Tuesday, July 1st, 2008...5:37 pm
Lost in Translation: Pilot to Co-Pilot
Nutan and I have been working on translation from dawn till dusk for the past 5 days.
She is coming over in an hour, at 8:00 this morning to do more. We leave at 11:00 am. It is an endless job. The thing is, we are getting so good at it, me and her. When we started I felt like I was in that ‘Who’s On First’ Routine. It would sometimes take us 45 minutes to select a couple of short phrases. We have had culture, language, and computer roadblocks that we have been head-butting like Yaks till we had break through. Grueling. Hilarious. Time-Freakin-Consuming.
One last interview to complete. Koruna’s mother. Scott and I tried to narrow down the parts we definitely want in English, but it was so difficult. Everything this woman says is beautiful, sad, and poignant.
Haven’t had a lot of time to thing about leaving this place and I wonder if I will cry on take-off (Tears have brewed up a bit… could just be the garbage fumes), or just fall asleep.
Que Viva Kathmandu. We are coming back, Fer Shizzle.
2 Comments
July 3rd, 2008 at 6:03 am
and next time, I wanna come too!
Oh you guys, what an enormous undertaking. Can’t wait to hear about it in person. I am imagining you are somewhere between katmandu Bankok and HOME! Safe travels, much much love, and huge congratulations.
July 3rd, 2008 at 10:48 am
Congratulations! You have a lot of fans who’ve loved being part of the “making - of” this documentary film. Can’t wait to see it.
Can we do a show and tell at Media 911 on the 21st? (DocuTalk)
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