Got back in Europe end March after a few weeks in Suriname. Strange to switch from a country with wild open space (except the traffic jams in the capital) and sunshine to the concrete landscape of Amsterdam and then now the hectic buzz of London. One of the misconceptions I often hear about the Caribbean […]
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 […]
On 2 February Alan Moore was signing at Gosh comics in London. The event was scheduled from 14:00 till 17:00 but overran till !8:30. I popped in quickly to the basement before it all started to say hi, but Melinda had not been feeling well so wasn’t present. The main entrance and shop upstairs didn’t […]
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 […]
A last few days to left to get some presents for the X-mas holidays, either for your self or friends and family. Being rather bored with the cinema offerings at the moment, I’ve been reading more than watching films (unless I’m catching up on classics). Books: 1) Cormac McCarthy – Blood Meridian Incredibly apocalyptic biblical […]