Nov 26 2010
The office is totally dark. This is the Friday after Thanksgiving. The day rained and shined, but it is getting real dark.
And there are times one can really enjoy Sibelius. Today is certainly not that kind of day. Seriously thought about visiting Norway, just a weekend during 12/10. The news report says that the Peace Prize ceremony will be really low key because of the low attendance. What a shame.
Tried to reach out to a few people but none thought about going.
Oct 11 2010
Starting a business is like standing in a small dinghy on a rough sea. That did happen to me in Capri, near that Blue Cave place. It is up and down, up and down.
Sep 18 2010
Just read an article on WSJ, “Why Did B-Movies Vanish From Theaters?” Totally fascinating. One of the things that opened my eye to some new dimensions. Here is the quote -
On “what changed since the 80s that lead to today’s lack of B-movies”, a “King of the B’s” said,
Drive-ins faded away and the cost of distribution got bigger. And then “Jaws.” Vincent Canby wrote in the New York Times: “What is ‘Jaws’ but a big-budget Roger Corman film?” What he didn’t say was it was not only bigger but better. I’m perfectly willing to admit that. When I saw “jaws,” I thought, I’ve made this picture. First picture I ever made was “Monster From the Ocean Floor.” This is the first time a major had gone into the type of picture that was bread-and-butter for me and the other independents. Shortly thereafter, “Star Wars” did the same thing. They took away a lot of the backbone of the picture we were making.
I never thought of/demarcate B-movie this way. And what people keep calling “the Classics”. Now they all make sense. I guess we are now in an era where movies are categorized more by the budget than the sophistication of plots.