Something curious for you to ponder. All will be explained... later.
Over to you....
pt
Farewell To A Dear Friend
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 ...
looks like some film with a tear coming down from the sprockets.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment bobbyboy... otherwise it seems that no one requires any explanation or this wondrous image!
ReplyDeleteJust between the you and the me, it was a gift from our friend Darko who wanders the streets of his home town in Croatia endlessly seeking images. He captures these images and shares them with folk who may be interested in viewing or reading those captured images. But he doesn't feel the need to explain them. I was taken by his image and wondered how he came upon it. At first I thought he had been at a cafe or restaurant and was mucking around with his camera and some eating utensils such as a spoon or fork and lit upon the idea that the fork represented an elemental force smashing down upon his table from the clouds! But I was wrong. I asked Darko about it, and found it was "merely" a photograph of a poster displayed in his town of Split. So he took a shot of the poster which he and I both found most "expressive". What worries me bobbyboy is that other than you, no one else was interested enough to respond? I'm really pleased that you did respond! Otherwise I might have felt that Darko's effort was entirely wasted. pt