Honestly, the sooner you get here the better. New York, if you don’t
currently live here, is kind of a different place and it takes some
time to figure it all out. Plus you’ll want to get in all of that
sightseeing stuff, see some plays, visit some statues and buildings
and museums and stuff. You know, write it off as location scouting.
That way when orientation comes around you’re not worrying about
moving in, getting a bank account, making friends with the mice in
your kitchen, buying groceries, letting your significant other know
that you really care about them but things are ‘just so new and
different here’ and let’s face it, film is your one true love
anyway. I’m kidding, I’m sure it will totally work out.
The first thing you should really do is to join the Columbia Film
myspace group (yeah, that’s just the way we like to roll). If
you’re one of the 10 people in the world who isn’t on the myspace
then go to www.myspace.com, sign up for that whole thing, choose a
tasteful photo, write something clever and charming about yourself
and then click over to groups, search for Columbia Film, click join
group and that’s it. From here on out I’ll post all bulletins and
info on the myspace group so look there first for answers to any
questions you might have.
When you get the time, drop me an email so I know that this email
address is correct. Also, let me know if you’ll be in the New York
area anytime over the summer, maybe we’ll arrange a bar night
somewhere in the village for the people hanging out during the
summer. In addition, the second years are shooting their short
films all summer; if you’re interested in working on some films and
seeing who these so called ‘second years’ are, let me know and I’ll
make it happen.
In the meantime, relax. Enjoy your summer. Read that Tolstoy novel
you’ve been meaning to get to. Enjoy that sporting activity you
like so much. Go see one of the many interesting blockbuster movies
like… well, anyway. There’s always netflix.
As part of my campaign to destroy literature and philosophy (if only in my mind), I am listening to a Timothy Leary self-made tape while reading the sermons of Martin Luther. The Leary tape was recorded in 1969, with Leary toting around a tape recorder in a room full of friends and supporters on acid, all discussing his upcoming California gubernatorial campaign against Ronald Reagan (Leary calls him "Reegan") soon to be dashed by Leary's arrest on drug possession (two joints = ten years). Leary escaped from jail and fled American justice for two years before finally being apprehended in Afghanistan and was delightfully dubbed "the most dangerous man in the world" by President Richard Nixon. (Two Joints!). The Luther sermons were written in the 1530's and were mainly delivered at Luther's home to interested persons as Luther could not go out much without risking his life. The Catholics were kind of sore at him for revealing that the pope was the antichrist. Who knew?
