Monthly Archives May 2010

Bad Lieutenant – Port Of Call, New Orleans

It’s been a while since I got a see a film with that little bit of quirky edge. The original back in 1992 by Abel Ferrera, starring Harvey Keitel, has been given a brilliant reinterpretation by Werner Herzog, set within a post Katrina New Orleans.
In an environment riddled with decay, Herzog presents the audience with [...]

Outline Fever

I’ve been writing a lot of outlines and one sheet pitches over the past few days. I’d not done it for a while so it’s been suitable refreshing to sit and try and distill ideas down to their core themes and story beats.
The process led me to outline an idea for a feature which I’d [...]

The Music Of ‘Lost’.

For the coming days, fans of Lost will debate and dissect the finale to pieces, trying to find further details and meaning within every moment in it. You’re safe to read on, as I don’t intend to  reveal any spoilers.
I just wanted to write a little about the score for Lost. Again, not a review, [...]

5:13 Poster Featured In Issue #17 Of movieScope Magazine.

Let no one tell you there is nothing to gain by a filmmaker from Twitter. It’s thanks to the social media phenomenon that Befour Film & Perantauan Pictures scored this wonderful opportunity.
The guys at movieScope chose 2 indie film posters to feature in their latest issue which they took out to Cannes, and 5:13 ended [...]

Back To Writing Pitches

Been spending the past 3 days working on a collection of pitches and synopses which has been refreshing. I’d gotten so entrenched in the redraft for ‘The Ummah’ as well as the day to day on Timedancer, I needed a taste of new material to get me excited again.
Material wise for the pitches, I’m tackling [...]

What Excatly Have Been The Issues?

So I’ve been blogging, tweeting and facebooking quite a bit about the frustration Ali and I have been under no thanks to Apple. I figured that it would be good to highlight the particular issues we (especially Ali) has had to put up with.
Here are some quotes from an email he sent to our team [...]

What Did Steve Jobs Have To Say?

Getting Fed Up With Apple

For the past few months, Ali and I have been working on 2 major apps, one for the iPad, the other for the iPhone.
What has been frustrating however, has been the total unprofessionalism from Apple.
It has been more than 6 weeks since we applied for our developers account, and still we have had no information [...]

John Kotselis : The Story Behind 5:13

So after months of negotiation and legal wrangling, I am now able to talk a little bit more about John Kotselis (partially his real name), and the part he played in the creation of 5:13.
Back in 2007, after returning to London from KL, post the release of S’kali, I was already chatting with producer Bahir [...]

The Official Website For 5:13

The official website for our latest thriller 5:13 is now live, complete with information we’ve not been able to divulge before about the origins of the film as we were clearing certain things with legal.
I’ll blog about some further news in regards to the movie soon, as well as finally be able to talk a [...]