Kunt
Is this the K word you were referencing? Interesting spelling.
I have a feeling the noun you are barely disguising, has been around for many centuries and was not considered offensive until it’ s recent usage has been weaponised. London had a road called ‘Gropecunt Lane’ (sadly now no longer), as did several other cities in the UK, and the name went back to the middle ages to describe a passage where prostitutes plied their trade.
And by ‘passage’ I mean road.
I have been looking forward to seeing this film, since viewing the ‘teaser’ last week. I apologise for tardiness. You have my permission to call me lazy, but not to call me a lazy kunt (that would be rude).
INTRODUCTION BY SARAH SILVERMAN
PREFACE: ROADKILL ON LOVE HIGHWAY
WHEN HE VOWS HIS PASSION INS INFINITE & UNDYING
AND YOU SWEAR YOU ARE HIS FOREVER
ONE OF YOU IS LYING
I have been reading about Olympe de Gouges. A remarkable french woman who wrote ‘the manifesto of women’ shortly after Jefferson and Lafayette wrote ‘the manifesto of man’. Basically she lived in revolutionary France (mid to late 1700s) and fought tirelessly for equal rights with men. She hated marriage and was instead compelled to suggest that a prenuptial agreement of sorts be written up protecting the women financially before she is committed to marriage. This is in an age where women were ‘owned’ by their fathers until marriage, then given to their husbands after. She was widowed, and was grateful for it (she never loved her husband) and from then on resisted the very idea of marriage. Her view was that there should be a social contract between men and women who commit to each other to share their wealth and possessions, but not to commit to love each other for eternity. She also believed that women should be able to name the father of their children (out of wedlock) and that the named person would then be responsible for supporting the mother and child. However she also was friends with Marie Antoinette and this was her downfall. She was sent to the guillotine for supporting the monarchy. Clearly though she was more revolutionary than the braying mob that killed her.
AND ONE OF YOU IS ABOUT TO BE ROADKILL
THE NEGOTIATION OF OATHS
SIGNED AND SEALED IN DEEDS OF TRUST
ARE A SLIPPERY EXISTENTIAL PATH TO NEGOTIATE
Being me, I want to parenthesise the line ‘signed and sealed in deeds of trust’ but your way is more Missy.
THERE IS BEAUTY IN TRUTH, EVEN IF THE TRUTH IS UGLY
This is true. In a way. I think the issue is that some truths are so unpalatable that they are beyond ugly and more like propaganda for the devil himself.
As an aside; I am aware of gender bias towards deities and demons. They should be androgynously referenced, but that is quite difficult. I read on my phone the other day the suggestion we call someone M’they’d. I am afraid I snorted loudly on the tube, drawing unfriendly looks.
As an aside to this aside; who doesn’t love Morgan Freeman’s voice?
THOSE WHO LIE TO CONTORT THEIR LIFE STORY
ATTEMPT TO MAKE IT SEEM APPEALING TO THE IGNORANT
The ego assures us we are the most important person in the universe. There is a torture device in Douglas Adams ‘Hitchhikers Guide to the Universe’ trilogy (consisting of six books by the way) called ‘Total Perspective Vortex’. It shows you how insignificant you are to the rest of the Universe. Once inside; the whole of creation is displayed out for you with a microscopic dot with the label ‘you are here’ shown on it. Your ego (and therefore your mind) is completely destroyed by this exposure to the deadly sense of perspective.
TITLES
ACT ONE
ONE A MELODY IS HEARD, PLAYED UPON A FLUTE.
Very Kung Fu
I LIE TO MYSELF ALL THE TIME. BUT I NEVER BELIEVE MYSELF – S.E. HINTON / THE OUTSIDERS
Yes. The ego is a numpty.
INTRODUCING DEAD JAMES GANDOLFINI AS MAX JUBILEE
PROLOGUE: MY MOTHER THE SPYMASTER
MULLUMBIMBY AUSTRALIA
1981 – 1997 (Birth to 16 years old)
UNLIKE SONS, MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS HAVE A VERY UNIQUE BOND
OUR MOTHERS TEACH US HOW TO LOVE
THEY TEACH US ABOUT RIGHT AND WRONG
THEY TEACH US ABOUT TRUST AND SECURITY
OUR MOTHERS ARE THE BEST AT EVERYTHING
AND YOU SHOULD NEVER SUGGEST OTHERWISE
BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING MORE RESONANT IN NATURE
THAN THE ENERGY THAT FLOWS
BETWEEN TWO BIOLOGICALLY ALIKE BODIES
BUT SOMETIMES IT IS BAD ENERGY
MY MOTHER WAS THE BEST AT WHAT SHE DID
SHE TAUGHT ME HOW TO LIE AND CHEAT
HOWEVER, THESE REFLEX RESPONSES TO BEING FOUND OUT
GIVE A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY AND CONTENTMENT
THEY ARE FED, CLOTHED AND FUCKED TO BED
Just pausing for a second to analyse this text.
I may be on the cusp of revelation otherwise, but I honestly feel like we inherit some behaviours through genes (nature) and some through learning from others (nurture). The Nurture/Nature debate swings around according to who the subject is (nobody fits a complete model) but on the whole we are made up of a bit of both.
NOT NECESSARILY IN THAT ORDER
MY MOTHER COULD HAVE BEEN AN EXCELLENT SPY
Women (generally) would all make better spies. IMHO.
SHE TAUGHT ME HOW TO THROW PEOPLE UNDER THE BUS
WITHOUT A SECOND THOUGHT
THE PURPOSE OF OTHER PEOPLE TO HER WAS TRANSACTIONAL
Conservative. With a capital C.
THE DISTRIBUTION OF THIS USEFULNESS BASED HAPPINESS
WAS ONLY LIMITED BY THE GULLIBILITY OF THE MARK
WHAT SHE DIDN’T TEACH ME WAS
IF YOU LIVED YOUR LIFE THAT WAY
YOUR WHOLE LIFE, YOU WOULD WAIT FOR THE DAY
WHEN IT WOULD BE YOU WHO WAS THROWN UNDER THAT BUS
Vive L‘Revolution.
NEVER PUSH A LOYAL & TRUSTING PERSON TO THE POINT WHERE THEY NO LONGER CARE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU, OR THEM
BECAUSE THE DYSFUNCTION BECOMES ITSELF
FOREWARD: BADA BING BADA BOOM
Intentional mis-spelling of forward? Or Foreword?
Anyway back to the strip club.
THIS IS A FILM ABOUT MY ACT OF REFLECTING
IN A FISHBOWL FILLED WITH MALEVOLENCE
IT’S A MOP UP OPERATION SOMETIMES
MY LIFE. HOW IT WAS. AND HOW I COULD HAVE DONE IT BETTER
Now.
I have quite strong feelings about this.
We all regret some things we did in our past. Show me someone who has no regrets and I will say they are a liar.
We want all the good things that happened to us to stay, but all the bad things to go away. We would (in perfect hindsight) change our lives to make things better.
It is a nice fantasy. But the laws of nature do not allow us to travel in time, and evidence shows it never will. So we have to make peace with our past. We have to accept that we are the people we have become because of it. And we must try and understand how the good that has happened to us can only be considered good when comparing it to the bad.
TITLES
SEXPIONAGE;
SEXUAL ACTIVITY, INTIMACY, ROMANCE OR SEDUCTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF GATHERING INFORMATION TO SABOTAGE AN ENEMY
I GOT ALL THE CORNERS
COVERED
IN MY EYES
AND WHAT THEY HIDE
ACT 1; WHY WOMEN ARE THE MOST EFFECTIVE SPIES
THE SECRETS OF MATA HARI, JOSEPHINE BAKER & ANNA CHAPMAN
AND THE MOTHERS WHO TAUGHT THEM THE TRICKS OF THE TRADE
IF A FEMALE SPY CAN FIND A TARGET
IN DESPERATE NEED OF ACCEPTING WORDS
SAID BY A PERSON WHO KNOWS HOW TO FRAME SUCH THINGS
THERE IS NO LIMIT TO THE TREACHERY THAT CAN BE COMMITTED
ON THE VULNERABLE PERSON AFFLICTED BY ALONENESS
HOWEVER, SUBMISSION TO THE HANDLER
REQUIRES ONE ESSENTIAL INGREDIENT
ISOLATION FROM INDEPENDENT OBJECTIVITY
SHOULD THE MARK SEEK THE OPINION OF A PROFESSIONAL
THEY CAN BECOME AWARE
OF THE EMPTY CAVERNOUS HOLE FULL OF ECHOES
THEY ACCEPT TO ENSURE THEIR EGO REMAINS INTACT
BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THE TRUTH WILL ALWAYS FAIL THEM
Ok. This is a lot of words to unpick; but I think the premise of what you are trying to convey is that some women have learned to weaponise love. That unsuspecting men/women, have been led to believe that they are loved by their partner, but in reality there is nothing but manipulation going on.
I guess this could happen. It might even be more prevalent than I can consider. Who knows? Perhaps here the issue is one of ignorance; you cannot know what you do not know (yes that old chestnut). You can feel unloved, but only if the partner shows you no love at all.
ACT 2
SEXPIONAGE AND THE COLLAPSE OF COGNITION
SEX IS ROCK AND ROLL FOR THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
IT OFFERS THE BIG SKY FEELING OF BEING ABOVE ALL INSECURITY
UNCONVENTIONAL FETISHES ARE NOT JUDGED
AND REPRESSION FADES WITH A HOT TIP PAYDAY
SEX IS THE SHINY THING THAT DISTRACTS
FROM THE ANGST OF NOT FEELING WHOLE
IT BECOMES A USEFUL PLACEHOLDER
FOR THOSE WHO FEEL THE PAIN OF WANT IN THEIR SKIN
AND HAVE MANIPULATED THEMSELVES TO NEAR PRETZEL LIKE FORM
I like those words.
Sex is an instinct that when discovered and laid bare; can become all consuming for a while. However, life tends to walk in on us. We have to stop, pull our knickers up, and get on with doing other shit. Eventually that other shit becomes all consuming and sex becomes a recreational sport.
IN ORDER TO SURVIVE WHAT NEVER WAS
GUILTY UNCONSCIOUS TRUTHS THAT WON’T LAY DOWN
BECAUSE THEY HAVE BECOME GENETICALLY EMBEDDED
ACT 3
THE UNCERTAINTY OF CERTAINTY
EVERY DANCE IS A MANIPULATION. EVER WORD A SWORD
• MATA HARI. HISTORY’S MOST FAMOUS FEMALE SPY
SOMETIMES THE TRUTH IS TOO HARSH AND COSTLY
THAT THE PRESENT DIES ON A CROSS OF SHAME
AND YOU NEED A STEAM SHOVEL IN YOUR HEAD
TO PUSH UP THE SHIT NEEDED TO COVER THAT DARKNESS
THE AWARENESS THAT YOU WERE NEVER SPECIAL
JUST USEFUL
This is quite a statement.
I think you are saying that some women just use men for whatever purpose they have (social mobility, financial gain, children) but have no real need for them after the purpose has been realised.
I am sure many men would agree. But what is the motivation? The nest is not a harmonious place to live if such cold attitudes prevail. And surely the purpose of a partner is to share the nest and help each other?
USEFUL QUALITIES WOMEN LOOK FOR IN MEN
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
VALIDATION
ACCEPTANCE OF INSINCERE MODESTY
COMPLETE ENTRANCEMENT LEADING TO TOTAL ENTRAPABILITY
Ignoring the fact that ‘entrapability’ is surely a made up word; this is a little disrespectful to the intelligence of the male of the species I think. I suspect there are equal numbers of men carrying out these roles on women.
WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT INCONSISTENT NARRATIVES
SUSCEPTIBLE TO BEGINNER LEVEL GASLIGHTING
I think men like ‘dumb’ women.
I am not one of them. Well I am a man (technically), but I am not someone who likes dumb women. However I note the early role of women in the courtship dance includes playing more stupid than she is. Laughing at unfunny jokes, pretending she doesn’t know stuff so that he can explain it in detail and she can appear interested. Not sure where this fits into your narrative though. Perhaps that is all part of your ‘deceit’. Perhaps this is the entrapment.
WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT FACT U-TURNS
SHALLOW THOUGHT AFFECT
ACT 4
YOU CAN’T CHOOSE WHAT FADES AWAY
THE EVIL THAT A PERSON DOES LIVES LONG AFTER THEM
THE GOOD IS OFT INTERRED WITH THEIR BONES
• WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE / JULIUS CAESAR
NO LEGACY IS SO RICH AS HONESTY
WHEN TRUTH IS REPLACED BY SILENCE
THE SILENCE IS A LIE
AND A LIE THAT IS HALF-TRUTH
IS THE DEEPEST OF ALL LIES
COULD THIS BE WHERE I MISSED IT?
A LAPSE IN COGNITION CAUSED BY EGO ADDICTION
TRUST, LIKE WATER, DOESNT LIE
BUT PEOPLE DO
AND THEN THEY WONDER WHAT HAPPENED
AND WHY THEIR WHOLE WORLD BLEW UP AROUND THEM
THINGS COME APART SO EASILY
WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN HELD TOGETHER WITH FABRICATIONS
IT IS A PAIN WELL-EARNED
DELIVERED BY AN AUTONOMOUS SELF-SERVING SEXUAL NEED
UNDERNEATH A FALSE-HOOD
FUCKING ABOUT WITH THE BELIEFS OF OTHERS
THAT RE-ARRANGES THEIR DNA
SO THAT THE DON’T RECOGNISE THEMSELVES ANYMORE
BY NAME OR NATURE
I BECAME A STRANGER TO MYSELF
AS I BECAME TWO PEOPLE
EACH ONE SEPARATED
AS IF AT DIFFERENT DEPTHS OF UNDERSTANDING
BUBBLES OF BELIEF IN THE SAME WATER
PASSING BY EACH OTHER UKNOWN
PLAYING BY THE RULES MY MOTHER SET
MADE SUCCUMBING TO TEH TEMPTATION TO LIE POSSIBLE
AT LEAST, NOT IMPOSSIBLE
A LITTLE ISSUE THAT PRODUCES A HIGH BODY COUNT
SURVIVAL OF SELF WAS WHAT I WAS TAUGHT
MY ONLY TRUTH IS FOUND
WHEN I TAP THESE COMPUTER KEYS IN MY MIND
FILLING THE NEGATIVE BLANK SPACES BY CLOSING MY EYES
TO DE-SPELL MY LACK OF PERSONAL INTEGRITY
ADDICTED TO TEH DRUG INDUCED SEXUAL EUPHORIA
OF A CAMERA HELD AT MY FINGERTIPS
HERE I CANNOT LIE AS MY LIFE IS REPLAYED
THE CAMERA HAS PURPOSE
TO CRAFT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM SHAME
TO MAKE MY NEED TO HURT WHEN I HURT MORE PALATABLE
BECAUSE BAD CHOISES CREATE GAPS
IN SOMETHING THAT WS MEANT TO BE WHOLE
This text is the same as in The K Word, so I will not comment further on the above.
ACT 5
THE MOSAIC OF THERAPY AS A WEAPON
THERE IS NOTHING QUITE AS SHOCKING
AS SOMEONE PLANNING TO COMMIT DAMAGE UPON THEMSELVES
NOT ONLY TO THEIR MIND, BODY AND SOLE
BUT ALSO THEIR WILL TO LIVE
THE ONLY THING WORSE
IS WHEN SOMEONE ELSE DOES IT TO THEM
BECAUSE COMMITTING TO THERAPY
IS ONE OF THE MOST VULNERABLE THINGS A PERSON CAN DO
BECAUSE THEY ARE ADMITTING THEY ARE BORKEN
AND THEY NEED HELP TO SURVIVE
DISRESPECTING & MANIPULATING THAT VULNERABILITY
IS AN EVIL ACT THAT COULD ONLY BE PERPETRATED BY A MONSTER
THIS IS WHAT I DID
MAX LEFT ME IN SEPTEMBER 2019
HE COULD NO LONGER TOLERATE MY ANGER AND SELFISHNESS
WITH MY FRAGILE EGO BRUISED
I NEEDED TO HURT HIM, BECAUSE HE REJECTED ME
HE HAD TOLD ME ALL THE FUCKED UP THINGS
THAT HAPPENED TO HIM IN HIS CHILDHOOD
THINGS HE HAD LEARNED ABOUT HIMSELF IN THERAPY
AND I TOLD EVERYONE I KNEW
SO I COULD BE THE VICTIM OF MY OWN PATHETIC VICTIMHOOD
LET ME TELL YOU HOW EVIL THAT IS
IMAGINE YOU KNEW SOMEONE WHO HAD A BEAUTIFUL DOG
AND THAT DOG LOVED HIM UNCONDITIONALLY
BUT ONE DAY, THE DOG CHEWED UP A CUSHION
SO TEH PERSON THREW THE DOG OFF A BUILDING
WHAT PUNISHMENT WOULD THAT PERSON DESERVE
I’VE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS A LOT
HERE’S WHAT I THINK SHOULD HAPPEN TO THEM
EVERY NIGHT THEY WENT TO SLEEP
THEY WOULD HAVE TO DREAM THE SAME NIGHTMARE
AND RELIVE THE TERROR THAT POOR ANIMAL FELT
EVERY NIGHT, FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE
BUT WITHOUT THE HAPPY ENDING
EVER
This is such a sad confession. But you are wrong, and I hope in the recess of your mind you can see how wrong you are.
There are spiteful and dangerous people who say things that break societal protocol. They are abusive towards gender, race and culture and come from a starting point of hate.
Then there are people who do misinterpret protocols and say things that are hurtful and can cause pain, but come from a starting point of love. (Think of old people who are racist, but not because they are hateful, they were just taught a different protocol and do not really understand how language is appropriately used these days).
The love you felt for Max is evident in your early films, this is not someone you hated, this was an outpouring of grief over the loss of that love. You may have misinterpreted or misconstrued your angst and betrayal as hate, but I personally do not buy it.
You have shown yourself to be thoughtful, compassionate and trustworthy when it mattered.
On the subject of dreams; I believe the brain uses dreams to process emotion. To sandbox different emotional outcomes in preparedness. It is a useful tool but the best of us can wake up in a cold sweat with our heart racing.
NO ANIMALS WERE HURT OR SCARED IN THE MAKING OF THIS FILM
SOCIETY: EXPRESS YOURSELF FULLY AS AN INDIVIDUAL
SOCIETY: NOT LIKE THAT
THIS WAS A LITTLE FILM ABOUT BEST FRIENDS BY MISSY JUBILEE
ACT 6
LIVING UNDER THE REGIME OF ALEXITHYMIA
PEOPLE WITH ALEXITHYMIA HAVE DIFFICULTIES WITH EXPRESSING EMOTIONS THAT ARE DEEMED SOCIALLY APPROPRIATE, SUCH AS HAPPINESS
THEY ALSO LACK THE ABILITY TO FEEL ANY EMPATHY FOR THE SUFFERING OF OTHERS
Do you consider yourself to be suffering from Alexithymia or Max? The point is moot though, I feel. If it is Max, then it is understandable why you became angry and frustrated with him during your relationship. If it is yourself, then we can see why Max became angry and frustrated with you. Not your fault.
THE CONDITION MAY ALSO BE A RESULT OF BRAIN DAMAGE TO THE INSULA
THIS PART OF THE BRAIN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR POSITIVE FEELINGS
ALEXITHYMIA HAS ALSO BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA
ADDITIONALLY, THIS CONDITION HAS BEEN NOTED IN PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED TRAUMA , ESPECIALLY DURING EARLY CHILDHOOD
TRAUMA AND NEGLECT AT THIS STAGE MAY CAUES CHANGES INTHE BRAIN THAT CAN MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO FEEL EMOTIONS LATER IN LIFE
I take that to mean it was you, as your autobiographical previous test leans towards neglect as a child.
ESPIONAGE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS SPYING, IS DEFINED AS
THE ACT OF OBTAINING CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION FROM NON-DISCLOSED SOURCES AND DIVULGING THAT INFORMATION WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE HOLDER FOR TANGIBLE BENEFIT TO THEMSELVES
IN THE TRUEST SENSE OF THE WORD
I AM A TRAITOROUS SPY UNWORTHY OF TRUST
THIS IS MY LEGACY FOR THE WHOLE WORLD TO SEE
There is an argument that art should challenge. That if you were to make a film that did not engage emotionally, then it would be unworthy. I personally subscribe to that view. Your films challenge us to take a view and to look deep into your soul. You really are an exceptional woman.
CREDITS
GOT SO MUCH TO LOSE. GOT SO MUCH TO PROVE
GOD DON’T LET ME LOSE MY MIND
250 FILMS ABOUT THE ABSTRACT NATURE OF BEING
SEXUALLY FUCKED UP
DEDICATED TO MAX JUBILEE
1961-2019
I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR HIM TAKING HIS LIFE
You were not responsible. You fell out and argued. I am sorry to say that depression and mental illness goes very much un-noticed in big strong men. Even more so to people closest to them.
AND THAT MAKES ME ONE THING
EPILOGUE
THE ACT OF BEING A KUNT
A DREAM SEQUENCE ABOUT UNANSWERED QUESTIONS
IN ANOTHER UNIVERSE
AT ANOTHER TIME
THE END
THE REASON FOR UTILISING JAMES GANDOLFINI
TO PLAY THE CHARACTER OF MAX IN THIS FILM
WAS THAT MAX WAS A HUGE JAMES GANDOLFINI FAN
You know how I love nerdwriter? Here is his essay on Gandolfini:
JAMES GANDOLFINI PLAYED TONY SOPRANO IN HBO’S TELEVISION SERIES THE SOPRANOS
GANDOLFINI WON THREE EMMY AWARDS
THREE SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS
AND ONE GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD FOR THE ROLE
GANDOLFINI’S PORTRAYAL OF TONY SOPRANO IS WIDELY REGARDED AS THE GREATEST PERFORMANCE IN TELEVISION HISTORY
WHEN I WAS SEARCHING THROUGH OLD HARD DRIVES FOR FOOTAGE TO MAKE THIS FILM WITH
I FOUND A FAN FILM MAX HAD MADE SOON AFTER GANDOLFINI DIED
IT WAS A TRIBUTE FROM ONE ARTIST TO ANOTHER
MAX BELIEVED IN PAYING RESPECT TO THOSE WHO ADMIRED HIM
IT WAS A LESSON I FAILED TO LEARN FROM HIM
THIS IS THAT SHORT TRIBUTE FILM
NOT ONLY DID MAX SHARE GANDALFINI’S PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES
MORE IMPORTANTLY, HE SHARED HIS HUMAN QUALITIES
‘THOSE WHO WANT RESPECT, GIVE RESPECT’ – JAMES GANDOLFINI
GANDOLFINI DIED UNEXPECTEDLY FROM A HEART ATTACK IN JUNE 2013 AT THE AGE OF 51
Such a sad loss of a brilliant actor.
HE WAS ALONE WHEN HE DIED
A PERSON IS NOT WHO THEY THINK THEY ARE
A PERSON IS WHAT THEY TRY TO HIDE – ANDRE MALRAUX 1901-1976
FRENCH NOVELIST, ART THEORIST AND AUTHOR OF ‘LA CONDITION HUMAINE’
‘LA CONDITION HMAINE’ WAS WRITTEN BY MALRAUX IN 1933 AND ITS PLOT REVOLVES AROUND A MAN SO HAUNTED BY GUILT AND HIS POWERLESSNESS OVER HIS INEVITABLE DEATH BECAUSE OF THE THINGS HE HAS DONE, THAT HE WISHES TO DIE, JUST TO END HIS TORMENT
Max sounds like he was a good man. But we all have our moments. It is easier to make a martyr out of someone because they died, to remember only the good about them. Your Julius Caesar quote comes into sharp focus here. What I would say is that the blame game is fruitless. Max was Max. With all his charm, wisdom, talent skill and inner beauty. But he was human, he got angry, he misinterpreted words, he forgot important information and he stumbled (as we all do) through the minefield of sexual politics.
Your motivation for making this film is also interesting to me. This is clearly not a monetising film. The film itself is not intended to be commercially driven. By that I mean that you have not made this film to make you richer; this is an outpouring of emotion and I remove my hat and lie prostrate at your feet for doing so. This is how art is made.
Of course the Artist has to have the cushion of financial stability; but the Artist should not be trying to only make films for money as that is dead art to me. The art SHOULD make money, but not at the cost of it’s soul. The BBC has the mission to “Educate, Inform and Entertain” written into it’s Royal Charter (https://downloads.bbc.co.uk/
Shared Experience. Shared Knowledge. Shared love.
You are the brightest star in the southern sky.
Alan
NB. I wrote this late at night and my keyboard suddenly started quickly backspacing away destroying all I had written. I had to reboot the computer to get it to stop, which meant I had to write some of it again (after a nightshift). For this reason I have not re-read or edited the words. It is highly likely that the text is littered with spelling mistakes and misquotes. For that I apologise. As usual.