Yes dear "Unknown", but it's the same for all people at all times. When Vesuvius went off with a bang in 79AD the people of that region didn't know that it had already gone off 1700 years before it annihilated Pompeii because they had no records of the previous time.
Our friend Nigel Buesst. A friendship of so many years, 62 years since we first met. Plenty of water under the bridge. Nigel at home with his minder, Jedda photo by Ivan Gaal I was just starting out in my life as a filmmaker, working at the State Film Centre in the library section. One day I was on counter duties, receiving films returning from borrowers and handing out films to other borrowers. In walked Nigel with a bundle of films under his arm, returning them from a film society he was involved with at the time. I think it was the CSIRO film group and Nigel was collecting another bundle which they would run in an upcoming programme. A short conversation of a few minutes at the counter established that we were both interested in making films and soon enough we became close friends. Nigel was about to shoot “Fun Radio” which was a real buzz for me. He asked me to shoot a few shots from his fancy sports car so I got to operate his new Bolex camera for a tracking shot or two as ...
As I mentioned in my previous posting, and as I also mentioned when I spoke at Nigel's Memorial last week, Nigel had a lifelong passion for music of many genres. I could list thousands of numbers he sent me, but in this blog I will present just a sample of the sorts of musical items which he sent to me. TEE-SET "Ma Belle Amie" Alela Diane, "The Rifle" The Waifs, "London Still" Gerry Humphrys & The Loved Ones, "Blueberry Hill" Big Bill Bissonnette & Sammy Rimington, "Porter's Love Song" Mae West, "My Old Flame" The Red Onions, " Miss Hannah" Woody Allen, "In The Evenin' " Harry Dean Stanton, "Cancion Mixteca" Annette Hanshaw "That's Just My Way Of Forgetting You" Leon Redbone & Robert Gordon "Melancholy Baby" Lazy Ade Monsbourgh, "Ragtime Dance" Alela Diana, "The Pirate's Gospel" Tuba Skinny "What's ...
Vale Ken! A farewell to muffin@labyrinth Last week I received this sad note from Inge, a close friend of Ken Mogg: Dear Peter, Just a sad note that our friend Ken Mogg passed away yesterday, 2nd Feb 2023. He had been in and out of hospital with breathing problems, was not eating properly, and had gone into a care home just recently, maybe a week or so ago. His sister rang me and said he had passed away peacefully yesterday. I hope you are well. Love -- Inge. Ken and Inge made the effort to attend a screening when some of my films were shown at the AFW workshop some years ago. (Photo taken by Bill Mousoulis) So many years have passed since I first met Ken at film screenings at the Bughouse in Carlton, the MUFS screenings and Melbourne Film Festival screenings in the late sixties. We got to know each other better when we shared an office for about a year at Melbourne State College, 1974. We shared a great enthusiasm for the works of many directors but foremost was our l...
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Wow, things we just don't want to think about. They are just too hig for our tiny points of view
ReplyDeleteYes dear "Unknown", but it's the same for all people at all times. When Vesuvius went off with a bang in 79AD the people of that region didn't know that it had already gone off 1700 years before it annihilated Pompeii because they had no records of the previous time.
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