Then in between the creative writing and the Kafka paperwork this week, finally got a chance to see Gomorra with a friend/film colleague. I thought it was gripping and tense, but it wasn’t the absolute master piece everybody had been raving about. My friend David was less convinced and made the point that it wasn’t […]
No time again to write my weblog entries for the last 3 weeks. Have been filling up parts of the small Moleskin pockets I carry with me while on the move. I try to avoid the computer unless it’s necessary for business. Lots going on now, with the North American release of The Mindscape of […]
Scouting and Pre-Production Haven’t updated the weblog for a while, have been loaded with work in London, then on the move for the last 3 weeks, scouting locations in Suriname at the moment, both jungle and urban, while organizing logistics, security etc for the next feature film project. Only occasionally access to an internet work […]
Jim Thompson In between running the business, meetings, writing and preparing the next expeditions, I’ve been constantly on the move again in London, From E-W, N-S, writing while on trains, but mostly reading. Some of the best stuff to read while moving on public transport is crime-noir fiction or hard-boiled as it’s often called. Some […]
I started reading Blood Meridian last summer and savoured it, reading bits on trains, planes and other moving platforms, finishing the last page just into the New year. Incredible energy and the first book I read by Cormack McCarthy, although I’d read about his work in numerous essays, a number of which connected to film […]