Or the beginning. Cuz that’s how shit works, right? Every end has a beginning. But you’ve probably already seen that in Lord of the Rings or something. “All we can decide is what to do with the time we’re given.” Yo. Insightful.
So now we be off to try shit out - some have plans of Hollywood, some have plans of London (Europe’s Hollywood), some have plans of Copenhagen (Scandinavia’s Hollywood), and some of us don’t have plans. Yet.
But in a way, fuck that shit.
I like the general idea of plans. That is to say, I like the idea of general plans. Nothing too specific if I haven’t got things figured out. It’s good to work out details when the time comes, have things ready, yadda yadda.
When playing chess against Anna, I’d often have an attack planned and I’d get so damn focused on the attack that I’d be fucked once Anna had blocked it. I hadn’t made any Plan B’s, I hadn’t prepared to change things on the fly. So I’m gonna try to apply that lesson I learned to my real life.
So for the future - I wanna make a feature by the age of 30. And I’ll probably do it, even if I have to do it Kevin Smith-style. I have an idea of what the story will be, too. But maybe I’ll get inspired by something else. Maybe become an editor and things start going in a different direction. Hell, maybe I won’t direct ever again. Maybe I’ll be an editor who writes on the side. Or an elementary school teacher who writes screenplays and makes short films with his friends on the weekends and in the summer.
Fuck it. We’ll see.
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I think "One ring to rule them all" can fit in here. It did for Clerks 2!
Dan er Canada (This is Dan's attempt to write in Danish!). He is from the city of Mississauga, Ontario which is not Toronto (but is very close by). He does not really know anything about film, just that he loves it. And has hopes to one day rise to the ranks of other Canadian filmmakers, such as Atom Egoyan, Sarah Polley, Paul Gross, Norman Jewison, and James Cameron. And he will. One day. Maybe tomorrow...