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Thursday was one of those endless days where the despair grabbed me few times over. The production had given me an ultimatum: I had to finish off all the extras today, or good things wouldn’t… Read more

Tuesday; another day in the same set, another day working with Andy and all the extras. The AD team has really put together a challenge of a schedule for us, but that’s the way its’… Read more

Filmmaking creates a bubble around the reality, where everything outside is faded, distant and blurry, and everything inside feels very real, important, relevant and focused. The only escape from the bubble are dreams, since there’s… Read more

Sunday meant back to work for us, and ahead of us was a tough week since it would be Andy’s last week, and we would need make sure we have everything we need from him.… Read more

‘T was the fabled day off, and like so often, I spent most of it lazying around in a bed and practically doing nothing much but recovering from last night’s farewell dinner. The sun was… Read more

Friday was the last shooting day of the week, and the first and only day we shot with Udo Kier for this production. Those of you who know my work from earlier films know that… Read more

One two three, here’s how not to stage a scene. I thought I was being very clever yesterday, and plotted out my way around my actors in today’s scene. The setup was as follows: two… Read more

In addition to Udo, also Dalan had returned to Qingdao, to finish his role in the film and help us out a bit with Andy’s lines and stuff. It was truly a great thing to… Read more

One thing I love about working with great actors is that as a director, you’re mostly just in the way when they start developing the scene; your job is just to tug them to right… Read more