Not many people in the world are lucky as I am. To live of something they love so much, that they are willing to subordinate everything to it.
It's film. It's the magical 24 frames that pass by every second, that suck you in more intensively than any other drug. It's where passion, love, hobby, work, survival issues, self development, creativity, and childish imagination all come together. There is no better feeling in this world that emotions that go through my head while watching the opening scenes of a film. The expectation, the ecstasy, the immeasurable desire to surrender to the magic that only film can create.
And of course, on the other hand, there is the need to ''mark the tree'' - to shoot a film yourself. An incredible feeling of togetherness in the film crew, a huge amount of creativity needed to overcome all the obstacles (financial, technical, logistical...), and an orgasmic feeling of going to bed after a successful shooting or even after a premiere.
It's a passion only a fellow filmmaker can understand, and no one else. And I don't blame all the others for looking at us as we were a little weird. Many times I hear that I live with my head in the clouds. Well, I'll take that as a compliment. An excellent artist is very hard to live with. And I'm not even near that level. At least not yet ;)
My poor fidanzata has to put up with all this, since she is a very realistic woman, and she works in finance business. But as one of my favorite directors Woody Allen once said:
Behind every successful man there is a woman rolling her eyes.
It's film. It's the magical 24 frames that pass by every second, that suck you in more intensively than any other drug. It's where passion, love, hobby, work, survival issues, self development, creativity, and childish imagination all come together. There is no better feeling in this world that emotions that go through my head while watching the opening scenes of a film. The expectation, the ecstasy, the immeasurable desire to surrender to the magic that only film can create.
And of course, on the other hand, there is the need to ''mark the tree'' - to shoot a film yourself. An incredible feeling of togetherness in the film crew, a huge amount of creativity needed to overcome all the obstacles (financial, technical, logistical...), and an orgasmic feeling of going to bed after a successful shooting or even after a premiere.
It's a passion only a fellow filmmaker can understand, and no one else. And I don't blame all the others for looking at us as we were a little weird. Many times I hear that I live with my head in the clouds. Well, I'll take that as a compliment. An excellent artist is very hard to live with. And I'm not even near that level. At least not yet ;)
My poor fidanzata has to put up with all this, since she is a very realistic woman, and she works in finance business. But as one of my favorite directors Woody Allen once said:
Behind every successful man there is a woman rolling her eyes.