Oscar
originally posted at
www.poodiemusic.com
on May 15/08
There's a couple I know here in Los Angeles who I guess I can call patrons of mine. As artists we don't have bosses, we have patrons. Much more benign sounding word. I visited with them early this week on some creative business. At the end of the meeting, the husband asked if I wanted to view a ten minute documentary. Following him and his wife upstairs I wondered what I was about to watch. These are two quirky and creative people who have worked on many major films as set designers,builders and special effects artists. I knew that they had worked together on the two "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies and several other well known projects. Before starting the film, the husband asked if I knew that they had also worked on the "Titanic"? Not knowing this, I asked a few questions about the making of that film,especially the computer generated images of the Titanic itself. To my astonishment I learned that they constructed both a 700 foot and 40 foot long model! All of this, including the Southhampton port set and a production facility were built in Rosarita Mexico where the crew stayed for eleven months. What he was about to show me was a ten minute time lapse documentary of the making of this enormous set. It was produced by one of the production engineers as a memento for the crew.It was incredible. We talked for a few minutes longer and then went back downstairs where I was offered a drink. The husband excused himself while I continued to chat with his wife. He returned shortly without any drinks but instead had his hands behind his back. That was odd I thought, but rather than be impolite asking about the drinks he had forgotten, i continued speaking to his wife as he silently moved towards me. Standing next to me waiting for an appropriate pause in our conversation he finally asked "Would you like to hold something very few people have had the opportunity to?" I responded that "I'm not that kinda guy". As we all laughed he placed The Oscar in my hands. I was shocked by it's weight. I was even more shocked that I was holding the Oscar for one of the most profitable films of all time. I now understood when a woman wins, why she has to hold this statuette with two hands. I also immediately understood that I would never own this award. Tempted as I was to make an acceptance speech sobbing and blurting out an endless list of names, I fortunately accepted this temporary honour in silence. All I could finally muster up was a sophomoric "Wow!" I reluctantly returned the shining and weighty naked little man. How strange I thought that Hollywood had chosen a golden naked eunich over a well endowed female as it's icon to honour Hollywood's highest achievement Driving away I smiled to myself thinking that he was right. Very few people have had that opportunity.I ramped onto the freeway joining the rest of the real world ....peace
www.poodiemusic.com
on May 15/08
There's a couple I know here in Los Angeles who I guess I can call patrons of mine. As artists we don't have bosses, we have patrons. Much more benign sounding word. I visited with them early this week on some creative business. At the end of the meeting, the husband asked if I wanted to view a ten minute documentary. Following him and his wife upstairs I wondered what I was about to watch. These are two quirky and creative people who have worked on many major films as set designers,builders and special effects artists. I knew that they had worked together on the two "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies and several other well known projects. Before starting the film, the husband asked if I knew that they had also worked on the "Titanic"? Not knowing this, I asked a few questions about the making of that film,especially the computer generated images of the Titanic itself. To my astonishment I learned that they constructed both a 700 foot and 40 foot long model! All of this, including the Southhampton port set and a production facility were built in Rosarita Mexico where the crew stayed for eleven months. What he was about to show me was a ten minute time lapse documentary of the making of this enormous set. It was produced by one of the production engineers as a memento for the crew.It was incredible. We talked for a few minutes longer and then went back downstairs where I was offered a drink. The husband excused himself while I continued to chat with his wife. He returned shortly without any drinks but instead had his hands behind his back. That was odd I thought, but rather than be impolite asking about the drinks he had forgotten, i continued speaking to his wife as he silently moved towards me. Standing next to me waiting for an appropriate pause in our conversation he finally asked "Would you like to hold something very few people have had the opportunity to?" I responded that "I'm not that kinda guy". As we all laughed he placed The Oscar in my hands. I was shocked by it's weight. I was even more shocked that I was holding the Oscar for one of the most profitable films of all time. I now understood when a woman wins, why she has to hold this statuette with two hands. I also immediately understood that I would never own this award. Tempted as I was to make an acceptance speech sobbing and blurting out an endless list of names, I fortunately accepted this temporary honour in silence. All I could finally muster up was a sophomoric "Wow!" I reluctantly returned the shining and weighty naked little man. How strange I thought that Hollywood had chosen a golden naked eunich over a well endowed female as it's icon to honour Hollywood's highest achievement Driving away I smiled to myself thinking that he was right. Very few people have had that opportunity.I ramped onto the freeway joining the rest of the real world ....peace
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