목요일, 4월 19, 2007

Showtime!

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Family fun: my ex-wife Tascha, my second wife Kirsten, my 'omma' Sabine, my 'hyeong' Damon, and hyeong's (real) girlfriend Jin Young.

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And not forgetting...: Damon, Sabine and our 'ajoshi' Pele.

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Preview: us before the screenings. It's the camera that makes me look fat...

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Mind your Ps and Qs: Taking questions from the floor. Our translator Gina handling the proceedings, though the General Manager (out of frame, left) took the piss by censoring some of the questions. What a wanker.

All in all, screening that was...rather disastrous. My film and Tascha's was fine, as was Kirsten's (who, by the way, gasped at my onscreen appearance in my own film. How telling). But they completely messed up Damon and Pele's films.

Ah well.

토요일, 1월 20, 2007

Action!

Finally...I am doing what I came here for. After almost eight months, the cameras rolled.

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Wiping the slate clean: One of the first shots we did.

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Camera: Checking out the scene with my cinematographer, Cherl Jin. We had a huge fight on the second day, which made things tense and more difficult for me.

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Another Young One: Young Jae, one of my producers and an extra in my film.

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Goldilocked: These babies ain't going nowhere!

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Can't Tasch This: My ex-wife Tascha losing some steam.

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Like Father, Like Son: Ahn Sae Hyeong (right) played the father, while Choi Dae Ho (left) is Young Sin. Both were incredibly talented, if at times difficult to work with. Dae Ho, especially, carried this picture on this back (so to speak).

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Shadowplay: The DVD cover.

금요일, 1월 19, 2007

Snow Men

So I was clubbing with my friends, when suddenly, Young Sin dragged me to one side, and pointed towards the window. "Look," he said, "nun manni wayo." ("It's snowing heavily outside.")

So I went and have a look. Sure enough, it was snowing like hell (irony intended).

So we finished up our manic dancing by the next song, and went outside to check it out. I didn't bring my camera, but Soong Do had his cameraphone. I've always wondered about the point of having cameras in phones...but not tonight.

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Four Amigos: (from left) Young Sin, Soong Do, me, Soo Young.

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Ice ice babies: Me and a load of snow before it was ploughed into Soo Young's face (who looks like a Muslim woman here. Hmm...)

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Battle stations: Young Sin taking cover from Soo Young (on the other side of the car).

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Two Young Guns: Young Sin and I. His name inspired that of the lead character in my short film, My Father's Son.