Location India |
Mood Deeply traumatised by events in Nigeria |
Date 27th Jun 2007
Hello anyone who might be reading this.
Sorry I haven't had a moment to get the diary entries from August to December up here.
Location On floor of Miami airport |
Mood Almost hyperventilating with emotion |
Date 15th May 2007
9 months after Katrina hit
Location Four poster bed yet again |
Mood |
Date 15th May 2007
Met Friend's Sister in the park at a jazz gig tonight, when in Rome. We explained all our worries - could Al handle the potential fame? What if he loses his job? His sanity? Is he too fragile for the film?
Location Four poster bed again |
Mood Hyperventilating |
Date 15th May 2007
Filming Al on the flattened site of his old house.
Photograph: Chris Graythen
Location Four poster bed again |
Mood Worried |
Date 15th May 2007
Location Cafe outside 'Whole Foods' supermarket (good cos organic or bad cos supermarket?) |
Mood Disturbed |
Date 15th May 2007
This has rapidly turned into the Spanner Films sell out tour. When we're not driving to the local health food store (too hot to walk, oh the irony, turn up the AC), we're drinking Starbucks (the only place open in the devastated areas) iced coffee out of plastic glasses (with two-thirds of the population gone, it's easier for restaurants to pay for disposables than to find someone to wash dishes. Oh the irony pt 2).
Location Cushion-bed on floor. Some honeymooners have booked our flash room, drats. Why can't they sleep on the floor? |
Mood Drunk on music |
Date 15th May 2007
A thousand people work for Big Oil in New Orleans. All we gotta do is find the interesting one, right?
We've got a few leads - and the phone book - but it all seems a little hit and miss. How do real filmmakers do this?
Can't really speed the process up, either - a lot of waiting around for call backs - so we're trying to adapt to the not-knowing grey zone. Writing diary, struggling to get through chapter two of The Prize, press-ups, logging tapes and, frankly, sleeping.
Location Four poster bed in Gone With The Wind-style guest house |
Mood Eyes popping out of head |
Date 15th May 2007
Slipped immediately into American-style consumption the moment we touched down in New Orleans. Had to have a car - how can we get anywhere without one? Immediately put on the AC - far too hot without it. Bucket-sized drinks - makes perfect sense, as same price as non-obesity-inducing ones.
