, setting up the bus stop with a ton of portable battery-powered lights from K-Mart, getting lost for 2 hours in the middle of New Jersey trying to find our way to and from Home Depot to get more lights when our GPS got screwy, and sticking it out till 5 am in the morning in the freezing winter. So that’s the end of...
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Why Filmmaking is Sexy
So I’m sitting here in Kirsten’s apartment in East Village, awaiting phone calls, on what was originally conceived of as Day 2 of the shoot in Northampton. We had it all planned out: we were supposed to go up to Northampton on Friday and stay over till Sunday. We went up to check out the site which was gorgeous, got the actors, rented out the equipment on Thursday; our hosts graciously...
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NYC: Day 7
So I’m sitting in the Tisch building, the floor of the Film Department, next to Ja-Eh, after having our production meeting for the film. I guess things should be set for the 19th: we have some snow for the shoot dates, and I have a The North Face jacket.
It’s snowing in NYC at the moment — very pretty, but it gets a little wet — tons better than the rain we experienced a...
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In NYC
Jetlag, or getting over godknowshowmany time zones, has rendered me awake at 5/6 am on two consecutive days in a row, so I’m currently seated on the couch in Stee and Kristen’s cosy living room, updating the blog after staring into quiet space. It’s been raining for the past two days, which has proven to be the worst thing about NYC I’ve encountered ever (my experiences of...
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I'm off to North America
I’ll be leaving for NYC tomorrow morning and will be there till the 23rd, with visits to Northampton in between. See, I’m visiting my friend Estee, and I’m also actually helping to produce a short film, to be directed by a friend. There’s so many things that we have to tie up within…a week.
Besides that, I hope to be able to visit the Ground Zero site (morbidly, the...
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