(letter to a friend)
have idea to do 90min film on you and your life as a poet, dancer, friend, etc…
no team just me and my camcorder as director and cinematographer
maybe few assistants but keep the crew small and frugal
have you seen Vincent Gallo’s films?
watch Buffalo ’66 or Jarmusch’s Permanent Vacation
to get an idea of what i am going for… (or Refn series Too Old To Die Young)
the pace. the space.
long scenes
awkward shots
drawn out
part fictional
part biopic
would do it on me but wanna learn how to be director
we could do a diner scene where we meet up and chat
improv
something is calling to be captured
dont expect oscars.
we play a bigger game.
A different breed of super antihero.
Something strange
Something beautiful
(a muslim girl once told me this who walked by smiling and she wrote it in arabic in my notebook and said that is what her religion is all about… moved me to tears altho was a little stoned and had impure thoughts of her)
MN
Alt version:
thinking about making a movie about you if you are willing
poetry, dance, bond cd stuck in pickup… we can make up the rest, part fictional, part biopic, part tragicomedy
long drawn out shots… spaces between moments… nothing too fancy or pretentious (or?)
watch Buffalo ’66 or Permanent Vacation to get idea of what i am going for
bought camcorder and love it
no idea what i am doing
the only way