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Desperate Romantics
Anyone been watching ‘Desperate Romantics’ on BBC2? I had (wrongly) spurned it initially as a hokey attempt at updating a period of art that I’m particularly fond off, but have had my wrists slapped HARD after giving it a chance and finding it to be a bit of an addictive jolly romp. The script whacks…
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The Devil’s Beef Tub
Isn’t that the best name for a natural feature – The Devil’s Beef Tub! Though I keep accidentally saying ‘Devil’s Bath Tub’ which sort of sounds quite comforting. Anyway, spent yesterday on the shoot of Short 1, up in the amazing hills of Dumfries & Galloway at the aforementioned Tub. High, green, marshy and glorious…
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a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess and a criminal
Things have been busy here, and are going to get busier – is this a good thing? Quite probably. The script was locked for Short 1 last week (except for some minor tweaks which may come out during rehearsals) – one of the happiest and proudest days for me – finally real – job done!…
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Once upon a time…
Once upon a time, in a house on a hill, there lived a man who longed to be free of a secret that only he held tight inside his heart. He waited for his moment, waited and waited, until one ice-frosted, snow-covered day when his family surrounded him and the goose lay fat on the…
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Summer in a bowl
Last of this year’s raspberry crop picked just before the rain. Now it’s pi**ing down – c’est la vie.
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Misc.
Hello to my visitor from Great Neck in the USA – best town name ever. I’m on the final hurdle of the script for Short 2 (which in shooting terms is now Short 1 but nevermind). Need to settle on a title asap, but for the very first time it’s proving elusive. What helps you…
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Gosh
It’s been a while – how the heck are you? Sorry about leaving the lid off the biscuit tin, they’ve all gone a bit soft, and as for the banana I forgot to throw away before the EIFF, well the least said the better! The EIFF seems like a distant memory now – though I…
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Brenda Blethyn has a diploma in……
….. unarmed combat (I kid you not) : Brenda Blethyn @ Q&A, EIFF She also caught a dive-bombing wasp between her eyelashes when filming ‘Pride and Prejudice’ – don’t mess with the Blethyn!
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‘Geez, that Tom Hanks runs…’
‘… like a f**king duck’ : Sam Mendes (quoting Conrad L. Hal (cinematographer) from the set of ‘Road to Perdition’) @ Q&A, EIFF
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What’s it like kissing Keanu Reeves….
‘F**king great’ : Robin Wright-Penn @ Q&A after ‘The Private Lives of Pippa Lee’, EIFF.
mandy lee 