Archive | February, 2009
Goodbye Hollywood, Hello England… Goodbye England…?

Goodbye Hollywood, Hello England… Goodbye England…?

I fly back to the UK tonight, which I am looking forward to. Even though I hate jetlag, this trip has had its lows and highs, and at times been dizzying…  I look forward to sleeping in my own bed and experiencing some contemplative calm for a few days. As I reflect in the last [...]

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Downtime in Downtown

Downtime in Downtown

Last night was time for a little down time – LA style. I was whooshed off to the Sky Bar, an incredible bar that overlooked glittering LA. It was complete with eight foot plant pots with trees in them, beds instead of chairs and a very inviting swimming pool as a centrepiece. Very very LA. [...]

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Digging up the past in the Valley…

Digging up the past in the Valley…

Last night I met up with a very old friend, Actress Harriet Robinson. Harriet played the lead character in our second feature film White Angel, and I lost touch with her in 1995. Now thanks to Facebook, I tracked her down – she had moved from London in ’95, here to LA. And so last [...]

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Gone Fishing closes at the Santa Barbara Film Festival

As Santa Barbara closes, so I hear that London has had a foot of snow while I am standing in the shade, worrying about getting too burned! It’s a strange world.  Now the festival is over, I have my time back. One thing I am planning is to run the second half of the Gone [...]

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