Family
My Aunt sent me a newspaper review by Saul Austerlitz of a book called, My First Movie: Take Two, edited by Stephen Lowenstein. It’s the sequel to his first My First Movie book. In both books, he compiles interviews of different film directors with different backgrounds and asks them to describe their beginnings in the film industry. They all discuss the process of making their first films, as the title suggests. Here are some quotes from the book and the review which she underlined for me to read:
“The process of making a movie is universally acknowledged to be roughly equivalent on the pain scale with childbirth, with directors tasked with the burden of not only giving birth to but also molding and forming their offspring.”
”It’s terrible, making movies. You feel completely lost. But there’s also something intoxicating about being lost. I think it’s a way of making a disturbance in your senses, creating chaos in your head so that something will be born out of it.”
“If you’re ever going to get a film made, you have to be almost a hustler/criminal type of person.”
My Aunt kindly added , “I’m not sure sure about the childbirth analogy, but we get the picture!!
At any rate, I think you’ll enjoy reading about others in your field-and knowing you’re not alone out there!
Good luck with your studies and of course ‘giving birth’ to movies!”
Support from your family is one of the nicest things you can have.
I am grateful for the support of both my family and my friends.
But today my Thank You is especially towards my family.
Here are two pictures you might enjoy, one from the south of BC close to the US border,
and one from the North of BC in Whistler from my travels.
(Note: This restaurant is not affliated with my family in anyway; there is only a 6 letter similarity to my last name. I have never eaten here, however I have done shopping at their stores. Affordable Canadian pricing. Anyway, it’s a fun sign to me.)
With the support of friends and family, you can climb any mountain!!
-Both pictures taken on 35mm Nikon Film camera by myself.
February 10th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
Film making is like childbirth eh? I haven’t actually heard anything like that said about game making, but from what I’ve gathered so far its a little like making a monster. One of those frankenstein type monsters made from other things but also the type that gets loose and stalks a bunch of promiscuous twenty-something campers out in the woods. And then at the end the sheriff kills it just before it gets into the city and no one realizes that it laid eggs in the girl’s brain. Yeah, making games is kind like that.
To infinity, and beyond!
February 11th, 2008 at 1:05 am
add oil, climber! i love the childbirth analogy and often use it with regard to prayer and intercession. i never thought about the link between childbirth and film-making before, but now i can see it! count me into your supporting extended extended family if possible.
February 12th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
As a mother, I think that conception, pregnancy and feeling new life growing for months before the actual childbirth is most like the filmaking process. It is a wonder of God’s love. It is always fun to listen to creative minds doing their work, whether in writing, filmmaking,game making, or playing with your children. I love watching young people play and create toys, games, dances, stories, music, prayer and use their youthful creative energy, even in the poorest and difficult circumstances. As adults, we must strive to always encourage and nurture imagination.