Monthly Archives: September 2013

My film is predominantly a meditation on the merging of time in the mind and actions of one man. I’m not saying it’s easy, and while shooting THE SEA, (gosh was it a year ago?), down in County Wexford was … Continue reading →

Even the title’s portentious. My first film back in London is the highly uneconomical (140 minutes) THE GREAT BEAUTY from Paolo Sorrentino – a study in the meaninglessness of life. Hurrah! Another study in the meaninglessness of life… except isn’t that … Continue reading →

Trying to get your voice heard above the cacophony that is the Toronto Film Festival is not immediately evident. This one’s a huge melting pot where all cinemas are in collision! Hollywood descends… Europe flies over ….. Asia looms and … Continue reading →

At Telluride Airport looking out over the private jets and the (actual) Coors Mountain in the background. Funny that at the very last minute I did a bit of proper networking! The legendary film author and critic, David Thomson presented … Continue reading →

Yesterday I took my first ride on the cable car up the mountain to the Chuck Jones cinema to see Salman Rushdie introduce Satyajit Ray’s 1963 classic, MAHANAGAR: he spoke with great insight and humour; the film was in my … Continue reading →

It’s funny how, looking back over my Telluride blogs, I started out very enthusiastically over using the word “unfold” and, after so many unfolding films I’m more wary. Bonnie Wright, who plays ROSE in my film gave me some sound … Continue reading →

There are two key activities at Telluride. Watching movies and waiting in line to watch movies. The first is essentially to provide material to talk about, while doing the second. A key characterisation of the person standing in line in … Continue reading →