I'm drunk and it's 7 a.m. We did the worst thing...staying up all night with jetlag...or...drinking with our subjects. Or, having a subject who is an ex-husband.
Mark quotes "Life is empty and meaningless. And the fact that life is empty and meaningless is empty and meaningless" from Landmark Education. Patrick responds: "There is only the present moment. And I'm pretty happy at the present."
Friday, September 27, 2002
Thursday, September 26, 2002
Friday, September 20, 2002
If you could have, do or be...
If you could have, do or be whatever you wanted, how would you choose? Right vs. Wrong. Freedom vs. Responsibility. Imagine a world with no rules.
Thursday, September 19, 2002
We Got the Money
Confirmation of a £5,000 investment came through from Mr. A.
Now it's real, and I'm freaking out. I don't have a story. I've got some great characters--some larger than life characters. But I don't have a story. What the f---? It's the research really. You film what you've planned to film, and you'll do loads of research when you get there. This film will take place over the course of a year and a half. Japan at least 4 times. Hawaii maybe two. Barcelona once.
I'll get the story.
I was thinking about surrogate families. These guys are each other's surrogate families. They are all long-term residents of Tokyo. They have their businesses there. They are expats....business expats. Tokyo in the 00s is the same as Paris in the 30s. No that's not right. They are businessmen. Not artists.
What's the story...what's the story? They are struggling with their success. They are men without a country. They are Cowboys. What's the Cowboy mentality? John Wayne. Clint Eastwood. They are men working hard to build a new life in the postmodern urban frontier. They are heroes with big, big flaws. They are likable characters, but are they? I want to portray them honestly. They are men in the new frontier.
What about the women? Patrick says "there's a reason why Westerns are about men."
The tribe thing...I like that. That's something tangible. What's this film about? It's about a bunch of foreign guys and 18 million Japanese people. It's about a city, a time, a place. That's still not a story.
They are metaphorically living on a different planet. Can I juxtapose the Japanese ancient culture with the new-tech Tokyo Cowboys.
Go to Meijii shrine during Oshou Gatsu.
Now it's real, and I'm freaking out. I don't have a story. I've got some great characters--some larger than life characters. But I don't have a story. What the f---? It's the research really. You film what you've planned to film, and you'll do loads of research when you get there. This film will take place over the course of a year and a half. Japan at least 4 times. Hawaii maybe two. Barcelona once.
I'll get the story.
I was thinking about surrogate families. These guys are each other's surrogate families. They are all long-term residents of Tokyo. They have their businesses there. They are expats....business expats. Tokyo in the 00s is the same as Paris in the 30s. No that's not right. They are businessmen. Not artists.
What's the story...what's the story? They are struggling with their success. They are men without a country. They are Cowboys. What's the Cowboy mentality? John Wayne. Clint Eastwood. They are men working hard to build a new life in the postmodern urban frontier. They are heroes with big, big flaws. They are likable characters, but are they? I want to portray them honestly. They are men in the new frontier.
What about the women? Patrick says "there's a reason why Westerns are about men."
The tribe thing...I like that. That's something tangible. What's this film about? It's about a bunch of foreign guys and 18 million Japanese people. It's about a city, a time, a place. That's still not a story.
They are metaphorically living on a different planet. Can I juxtapose the Japanese ancient culture with the new-tech Tokyo Cowboys.
Go to Meijii shrine during Oshou Gatsu.
Sunday, September 15, 2002
In this moment...
In this moment, this eternal moment, I am filled with something that feels like what happiness should feel like. Survival on the frontier. What does it take to survive? Struggling with Western values and beliefs in an alien and postmodern culture.
Saturday, September 07, 2002
What's the Story?
Street interviews. Shinjuku views of the city. Narrative...narrative...what's the fucking story?
Step by step, enduring depression, lack of faith, loneliness. I know why people check out. Things fall apart. They're never good enough.
Had a dream about screaming aliens riding on skateboards. I was laying on a sleeping bag on the floor of the British Museum.
Clash of belief systems. What they say vs. what they do. Story, story, story? Living within but not a part of society. Visual entrapment.
Step by step, enduring depression, lack of faith, loneliness. I know why people check out. Things fall apart. They're never good enough.
Had a dream about screaming aliens riding on skateboards. I was laying on a sleeping bag on the floor of the British Museum.
Clash of belief systems. What they say vs. what they do. Story, story, story? Living within but not a part of society. Visual entrapment.
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