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Getting paid

wostry — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:08:51 +0000

Got a phonecall today. This guy I’ve never heard of (who, according to him, was apparently in my college class), who works for a radio station I’ve never heard of, is trying to put a series of shows together about the history of asian movies – chinese, korean, japanese, the works. He asked me – if I’m interested – to put together a plan for the series, and of course to be the on the air expert.

I said, sure, it sounds interesting – how does the pay looks like?

There was a moment of silence on the other end, and than the guy started to explain to me, with obvious, amused shock in his voice, that he pictured me doing the whole thing totally free.

I advised him to rethink his position, and *then* contact me. I’m pretty sure I’m not going to ever hear from him again. It’s just too bad I could not send him the link to this lovely video, where Harlan Ellison talks about paying the writer. Granted, in this case I would not have written something original, only plan out a series of shows and talk my ass off, but still… Work is work.

This used to be called Finale

wostry — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:48:53 +0000

Now it’s called something else. This picture was taken on the set of the short film I wrote. Lead actress Vica Kerekes is in the center of the pic.

Review of Rituals (1977)

wostry — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:14:59 +0000

Published in hungarian over at Geekz.blog.hu.

My shelf of film books

wostry — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:15:49 +0000

Just for the fuck of it. Click on the image to see it in bigger size. Actually, you’ll have to click on it three times, it has something to do with the wordpress design, I dunno.

Cinefest 2011 in pictures

wostry — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 10:25:44 +0000

A graveyard and fruit juice with gummibears at the bottom. That’s about sums up the whole festival. Conclusion? Next year: Sitges.

My Lansdale collection is almost complete

wostry — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 04:42:04 +0000

Bought these two hardcovers (Sunset and Sawdust and A Fine Dark Line) from Ebay dirt cheap.

Nothing to add

wostry — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 15:37:27 +0000

“You got to stick to your guns. That’s where you got to earn your way. How many people fall by the wayside by not pushing their point home? They don’t quite get what they want. Nobody respects you later for having been a nice guy and given up. You gotta get it. You have to get it now, because you’re gonna wear what you got. You can be very unpopular on the route, but if you’re right, all is forgiven.” – Ridley Scott