Crazy Urban Commando Missions. Haven’t even had time to update this web log in 3 weeks since I came back from Suriname (with plenty footage and stills). Very intense time in London and Amsterdam now, manoeuvring between 5 different projects, one of them a challenging commercial. Had a meeting in The Netherlands-The Hague with a very creative advertising agency, and we were suddenly caught all in a buzzing brainstorm for 4 hours, although we met for the first time.

Usually as a director you don’t get in this early at the initial conceptual stage, but they want to fully integrate the entire proposition. Can’t name the brand and product yet until it materialises this summer. Anyway, this was in between numerous meetings and other business obligations, so frustratingly had little time to write.

Film business is always like that, because projects take time to develop and get financing, the work has to be done parallel to other wings of the storm. Next few days wrapping up some more Corporadski stuff and Bureaugrad loose ends, then lock myself up again for a few days to enter Fiction Land.

A great book to drag with you to utilize time on trains and planes: James Ellroy’s The Cold Six Thousand (but it’s part 2 of the American Underworld Trilogy so American Tabloid comes first). Takes time to get used to the telegram style, but as a utterly dark and cynical mosaic of America it’s a strongly voiced piece of fiction mixed with history.

Don’t read if you can’t handle the testosterone and adrenaline, because it will stick with you. Check it out.

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