February 09, 2005
I finally had some business cards made up this morning:
I'll be heading to the airport in twelve hours. I've got my iPod stocked up with probably 80% of my records, which should be enough, and also with my screenplays in Word and RTF formats, in case I need them for some reason (I wonder if I should bring some hard copies, too). In my shoulder bag I've a stack of DVDs with my reel on them, and I'm currently burning a handful of Deadroom DVDs. I don't know what I'm going to do with these, exactly, but I am sorta hoping my usual shyness recedes for the next week or so. Yen mentioned something hyperbolic about a multi-million dollar deal...I'm just hoping I manage to say a word or two to someone without mumbling naively.
Last time I was in Europe, all I had to listen to was a portable CD player and various Radiohead and Outkast records to last the entire time, and I have wonderful memories of listening to Fake Plastic Trees as the plane took off from Rome. I'm planning on improving on that memory. Perhaps with Poison Oak, my favorite song off this new Bright Eyes album, and which incidentally /coincidentally sums up the emotional core of Rocketman with eerie accuracy, to the point that I can practically hear it playing over the as-yet non-existant end credits; which in turn reminds me how their last album, Lifted, was part of what inspired me to write that script in the first place, although it ended up going in completely different direction then. Cyclical things like that make me think of spirals, which reminds me that it's Amy's birthday today and you all should e-mail her and congratulate her on a quarter of a century of existence.
Anyway, I guess I should start doing some laundry and packing clothes and things now. I've got a pretty decent grasp on my intinerary for tomorrow, and a lot of it involves sleeping on the plane (nine hours to Zurich, two hours to Berlin), and also perusing the Berlinale programme to figure out what I'm going to try and catch. Next time you hear from me, hopefully I'll be in an internet cafe somewhere, taking a spare moment in between screenings/lectures/workshops/etc.
And of course, if you don't already visit their blogs, make sure you turn to James and Yen for any breaking news about our film....
Posted by David Lowery at February 9, 2005 11:45 PM