Lu asked me : I do not understand your allusion to courage--why should it take courage to see the suspension of time? I do not see it as frightening or dangerous. What if instead of chaos we find absolute tranquillity? Lu, everyone has ther own experience, and I have no doubt that you will find [...]
Doubt !
Here is one of the more frighteniing conversations with the Astrophysicist, Piet Hut (which I am serializing in The Film maker and the Astrophisicist blog ) : From: Shekhar Kapur, Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001, To: Piet Hut : You Said : < Needless to say, IF linear time is not real, then a realization [...]
Doubt
From: Shekhar Kapur, Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001, To: Piet Hut : You Said : < Needless to say, IF linear time is not real, then a realization of that fact makes one a more effective player is alleged linear time; just like you can only be an effective film director if you realize that [...]
concept of ‘me’
From: Shekhar Kapur, 30 Jul 2001 09:17:47 EDT To: Piet Hut I agree that all sages have said that we have to know who we are - and unless we break free form the concept of the self and Maya - we are never going to understand the unverse and our relationship to it. And [...]
chaos
30th July, from shekhar > I agree with that. Sometimes I have no idea what to write bto you - but just begin - and I sometimes do it at the most panic moments when I have no time to think - or late at night when I am so sleepy. Again - try and [...]
Fun !
Sunday 29th July : and TIME, next time we meet. >> > yes that would be great - but I like to continue this conversation on the > email - becasue I can reflect upon all this in private moments - and > would it not be good to ahve a record of our conversations [...]
New Blogger
Hello All, I am Karenjit the trainee in the Editing Dept, and adding to Billy’s Post production diary. Although working in the cutting rooms now, I started off working on the production in the Video dept. For those that aren’t familiar with the concept of Video Assist, in short it means I helped get a [...]
The Temple
I often sit in the temple across the street from my house in Mumbai. Not to pray, but just to bathe myself in the vibrations of all those that do, all those lucky ones that so easily believe in the divine power of faith ... I usually have a space in a back corner on [...]
Prepare to be Bombed !!
Back to the Stone Age. By the US of A.. So President Musharraf of Pakistan was threatened by Richard Armitage, the then Deputy Secratary of State of the US Goverment, if Pakistan did not co-operate with the US on it's war against the Al - Qaeda, Of course we have known for a long time [...]
ADR
ADR : During the editing of a film you will pretty much always discover that you need some alternative or additional dialogue written in order to make a scene/plot point clearer. This is not always the fault of the script but could be for reasons that occurred in the shooting or restructuring of the film. [...]