Wahrscheinlich bin ich paranoid, aber: Ich werde verfolgt. OK, kleiner Scherz ... aber seit zwei Tagen sehe ich, egal wohin ich gehe, den Lieferwagen von "AKAN - türkische Backwaren". Gestern bin ich ihm ganze drei (!!) Mal begegnet. Wie viele fahren von denen denn herum?!?
Aber vielleicht will mir das Universum auch ein Zeichen geben. "Wandere in die Türkei aus und mach eine Bäckerlehre!" oder so. Oder schlicht und ergreifend: "Lern mehr Vokabeln, Rosa"...
Dienstag, 22. September 2009
Samstag, 19. September 2009
Tour de Mendelssohn: Fine
"Looong and windiing road …" Unbelievable, but yesterday, about 13:05 h, I was freed. It was a long journey, but suddenly it was over.
On our last day, Frau K. and friends alomst made me explode for the last time. When she refused to sit at a round table with us but desided to sit outside, making the "important members" move outside, too, causing irritation and trouble among the waiters. I still can't believe how a person can be so rude, so insulting. You see that she absolutely doesn't care about others (nur wenn's ihr mal in den Kram passt). Probably I'm so annoyed because she disappointed me, as I expected her to be quite nice. Still, she was well educated enough to attend our "uchiage" (final feast) at Bayrischer Bahnhof, after filming FMB's "Elijah" with 81 year old maestro Kurt Masur and Frau K's last waste comment).
But that's all water under the bridge (yuchuu, wieder eine neue Redewendung gelernt!) Time now to list up both tops and flops. All of us had to outline the past three weeks in a few words at our final dinner. (Suddenly everyone was sooo sweet!) For me, the most impressing or lasting thing was to learn about classic music. To have the chance to enter this very special world means a lot to me. And Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy is fascinating - he was a such a multitalented AND hard working AND public spirited person, a real superman & hero of his time. To learn about him was a big gain.
And here are the other hits.
Top 3 "Superdriver's Synonyms"
- Fräulein Kack/ Kackbratze/ Trulla
- Kack, Hack und Schnack (die Mariott-Übernachter. nix für ungut, alles nette Leute, aber es lag einfach auf der Straße …)
- Kalle und Kulle (Big Boss & Pummelchen, die beiden Producer. Hergeleitet von der DDR-70er Jahre-Kinderfilmreihe "Aber, Vati!", in deren Mittelpunkt zwei Zwillingsbrüder - Kalle & Kulle - stehen, die allerhand Schabernack anstellen.)
Top 3 restaurants
1. Seafood Centre, Lochleven, Scotland (absoluter Geheimtipp am Arsch der Welt. wir dachten, wir würden gar nicht mehr ankommen, aber dann wurden wir von frischen Krebsen, Muscheln, Hummer und Miesmuscheln im Cider-Zwiebel-Sud begrüßt …göttlich!!!)
2. Tobagi, Leipzig (kleiner Koreaner in der Südvorstadt. im ersten Moment schroffe, aber eigentlich super nette Wirtin - "omoni no aji"!)
3. Mr. Long, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin (der beste Vietnamese den ich kenne. und für absolut lächerliche, Berliner Preise.)
Top 3 concerts
1. Overture Midsummer Night's Dream (FMB), Concerto Violoncello (Dvorzak), 7th Syphony (Beetoven), MDR Orchestra, Sept 13, Gewandhaus Leipzig
2. War Requiem (Britten), MDR Orchestra/ Chorus, Sept 1, Gewandhaus Leipzig
3. Italian Symphony (FMB), Overture Wilhelm Tell (Rossini) etc., Orchestra Santa Caechilia (Roma) & D. Mateusz, Sept 09, Luzern
Top & Flop 3 coordinators/ interpreter's "moments"
1. Zum zweiten Mal im strömenden Regen am großen Gittertor des "Holyrood Palace" stehen und um Einlass bitten. Heinrich IV, ich weiß genau was du meinst …
2. Endlos entlang eines gottverlassenen "Lochs" zu fahren, irgendwo am Arsch der Welt in Schottland, auf der Suche nach dem "Seafood Centre", mit einer immer mieser gelaunten Frau K. im Auto und immer größer werdenden Erwartungen. Ich hätte mich in ebendiesem Loch ertränkt, wenn das Restaurant auch nur 500m später aufgetaucht wäre.
3. Maestro Masurs Bemerkung nach dem (von mir gedolmetschten) Interview: "Sie haben gut übersetzt, wirklich. Sie haben Ahnung von Musik, nicht wahr?" (Ich habe was von "instinktiv" gefaselt und wäre vor lauter Peinlichberührtsein fast im Boden versunken …)
Trotz aller "I KILL YOU ALL!" Momente war es eine sehr spannende, sehr inspirierende, sehr lehrreiche und (trotz allem) sehr lustige Drehreise. Can't expect the next one … (ホントかよ…）
On our last day, Frau K. and friends alomst made me explode for the last time. When she refused to sit at a round table with us but desided to sit outside, making the "important members" move outside, too, causing irritation and trouble among the waiters. I still can't believe how a person can be so rude, so insulting. You see that she absolutely doesn't care about others (nur wenn's ihr mal in den Kram passt). Probably I'm so annoyed because she disappointed me, as I expected her to be quite nice. Still, she was well educated enough to attend our "uchiage" (final feast) at Bayrischer Bahnhof, after filming FMB's "Elijah" with 81 year old maestro Kurt Masur and Frau K's last waste comment).
But that's all water under the bridge (yuchuu, wieder eine neue Redewendung gelernt!) Time now to list up both tops and flops. All of us had to outline the past three weeks in a few words at our final dinner. (Suddenly everyone was sooo sweet!) For me, the most impressing or lasting thing was to learn about classic music. To have the chance to enter this very special world means a lot to me. And Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy is fascinating - he was a such a multitalented AND hard working AND public spirited person, a real superman & hero of his time. To learn about him was a big gain.
And here are the other hits.
Top 3 "Superdriver's Synonyms"
- Fräulein Kack/ Kackbratze/ Trulla
- Kack, Hack und Schnack (die Mariott-Übernachter. nix für ungut, alles nette Leute, aber es lag einfach auf der Straße …)
- Kalle und Kulle (Big Boss & Pummelchen, die beiden Producer. Hergeleitet von der DDR-70er Jahre-Kinderfilmreihe "Aber, Vati!", in deren Mittelpunkt zwei Zwillingsbrüder - Kalle & Kulle - stehen, die allerhand Schabernack anstellen.)
Top 3 restaurants
1. Seafood Centre, Lochleven, Scotland (absoluter Geheimtipp am Arsch der Welt. wir dachten, wir würden gar nicht mehr ankommen, aber dann wurden wir von frischen Krebsen, Muscheln, Hummer und Miesmuscheln im Cider-Zwiebel-Sud begrüßt …göttlich!!!)
2. Tobagi, Leipzig (kleiner Koreaner in der Südvorstadt. im ersten Moment schroffe, aber eigentlich super nette Wirtin - "omoni no aji"!)
3. Mr. Long, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin (der beste Vietnamese den ich kenne. und für absolut lächerliche, Berliner Preise.)
Top 3 concerts
1. Overture Midsummer Night's Dream (FMB), Concerto Violoncello (Dvorzak), 7th Syphony (Beetoven), MDR Orchestra, Sept 13, Gewandhaus Leipzig
2. War Requiem (Britten), MDR Orchestra/ Chorus, Sept 1, Gewandhaus Leipzig
3. Italian Symphony (FMB), Overture Wilhelm Tell (Rossini) etc., Orchestra Santa Caechilia (Roma) & D. Mateusz, Sept 09, Luzern
Top & Flop 3 coordinators/ interpreter's "moments"
1. Zum zweiten Mal im strömenden Regen am großen Gittertor des "Holyrood Palace" stehen und um Einlass bitten. Heinrich IV, ich weiß genau was du meinst …
2. Endlos entlang eines gottverlassenen "Lochs" zu fahren, irgendwo am Arsch der Welt in Schottland, auf der Suche nach dem "Seafood Centre", mit einer immer mieser gelaunten Frau K. im Auto und immer größer werdenden Erwartungen. Ich hätte mich in ebendiesem Loch ertränkt, wenn das Restaurant auch nur 500m später aufgetaucht wäre.
3. Maestro Masurs Bemerkung nach dem (von mir gedolmetschten) Interview: "Sie haben gut übersetzt, wirklich. Sie haben Ahnung von Musik, nicht wahr?" (Ich habe was von "instinktiv" gefaselt und wäre vor lauter Peinlichberührtsein fast im Boden versunken …)
Trotz aller "I KILL YOU ALL!" Momente war es eine sehr spannende, sehr inspirierende, sehr lehrreiche und (trotz allem) sehr lustige Drehreise. Can't expect the next one … (ホントかよ…）
Dienstag, 15. September 2009
Tour de Mendelssohn: Day 18
Yesterday I was really lucky. At the end of (another …) nerves-destroying day we were up to film MDR Symphonic Orchestras „Overture to: A Midsummer Night’s Dream“ by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. And somehow I managed not to stay with the crew but get a seat with the „important“ members (= Frau K. + Gefolgschaft). The concert was absolutely marvellous!!! First one was FMB’s overture, then Drvorzak’s „Concerto Violoncello“ with Germany’s shooting star Daniel Müller-Schott, and then Beethovens „7th Symphony“. The first half was absolutely beautiful. Romantic music has just got the power to create pictures. That’s something I really appreciate (especially about FMB’s music). You do feel AND recognize what inspired (and still does) the composer, conductor and musicians. And FMB’s „Midsummer Nicht’s Dream“ is so lovely and full of exploding happiness it makes one feel positive. The best word to describe this song is „great expectations“, I think. So it is a perfect overture, huh.
But then came Beethoven’s „7th“. This one was just incredible. Listening to the last movement made me almost pass out. It felt like sitting (swimming? flying??) in the eye of a hurricane made of sound. Sound and me as one. Brain full of Adrenaline, Dopamine and much more. Völlig gaga. I think I became a classic music addict yesterday …
What made the experience even more special: We sat behind the orchestra in the gallery where the chorus stands for Cantatas etc. That meant: Best position for studiying the conductor’s (again Jun-san) gestures and expressions. It was amazing how he used every single part of his body to communicate with the orchestra. I still can’t imagine how a single person manages to control 100 or 200 people … Voller Körpereinsatz. And despite of his exhaustig job, all the concentration and tension, he had still capacity to do jokes at the end. Jun-san yappa kakkoii.
My own private highlight today was much less of that dignified kind: While we were driving from Leipzig to Weimar through the Niemandsland between Sachsen and Thueringen, we passed „Unterkaka“. I think our driver and me couldn’t stop laughing for at least 5 minutes. Yes, sometimes (?) I’m like a primary school kid.
In general, all of us are in quite a good mood now, probably because end is near. Of course, Frau K. had another „outbreak“ today when she shouted at Producer 2 who was filming her privately while she was doing an interview. And of course, she still talks too much and gives stupid instructions to the camera that show that she definitely hasn’t have a clue how documentary filming works (Schätzelein, wir drehen hier nicht irgendeine Scheiß-TV-Serie, klar??). And yesterday she was really rude towards our sound-guy... But everybody got used to it. Still, yesterday I realized that she’s sitting on her high horse. She speaks in a cold manner, showing that you are (and will be) never as good as her. When I was supposed to leave the concert after first half in order to have dinner with the guys, she said: „Ooh, you CAN’T go out with those dumb guys after listening to such high class music!“ OMG she’s so narrow minded …unbelievable.
But then came Beethoven’s „7th“. This one was just incredible. Listening to the last movement made me almost pass out. It felt like sitting (swimming? flying??) in the eye of a hurricane made of sound. Sound and me as one. Brain full of Adrenaline, Dopamine and much more. Völlig gaga. I think I became a classic music addict yesterday …
What made the experience even more special: We sat behind the orchestra in the gallery where the chorus stands for Cantatas etc. That meant: Best position for studiying the conductor’s (again Jun-san) gestures and expressions. It was amazing how he used every single part of his body to communicate with the orchestra. I still can’t imagine how a single person manages to control 100 or 200 people … Voller Körpereinsatz. And despite of his exhaustig job, all the concentration and tension, he had still capacity to do jokes at the end. Jun-san yappa kakkoii.
My own private highlight today was much less of that dignified kind: While we were driving from Leipzig to Weimar through the Niemandsland between Sachsen and Thueringen, we passed „Unterkaka“. I think our driver and me couldn’t stop laughing for at least 5 minutes. Yes, sometimes (?) I’m like a primary school kid.
In general, all of us are in quite a good mood now, probably because end is near. Of course, Frau K. had another „outbreak“ today when she shouted at Producer 2 who was filming her privately while she was doing an interview. And of course, she still talks too much and gives stupid instructions to the camera that show that she definitely hasn’t have a clue how documentary filming works (Schätzelein, wir drehen hier nicht irgendeine Scheiß-TV-Serie, klar??). And yesterday she was really rude towards our sound-guy... But everybody got used to it. Still, yesterday I realized that she’s sitting on her high horse. She speaks in a cold manner, showing that you are (and will be) never as good as her. When I was supposed to leave the concert after first half in order to have dinner with the guys, she said: „Ooh, you CAN’T go out with those dumb guys after listening to such high class music!“ OMG she’s so narrow minded …unbelievable.
Freitag, 11. September 2009
Tour de Mendelssohn: Day 15
…Actually, I'm not sure if it's day 15… as I've been counting backwards for a couple of days. So: 6 days left. I feel like we've reached some kind of a nihilistic equilibrium. We've stopped asking the "why??" and "WTF" but just do and fulfil our job. And we all see "das Licht am Ende des Tunnels". Our key word is 「流れですよ、流れ！」
Yesterday, we drove 12 hrs. From Luzern to Berlin, including a short stop at Schaffhausen and an exhausting drive around Nuernberg as we got into a real big traffic jam due to an accident. Zehn Kilometer Vollsperrung. Things you don't want to hear after 450 km driving with 7 guys in a car, knowing there are still 500 km left ahead. But our Superdriver just jumped on the Standstreifen and took the next exit (lucky us, it was just 500m ahead).
When approaching Berlin, somehow I realized I was still in love with this city. When I came to Berlin the last one or two years, I wasn't so much in fond of Berlin anymore. I felt like I was too "old" (in a way) for this city - maybe also because it has changed a lot since I started visiting Berlin regularly 7 years ago. Like most of the capitals I know, Berlin is sometimes too much self-centred, and walking around in Mitte makes me almost aggressive, seeing all these "I'm soo free and sooo arty and (therefore) sooooo cool" kind of peoplz. But yesterday - and also today while filming here and there - I rediscovered Berlin somehow. Maybe it's the space … The "range" of Berlin is something that makes the city cold and empty (especially in winter - uaargh), but also comfortable and soothing.
Bisides, talking about things that are more in touch with reality, Frau K. behaved quite well today. Though her gobbledygook costed another four 40min-tapes today, making us to hectically buy another bunch (10) of tapes in a Sony store (for the second time). I really feel sorry for the director who's got to edit the whole stuff back in Osaka. I mean, she's really smart and has researched a lot about Mendelssohn, but still our chaotic big boss should stop her sometimes … However, they are both of an intuitive, spontaneous kind getting more and more out of control (so gesehen passense ja gut zusammen …)
Tomorrow, after filming several spots in Berlin, we're "going home" to Leipzig. Being in Leipzig for the fifth (!) time this year, it's almost like coming home …
Yesterday, we drove 12 hrs. From Luzern to Berlin, including a short stop at Schaffhausen and an exhausting drive around Nuernberg as we got into a real big traffic jam due to an accident. Zehn Kilometer Vollsperrung. Things you don't want to hear after 450 km driving with 7 guys in a car, knowing there are still 500 km left ahead. But our Superdriver just jumped on the Standstreifen and took the next exit (lucky us, it was just 500m ahead).
When approaching Berlin, somehow I realized I was still in love with this city. When I came to Berlin the last one or two years, I wasn't so much in fond of Berlin anymore. I felt like I was too "old" (in a way) for this city - maybe also because it has changed a lot since I started visiting Berlin regularly 7 years ago. Like most of the capitals I know, Berlin is sometimes too much self-centred, and walking around in Mitte makes me almost aggressive, seeing all these "I'm soo free and sooo arty and (therefore) sooooo cool" kind of peoplz. But yesterday - and also today while filming here and there - I rediscovered Berlin somehow. Maybe it's the space … The "range" of Berlin is something that makes the city cold and empty (especially in winter - uaargh), but also comfortable and soothing.
Bisides, talking about things that are more in touch with reality, Frau K. behaved quite well today. Though her gobbledygook costed another four 40min-tapes today, making us to hectically buy another bunch (10) of tapes in a Sony store (for the second time). I really feel sorry for the director who's got to edit the whole stuff back in Osaka. I mean, she's really smart and has researched a lot about Mendelssohn, but still our chaotic big boss should stop her sometimes … However, they are both of an intuitive, spontaneous kind getting more and more out of control (so gesehen passense ja gut zusammen …)
Tomorrow, after filming several spots in Berlin, we're "going home" to Leipzig. Being in Leipzig for the fifth (!) time this year, it's almost like coming home …
Mittwoch, 9. September 2009
Tour de Mendelssohn: Day 13
Another never ending day... Starting at 9 o’clock and filming a concert – including an interview afterwards – is really hard. Especially when this chaotic producer never tells me what he’s up to film next, and then suddenly asks „Where is the view point?“ „There was a long curve along the lake! Stop there!“ (- Eeeh, we passed at least 5 lakes yesterday – which one do you mean???)
And an interesting phenomenon happened again: The first few days the young guys called me „Rosa-san“ (Mrs. Rosa) as well. But after one week, they started calling me „Rosa-chan“ (Little Rosa). Eeeh, yeah, well guys, it’s really nice being 30 years old and still having a name like a little girl, but … Hmmmm … ちょっと複雑な気持ちやねー…
And I’m sure finally they will call me „Rosa“ （呼び捨て）- at least this is the way it used to be.
Tomorrow we’re heading for Berlin. Yeah. Back to Germany. But before that, we're all waiting for the next crash - between big boss and boss No.2 (whose role I still haven't understood. probably he's the direct connection to the big sponsor.). On day 4 in Leipzig they argued once - I almost asked the hotel's receptionist to call the police - and all the others at once started to bet when the next big bang comes. And almost all of us bet on "end of Switzerland". And seeing how bad tempered big boss was this morning … yes. Ruhe vor dem Sturm.
And an interesting phenomenon happened again: The first few days the young guys called me „Rosa-san“ (Mrs. Rosa) as well. But after one week, they started calling me „Rosa-chan“ (Little Rosa). Eeeh, yeah, well guys, it’s really nice being 30 years old and still having a name like a little girl, but … Hmmmm … ちょっと複雑な気持ちやねー…
And I’m sure finally they will call me „Rosa“ （呼び捨て）- at least this is the way it used to be.
Tomorrow we’re heading for Berlin. Yeah. Back to Germany. But before that, we're all waiting for the next crash - between big boss and boss No.2 (whose role I still haven't understood. probably he's the direct connection to the big sponsor.). On day 4 in Leipzig they argued once - I almost asked the hotel's receptionist to call the police - and all the others at once started to bet when the next big bang comes. And almost all of us bet on "end of Switzerland". And seeing how bad tempered big boss was this morning … yes. Ruhe vor dem Sturm.
Dienstag, 8. September 2009
Tour de Mendelssohn: Day 12
Yesterday we met Heidi and Geisnpeter … Well, almost.
First of all, I came too late. Two minutes. But enough to make Japanese people nervous (as they use to arrive five minutes before appointed time) … I hate being late, but usually I’m late because I have to arrange some stupid stuff for them – e.g. how to give one’s laundry to the hotel staff. Yes, sometimes I feel like babysitting 8 jumbo babies.
But then we drove towards Interlaken, then Lauterbrunnen to film the landscapes Felix Mendelssohn draw in the year he died (1847). Sun was shining, clear blue sky, and after Bruenig pass there came Interlaken and the breath taking mountains (Eiger, Mönch, Jungfrau). First we went from Lauterbrunnen to Winteregg (via roapway and Bimmelbahn), then to Wengen on the other side of the valley. Actually, for me it was a bit too much – too much Heidi, too much idyll. I mean, it looked like someone put the picture of the snow covered mountains over there just to attract tourists. Totally unrealistic. And I don't know why, but the Alps always make me feel somehow uncomfortable. The mountains are too "erhaben" in a way. I do think they are absolutely beautiful, but they don't touch me (at least not in a positive way). However, it was worth a trip, I’ve got to admit. And our view from Winteregg really looked much the same as Mendelssohns picture! He was a talented painter. Felix Superman.
The only problem was ... Yes. Frau K. Though she obviously enjoyed the trip, she was horribly bad tempered when we came back to Luzern. I can’t understand (and accept) why she treats people like this. Bad education? Or is it the only way to survive the Japanese entertainment system (Geinoukai)? Probably the latter.
At least I had a bit of time this morning to go running. To run alongside the Vierwaldstädtersee early morning was nice – as it is always being near by water. It cleared up my heart. And today was another day that never seemed to end ... (at least for me, it ended at 9 pm) I still don’t know what to think about Luzern, though. Definitely too much tourists, but besides … dunno. Quite boring, and too clean, too posh. But the Japanese love it. They are all mad about Switzerland. Maybe I need to get a bit older to agree...
But *ta-daa* yesterday was halftime! Me and the main crew had a nice pint of beer to celebrate this moment. So: tomorrow comes day 13 of „Tour(-tur) de Mendelssohn“...
First of all, I came too late. Two minutes. But enough to make Japanese people nervous (as they use to arrive five minutes before appointed time) … I hate being late, but usually I’m late because I have to arrange some stupid stuff for them – e.g. how to give one’s laundry to the hotel staff. Yes, sometimes I feel like babysitting 8 jumbo babies.
But then we drove towards Interlaken, then Lauterbrunnen to film the landscapes Felix Mendelssohn draw in the year he died (1847). Sun was shining, clear blue sky, and after Bruenig pass there came Interlaken and the breath taking mountains (Eiger, Mönch, Jungfrau). First we went from Lauterbrunnen to Winteregg (via roapway and Bimmelbahn), then to Wengen on the other side of the valley. Actually, for me it was a bit too much – too much Heidi, too much idyll. I mean, it looked like someone put the picture of the snow covered mountains over there just to attract tourists. Totally unrealistic. And I don't know why, but the Alps always make me feel somehow uncomfortable. The mountains are too "erhaben" in a way. I do think they are absolutely beautiful, but they don't touch me (at least not in a positive way). However, it was worth a trip, I’ve got to admit. And our view from Winteregg really looked much the same as Mendelssohns picture! He was a talented painter. Felix Superman.
The only problem was ... Yes. Frau K. Though she obviously enjoyed the trip, she was horribly bad tempered when we came back to Luzern. I can’t understand (and accept) why she treats people like this. Bad education? Or is it the only way to survive the Japanese entertainment system (Geinoukai)? Probably the latter.
At least I had a bit of time this morning to go running. To run alongside the Vierwaldstädtersee early morning was nice – as it is always being near by water. It cleared up my heart. And today was another day that never seemed to end ... (at least for me, it ended at 9 pm) I still don’t know what to think about Luzern, though. Definitely too much tourists, but besides … dunno. Quite boring, and too clean, too posh. But the Japanese love it. They are all mad about Switzerland. Maybe I need to get a bit older to agree...
But *ta-daa* yesterday was halftime! Me and the main crew had a nice pint of beer to celebrate this moment. So: tomorrow comes day 13 of „Tour(-tur) de Mendelssohn“...
Montag, 7. September 2009
Tour de Mendelssohn: Day 11
After 4 days in Scotland, we arrived in Luzern, Switzerland, yesterday.
The last day in Scotland was absolutely amazing. Not only the amount of rain that fell from the sky...
We were up to film the Highlands - Glencoe - that's the region where the "Harry Potter" filmings were done. And Glencoe is said to be the most impressive "Glen" (Schlucht/Tal) in the country. And I've got to admit, though I don't know the other parts, it must be true. Of course *ha-ha*, it kept on raining all the day, but somehow this made the whole thing more impressive. The waterfalls falling from the huge cliffs, then the wind blown rain, and also water on the ground ... There was water everywhere, in and from every direction. It was some kind of a "power spot" where you could feel that all the water on this planet is connected. 水神様に会ってきたみたい！(like meeting a water god!) It's no wonder Felix Mendelssohn was deeply impressed by this landscape.
Besides … I still have to controll myself very very hard not to kill anybody. Well, actually …there's only one person I want to kill.
Another thing that saved me the last days – at least when we were in Leipzig – was our driver. He is quite amazed about this crew as well, I think. (And thinking of how many teams from Japan he’s drived so far...) He really rescues me with his nasty Berlin tongue. („Ey, dann soll halt Frau Kack mit ihren beiden Pinguinen alleene zum Flughafen fahrn, det is mir sowat von ejal!) I'm really looking forward to seeing him again when we're back in continental Europe. Generally, the whole crew is nice and absolutely funny. Our producer (big boss) is sometimes not easy as he works in an intuitive, spontaneous way (Japanese say "he's an about-kind of person), but most of the time we know how to handle it, and the pictures and storytelling is good, I think.
So, tomorrow's coming up: Switzerlands amazing "Heidi landscape"! (hopefully … when the fu*peeeeep* internet in this fu*bpeeeep* hotel works)
The last day in Scotland was absolutely amazing. Not only the amount of rain that fell from the sky...
We were up to film the Highlands - Glencoe - that's the region where the "Harry Potter" filmings were done. And Glencoe is said to be the most impressive "Glen" (Schlucht/Tal) in the country. And I've got to admit, though I don't know the other parts, it must be true. Of course *ha-ha*, it kept on raining all the day, but somehow this made the whole thing more impressive. The waterfalls falling from the huge cliffs, then the wind blown rain, and also water on the ground ... There was water everywhere, in and from every direction. It was some kind of a "power spot" where you could feel that all the water on this planet is connected. 水神様に会ってきたみたい！(like meeting a water god!) It's no wonder Felix Mendelssohn was deeply impressed by this landscape.
Besides … I still have to controll myself very very hard not to kill anybody. Well, actually …there's only one person I want to kill.
Another thing that saved me the last days – at least when we were in Leipzig – was our driver. He is quite amazed about this crew as well, I think. (And thinking of how many teams from Japan he’s drived so far...) He really rescues me with his nasty Berlin tongue. („Ey, dann soll halt Frau Kack mit ihren beiden Pinguinen alleene zum Flughafen fahrn, det is mir sowat von ejal!) I'm really looking forward to seeing him again when we're back in continental Europe. Generally, the whole crew is nice and absolutely funny. Our producer (big boss) is sometimes not easy as he works in an intuitive, spontaneous way (Japanese say "he's an about-kind of person), but most of the time we know how to handle it, and the pictures and storytelling is good, I think.
So, tomorrow's coming up: Switzerlands amazing "Heidi landscape"! (hopefully … when the fu*peeeeep* internet in this fu*bpeeeep* hotel works)
Freitag, 4. September 2009
Tour de Mendelssohn: Day 7
I don't wanna sound like "Achmed", but ... "I KILL YOU ALL!!!" That's what I think most of the day... At least on the first two days in Scotland. There've been lot of moments I asked myself how for god's sake I'm gonna survive the next two weeks.
This ach-so-famous actress is getting on my nerves. She isn't able to communicate in a proper way, and the whole crew is like her "o-tomo" (servants). Her suggestions or complaints are quite disturbing our filming plans and makes everything more complicated than it is anyways. And Scottish PR institutions don't make it easier also. Yesterday, I had to stand in front of Palace of Holyroodhouse TWO TIMES, in the POURING rain and almost beg for entrance, only because two PR people obviously haven't been able do their job properly. I mean, they are nice, right? And they really really tried hard to help me, and finally we could do our shooting today, but... Warum einfach, wenn es auch kompliziert geht...
Despites: It's cooooold!!! And raining rainig raining... But very interesting city, Edinburgh. I'd love to come back here for holiday. And, of course, I've had a nice glass of whisky.
The problem is: I almost have no time by myself. These guys are always - ALWAYS around me, somehow wanting to be paid attention. My day starts at 8 in the morning when doing phone calls for some shooting appointments in the future, and ends at 9 in the evening the earliest. It's really exhausting.
But GANBARIMASU!!
And the things I see and hear, the wonderful landscapes and music, things I wouldn't had the chance to "meet", they make things easier!
This ach-so-famous actress is getting on my nerves. She isn't able to communicate in a proper way, and the whole crew is like her "o-tomo" (servants). Her suggestions or complaints are quite disturbing our filming plans and makes everything more complicated than it is anyways. And Scottish PR institutions don't make it easier also. Yesterday, I had to stand in front of Palace of Holyroodhouse TWO TIMES, in the POURING rain and almost beg for entrance, only because two PR people obviously haven't been able do their job properly. I mean, they are nice, right? And they really really tried hard to help me, and finally we could do our shooting today, but... Warum einfach, wenn es auch kompliziert geht...
Despites: It's cooooold!!! And raining rainig raining... But very interesting city, Edinburgh. I'd love to come back here for holiday. And, of course, I've had a nice glass of whisky.
The problem is: I almost have no time by myself. These guys are always - ALWAYS around me, somehow wanting to be paid attention. My day starts at 8 in the morning when doing phone calls for some shooting appointments in the future, and ends at 9 in the evening the earliest. It's really exhausting.
But GANBARIMASU!!
And the things I see and hear, the wonderful landscapes and music, things I wouldn't had the chance to "meet", they make things easier!
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