Archive for June, 2007
The Encounter
OK, here it is - the video that we made last weekend for the 72 Hour Film Shootout - we only had 72 hours from start to finish to do everything, from writing the script, shooting the scenes, editing the film, and geting it onto miniDV tapes to submit it for judging (the funny thing [...]
Posted: June 30th, 2007 under Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens.
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Summer in the City
Sunday: saw “Ocean’s Thirteen.” Nothing spectacular - the plot’s kind of “huh?” - Danny Ocean (George Clooney) and Friends are back in Las Vegas to pull off a scheme to make up for Al Pacino’s character’s screwing their fellow cohort, Reuben (played rather amusingly by Elliot Gould). The movie’s still pretty slick to [...]
Posted: June 27th, 2007 under Brooklyn.
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Shootout at the Waterfront
This past weekend I finally was able to check off another of those “No Opportunity Wasted” items, and joined in with a group of P’s friends to compete in the Asian American 72 Hour Film Shootout. I’ve always thought about doing it, but never got it together. This year, the critical mass finally came together.
The [...]
Posted: June 26th, 2007 under Brooklyn.
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Checking in
Been awhile, just so busy with stuff at work, I’d forgotten to check back here. Time has just went a big “whooooooooooooosssshhhhh” :o! Anyways, what prompted me to blab was I caught some old AsianAvenue.com spam mail and found “AngryAsianMan.com” tie-in with AA. I’m like WTF?! Unbelievable, I guess things just [...]
Posted: June 23rd, 2007 under Taipei.
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Start of Summer
Morgan Freeman’s essay in Newsweek - makes you appreciate life - he observes how taking up golf, even at the age of 70, gets him exercise and fresh air; taking up flying means fulfilling a life-long dream; and acting in a comedy, hard work as it is, reminds him not to take life too seriously. [...]
Posted: June 21st, 2007 under Brooklyn.
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