Hey, this is the longest I haven't blogged for. That probably means I'm being more productive. Shocking, yes.

I just finished a new profile for Theme on Jinoh Park, which won't be out until September. I'll try to remind. Jinoh is great! Also, the most recent cover of Theme is probably my favorite so far:



Eun-ah Lee came back from Cannes and gave me the update and the lowdown! Cutest thing was her assessment: "You have to carry your dress in a bag." Cuz' she wants to be comfortably dressed usually but then she still has to get dolled up sometimes. Eun-ah is a serious cinematographer (woman warrior!!!) but when she puts on a dress, she sho' is a la-dy!

Also finished a closer-to-final draft of the Beijing film. Some of our peoples are in China now, like Carol Liu, (not on AnD - yet?) who is doing a documentary in Ningxia in the meantime. Some just returned to NYC and are meeting with more people here.

(random pix of I googled of Ningxia b/c I was curious - Carol's a lucky girl!)

Finished tweaking sound for Moon Lady. We'll be screening at the NY Asian American Int'l Film Fest July 12, which is a Sat night, at 9pm. I'll remind when it gets closer.

Chang Xiu attempts to eat the camera.

Also working on music demos in hopes that I can still complete what I was beginning 5 years ago, before film school... Jonathan Tse has been helping me a lot by keeping tabs on me through gmail chat. Hmm. Jonathan has the kind of energy that would make a great manager. (Are you A-blood type by any chance, Jontse? Heh heh heh, just teasing :) Thank you soooo much for supporting - as they say, "only the supporter deserves to criticize." It's a wise thing to remember, cuz' it really does make sense when you think about it.)

I admit I enjoy Rivka Galchen more b/c she speaks from the woman's perspective, is wonderfully clever, but overall, is still more about being pleasant than about being clever (something which Amy Heckerling advised us to be, in her strong Bronx accent, as the key speaker of our graduation at Madison Square Garden a few weeks ago. A fact which smart people and artists often neglect when they are still young!!!) And of course, she writes about New Yawk. I may be Bridge&Tunnel but I served my sentence at the Palladium and Limelight as a teenager. And I do remember the days of real mohawks at Bleecker Bob's....

Still gonna be busy for a while. I missed Pamelyn last week (sniff) but I'm looking forward to meeting Ivy in the city soon.