LAKE ERIE BELCHES AND BEGINS TO BURN...MEMORY FADES LIKE AN ETCHING GONE...
Created by Samoht Kcinep Rowlf
Created by Samoht Kcinep Rowlf
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CLEVELAND, OHIO IN THE EARLY 1960'S. CATHEDRAL LATIN SCHOOL FOR BOYS, GLENVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY, ST. CLAIR AND LAKEVIEW ROAD...A VIEW OF THE LAKE, NOT LONG...BRIEF...MEMORY FADES LIKE AN ETCHING STONE.
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Berlin Working Campus: Berlinale Talent Project Market Feb. 12 – 13, 2006
BERLIN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO PREP PROPOSAL FOR INCLUSION IN THE PROJECT MARKET:
5 page Synopsis / Treatment of feature film script “HUM”
page 1
The Lotus Egyptian Gift shop acts as a magnet in the Hollywood area for an ongoing stream of young people who are drawn to a mystical man that they find there or have heard about through the proverbial grapevine. The man is TOMAS HARPER, small in stature and of indeterminate age who listens to the stories that they bring to his attention. At times he comments on what he hears, at other times he merely listens. On rare occasions, he dispenses timely advice. His concern is whether to attend Harvard or Yale University since he wanted to do that years ago. He lives in an independent living facility in which the shades are always drawn by his own choice rather than by decree. The times that he spends at the Lotus Egyptian Gift shop are wearisome in a certain sense because he is like an Indian Totem Pole or a virtually immovable object. He holds court on top of a coffin type box with 4 jars of coins at his feet. A gold lion is at the front of the box and an Egyptian deity is on his other side. TOMAS rarely moves, instead, people come to him from all walks of life as if he is their confessor. They see him as somewhat of a mystical force in their lives and they greatly appreciate the opportunity to bare their souls to him. In some cases, it is an anonymous sort of gratification that they receive even though there are regular customers who drop coins in one of the 4 jars at his feet. This small job is one of 3 that TOMAS is engaged with for the purpose of accumulating a certain amount of monies to enable him to pay the hefty fees at Harvard or Yale, should he elect to attend graduate school there.
An early customer at the Egyptian shop is MR. DAY, a 23-year-old blond, blue-eyed rapper with an unusual social awareness. He dresses “au courant.” He is totally in sync with the latest spoken word poetry events about town. Women are attracted to him in a “raw sort of way.” He is so, so, so, so, so very hip that he can taste it in his mouth. He wants the entire world to know it. He is loud and brash and doesn’t mind paying the ticket to show how large and great he is. He does a lot with a little bit of money.
The way MR. DAY walks is bold. The way he talks is non-stop. He says something and doesn’t expect an answer.
He is also a conniving, devil may care wanderer who sees an opportunity and pounces on it. His best friend is “COBRA” and DAY would strangle him in a second if he ever got in the way of something that DAY thought was important. DAY is a two-faced man who loves to slap a man on the back, say encouraging words, all the while sizing up opportunities to take advantage without seeming to do so.
5 page Synopsis / Treatment of feature film script “HUM”
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DAY has been kicking it with his friend. Life has been on an upward spiral. After years of making a small amount of money, he has just returned from an uplifting trip to the East coast, specifically, New York and Boston, where he was the talk of the town for the strangely mystical lyrics that he has put together. He has a brand new album that just went Platinum on the charts and he knows that he will soon get his Emmy award. You share the good news with your friend, COBRA. Life hasn’t quite been as swell for him as it has been for you. He grudgingly listens as DAY tells him that he partied with Audrey Tautou, Nicole Kidman and Angelina Jolie last night and a group of anonymous hangers on. DAY didn’t think that she was so great when he saw her in person, but the groupies that were there were all quite something to behold. He tells COBRA about one girl in particular that he took to the sack and when she awakened the next morning, you had fled during the night. DAY and COBRA both laugh at this, marvel at how beautiful life is and COBRA helps his friend to enjoy the moment.
DAY undergoes significant changes as we experience with him throughout the picture. At first, we think that he is rather inconsequential; later, we realize that he has become a substantial person who treats women with great dignity, in spite of his apparent naïveté with them. He picks up a lot of innate spirituality from the mystical seer, TOMAS, primarily in the Lotus Egyptian Gift shop and also at TOMAS’ other place, the Korean Women’s Dress shop.
COBRA is a tall, dark German who has been misdiagnosed as a schizophrenic who is finally getting his life in order after a long hiatus from civilization and the pleasurable company of women. He has suffered a lot in life and conversely, has caused a lot of suffering that he is totally aware of. He served in the Army during the Afghanistan and Iraq wars and never rose above the rank of private. He pretends that he was a sergeant and continues to live this lie until TOMAS sees deeply into his heart and tells him that he knows exactly who he is. TOMAS, too, is a properly diagnosed bi-polar protagonist while COBRA becomes the antagonist in the picture.
COBRA has experienced many of the vicissitudes of a rapidly changing world where he hasn’t been trained to keep up with technology. He is an old - fashioned sort of guy who is Catholic and loyal to a fault. In a world where hipness and contemporary concerns outweigh the spiritual side of things, he is definitely left in the lurch.
COBRA likes to come in at times and talk with TOMAS. Both of them are kindred spirits and COBRA feels that TOMAS, above all others, understands him more than most. He is not quite sure that he understands himself because he has been known to do some wild and crazy things. COBRA fills TOMAS in on the things that he has done, hoping to get a second opinion or at least an affirmative nod. At times, TOMAS listens, at times, he merely makes suggestions.
5 page Synopsis / Treatment of feature film script “HUM”
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COBRA has just gotten situated in an independent living facility. He tells TOMAS that he now has a room, without a view, and a toilet without a shower. He seems somewhat apologetic about this, but TOMAS accepts this without being judgmental, since he too, resides in a place that is similar, in some respects and quite different in that he has a lovely courtyard and there are an abundance of flowers and color surrounding him.
COBRA can’t wait to get out of the city. He wants to do things that he has never done before. He wants the wind to blow through his hair; but, most of all, he wants a woman with whom he can share, a woman that he can love and who will love him with passion.
It has been years since he had a woman. He has almost forgotten how a woman feels or tastes. COBRA expresses this to TOMAS, who is psychic at times and somewhat of a facilitator, since there is so much foot traffic in the Hollywood area. TOMAS tries to steer him to 2 different type of women. One woman, Christy, attracts him in particular because he sees her ballet - toned legs in the near distance as she flirtatiously prances through the store pretending to have her mind on some Egyptian artifacts but she is really on the prowl for a man, any man will do.
COBRA fits the bill. They go off together. COBRA gives the all-okay sign to TOMAS.
TOMAS has a certain uneasy sense that this is not the right woman for COBRA; however, he shrugs off his suspicions and figures that COBRA will make out okay.
SARAH is also in her early twenties, well known in the Hollywood area since she used to live on the streets when she arrived 5 years ago from the Midwest. She helps people as a matter of course. Sarah doesn’t have a lot of money to burn, instead, she derives her reason for being and living as a person in the service of others. In another time and place, she might have been a dedicated social worker or a Sister in the Servants of Mary. Convent life would have suited her just fine; however, she is now a part of the scenery, the landscape, the ambience in this Entertainment capital of the world and she rather likes being on the fringes of things. SARAH thinks that she’ll be discovered at Consumer’s Discount Drugstore one day while buying cosmetics or ice cream. She has a ready and genuine smile and she uses it often. Sarah wears eyeglasses which tend to hide the inner beauty of her eyes. When she comes to see TOMAS at the Lotus Egyptian Gift shop, she quickly jerks off her glasses so that she can see him clearly. There is an indefinable bond between SARAH and TOMAS that is nonsexual but, rather, the glue of like people meeting and seeing each other whole for the first time, each time.
SARAH finds herself within the Egyptian Gift Shop because she and her boyfriend spent an enraptured time at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, admiring the artifacts from King Tutankhamen. SARAH can’t stop thinking about what she has seen, and she needs to talk to somebody…somebody who represents the majesty and mystery
5 page Synopsis / Treatment of feature film script “HUM”
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of the strange Tombs and Artifacts at the Museum. Somehow, SARAH’S steps lead to the closest aura that is somehow attached to Egypt and that is this spiritual store in Hollywood. She knows, senses, and feels, that within the tomb is a man, a spiritual, gentle man, for the most part, named TOMAS. She has a burning, urgent need to speak to him, not merely to talk about what she has seen at the Museum of Art, but to find out about her place in the world. SARAH willingly joined 10 churches, yet, still can’t find her inner peace and harmony, her reason for being, her inner drive. Perhaps TOMAS can help. She goes to him with that in mind.
TOMAS has his own inner demons that these visitors to his domain have yet to realize. He has a friend, perhaps his closest friend, CECILIA with whom he confides. Both CECILIA and TOMAS have been considering the sisterhood and the priesthood, respectively. They live in close living spaces and their options are rather broad as far as life choices are concerned. TOMAS reminisces about another woman that he knew a long time ago. CECILIA is from Korea. TOMAS tells MR. DAY about a way for him to generate more money when his day in the sun as a highly acclaimed, popular rapper comes to an end. His advice has to do with sharing the money that he will make from cellphone ringtones with an African businessman who has numerous contacts in Africa. MR. DAY promises that he will share the proceeds equally with FRANK, the African businessman. TOMAS knows that he can trust FRANK. He is not sure if he can fully trust MR. DAY, so he tests him by giving him the name of someone with whom he entered a business agreement with some time ago and who abused the trust.
MR. DAY abuses the confidence that TOMAS placed in him, subconsciously, TOMAS suspected that MR. DAY would do just that, since he looked into his soul and found primarily greed.
COBRA loses CHRISTY’S companionship because he placed a higher value on climbing and seeing things that man had never before seen. He starts an assignation with another woman even though TOMAS cautions him against putting his faith in someone other than his own desires. COBRA feverishly attempts to connect with one woman after another. He never learns from his mistakes.
MARVA, an Afro-American lady who makes marvelous use of her extremely tight living quarters and manages to sell at a profit and maneuver in a highly technological world, finds herself in a better lifestyle.
MACK, an Afro-American former basketball player, who was once familiar with Kareem Abdul Jabbar, discovers that he is now well liked and prosperous because he made it to the leveling field of the television screen, accepts his new found status in life with dignity and assurance.
5 page Synopsis / Treatment of feature film script “HUM”
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DOUG, also known as WOLVERINE, discovers a global marketplace for his hand crafted 150 year old canes as he too makes it onto the television screen. His family now treats him with a great deal of genuine honor and respect.
SARAH wants to dump her boyish boyfriend and seeks to start a new relationship with TOMAS even though she really doesn’t know much about him.
TOMAS decides that he will teach children and not go to Harvard or Yale even though they beg him to attend their universities. He discovers that he really won’t pursue a life as a minister or as a monk. He enjoys his life too much. At the end of the day, he decides that he will hum a song and then he begins to dance. He begins to reap the benefits from the coins that were placed in his Mason jars. They signaled a certain magical symbol to himself as well as others and as the coins accumulated, so too did his prospects for financial independence. He winds up with part ownership of 25 companies. His focus
is the Lotus Egyptian Gift shop and the Korean Women’s Dress shop. He dances as the customers flock in to buy canes, artifacts and clothing. There is a palpably magical air as he dances and hums his way through his life. Money constantly pours into the 4 clear Mason jars that had very few coins when we first see them at his feet. A lot of trade begins with customers who bring canes that are distributed through the international grapevine that he initiates. TOMAS starts with pennies and winds up co-owner of 25 small international companies. He invests wisely and re-invests even more wisely.
THE END
Samoht 11/10/05
“Solid as the Rock of Gibraltar”
Captain of Industry soon to be here
Not on a wing or a prayer…But,
A Rock, A middle backer,
A solid Rock of Gibraltar
Close to the White Hills of Dover
Flying from the East
Like a straight Arrow
From an Indian’s Bow
Like fine Wine from an Artesian Wellspring
Like a Mercedes finely built
Cliff standing Rock Solid
As the Years whipped by
Clipper Ship here, Boss!!
Clipper Ship here!!
“It is Morning”
The Day is near
Sunlight soon shall be
Drifting through my door
Nighttime going
Moonlight shedding
Night retreating
Day advancing
Dawning near
No rain, no sleet, no hail
No spider creating a mysterious web
Only crickets chirping,
Bullfrogs burping, children breathing.
As I hear the Lions roar
Thunder pounding, streams rushing
Oceans filled to overflowing
As I watch the night turn into day
“I Remember”
I remember when we were wee willie winkies way whack when
Living on a farm
You riding Prince.
Me riding Bill
Two stallions on the Slaughter farm
Galloping across the meadows
Jumping over gullies
You riding ahead
Me tagging behind
Us jumping logs
Me hanging from a limb
You getting off Prince to find out what’s the fuss
Hearin’
My cries for help
Bill, riderless, headin’ home
“Open your eyes, open your eyes”
I remember you saying
As I, with tightly closed eyes, hung onto a limb
For my dear life
Ground, 2 feet down
Sheepishly dropping to the turf
Us riding on again
Over the red hills, down ditches, around the trees
Making bows and arrows out of bottle caps
Having us some fun!!
“In memory of those who have struggled 1725-2005"
I kneew a boy once who cried all the time.
He would cry him a river at the drop of a dime.
I knew a boy once who never cried at all.
He smiled and worked, hardly uttered a word.
The boy who cried and cried, at some point, stopped,
And became a man.
The boy who smiled and smiled
Never smiled again.
The oceans moved, the shies shook
Berlin fell, China shook
The boy who cried and cried and became a man
Worked and fought and took back the land.
“Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief”
Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief
My mother said to me.
Little man, big man.
My father said to me.
Little Tommy Tittle Mouse
My grandfather said to me
Lived in a little house
His sheets were made of straw
And everywhere this little mouse moved
His cheeks were soon made raw
You can be a driver, you can be just right
You can be, whatever to you seems Bright
Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief
My mother said to me
Bottleman
Gatekeeper
Keykeeper
Holder of the light, keep this thought in mind
The night is darkest just before the dawn
When the light comes, it shines so bright
When the day breaks, it breaks for you
Soooo, put those keys in the Jet, Jettttttt
Fire up the old Jalopy
Open those sleepy eyes. See the newness of the day
And celebrate each hour.
“The Job”
My pop tore a garage down once
I pulled down a tree
My pop put up a fence once
I called it a wall
My pop put up a fence once
My brother lined it up just right
I called it a wall
My pop sang a song once
I called it Artistic
Others called it Fantastic
My pop tore a garage down once
With his bare hands
I, watched in fascination, as he worked and sweated in the hot sun, not realizing he could have used some help,
Mine
Samoht 11/27/05 4:52 pm.
U.S.A.
Jason's essay:
"How I would feel about 7th grade"
When I go to 7th grade, I would feel excited. I think 7th grade would be difficult. I would try to get straight "A's" without getting any "B's." I wouldn't want to get any girl friend like Joanne because I feel too young for that. Maybe in high school I would get one. But that's a 10 % chance that I would want one. In college, I would get one. I would reject those who are ugly. In 7th grade, there are going to be bad kids who smoke or even bully people. I hope that I get a bad teacher who teaches hard so I can improve. I think I got a hard teacher in 6 th grade. Like Joanne, she bullies me. She wants me to get a girlfriend. She always pinches and hits me, so I think she is a bully.
Samoht 12/21/05 4:51 pm.
U.S.A.
The Films of Samoht Kcinep Rowlf
Filmography
AFTERMATH (2005) UNITED STATES, 58:15:10 minutes min edit ¬ delete ¬
AFTER THE MATH (2005) UNITED STATES, 26:54 min edit ¬ delete ¬
Gorilla Interviews Dehi (2005) UNITED STATES, 14:34 min edit ¬ delete ¬
RUBIES & SAPPHIRES (2005) UNITED STATES, 02:46 min edit ¬ delete ¬
BACKYARD BLUES - shortened version (2005) UNITED STATES, 7 minutes min edit ¬ delete ¬
Prelude: Hum Harper shortened version (2005) UNITED STATES, 18 minutes min edit ¬ delete ¬
SLEEP WITH GORILLAS (2005) UNITED STATES, 1 minute min edit ¬ delete ¬
WE ARE FRIENDS (2005) UNITED STATES, 38:13:27 minutes min edit ¬ delete ¬
29 PICKUP / BERLIN SAMPLE OF WORK (2005) UNITED STATES, 3 minutes min edit ¬ delete ¬
Zebra 1 Ana (2005) UNITED STATES, 6:41:03 min edit ¬ delete ¬
Primitive Word Play (2005) UNITED STATES, 60 min edit ¬ delete ¬
STALKING AYE (2005) UNITED STATES, 22 min. 20 sec min edit ¬ delete ¬
NOBEL ASSISTANT (2005) UNITED STATES, 52:45:00 minutes min edit ¬ delete ¬
DAVID ANUBIS (2005) UNITED STATES, 4:26:06 minutes min edit ¬ delete ¬
COURTING FOR POLITO (2005) UNITED STATES, 6:11:21 minutes min edit ¬ delete ¬
NOBEL BLUES (2005) UNITED STATES, 58:25:06 minutes min edit ¬ delete ¬
RECHARGE (2005) UNITED STATES, 60 min edit ¬ delete ¬
The Cane Collection shortened version (2005) UNITED STATES, 42:28:21 minutes min edit ¬ delete ¬
CANE COLLECTION (2005) UNITED STATES, 1:01:12:26 min edit ¬ delete ¬
Hum Harper Hum (2005) UNITED STATES, 60 min edit ¬ delete ¬
Vignettes (2005) UNITED STATES, 10:48 min edit ¬ delete ¬
The Backyard, or Romancing the Apartheid (2003) UNITED STATES, 11 minutes min edit ¬ delete ¬
Gorilla #1 Interviews Dehi (2003) UNITED STATES, 5 minutes 14 sec. min edit ¬ delete ¬
Zebra 1 (2003) UNITED STATES, 4:13:23 min edit ¬ delete ¬
Gorilla #2 Interviews Dehi (2003) UNITED STATES, 8 min. 45 sec. min edit ¬ delete ¬
ARSONIST - shortened version (1999) UNITED STATES, 15:45:11 minutes min edit ¬ delete ¬
Salute (1998) UNITED STATES, 9:25 minutes min edit ¬ delete ¬
Pohop (1990) UNITED STATES, 10 min edit ¬ delete ¬
Hurry, Cane Season (1983) UNITED STATES, 1 minute min edit ¬ delete ¬
29 Pickup (1969) UNITED STATES, 3 minutes min edit ¬ delete ¬
REDUX (2006) UNITED STATES, 14:36:18 minutes
samoht kcinep rowlf 1/19/06
USA
FRENCH VERBS:
1.croire = to think
2.boire = to drink
3.ensenyer = to teach
4.ecrire = to write
5.parler = to speak
6.emprunter = to borrow
7.amener, apporter = to bring
8.acheter = to buy
9.porter = to carry
10.tenir = to hold
11.choisir = to choose
12.crÈer = to create
13.decider = to decide
14.faire = to do
15.conduire = to drive
16.chasser = to drive
17.enfoncer = to drive
18.manger = to eat
19.combattre = to fight
20.suivre = to follow
21.avoir, posseder = to have
22.aider = to help
23.tenir, saiser, contenir = to hold
24.se depecher = to hurry
25.rire = to laugh
26.apprendre = to learn
27.aimer = to love
28.etre = to be
29.choisir, cueillir = to pick
30.dÈchirer = to pick
31.louer = to rent
32.rouvrir = to reopen
33.courir = to run
34.fuir = to flee
35.crier = to shout
36.dÈblayer = to shovel off
37.dormir = to sleep
38.sourire = to smile
39.promener = to walk
40.vouloir, dÈsirer = to want
SAMOHT 1/27/06 5:58 PM.
USA
NOTES FROM BRAZIL:
Thank you very much for your help. It was very helpful.
Mais português?
Ok, então vou te ensinar alguns verbos no presente simples:
Em português, a maioria dos verbos são regulares e existem 3 tipos:
AR ER IR
trabalhar escrever assistir
levantar viver
acordar aprender
tomar comer
Todos os verbos em português terminam em ar, er ou ir.
Eu trabalho levanto
Você trabalha levanta
Ele trabalha levanta
Nós trabalhamos levantamos
Eles trabalham levantam
Vocês trabalham levantam
Eu escrevo aprendo
Ele escreve aprende
Você escreve aprende
Nós escrevemos aprendemos
Eles escrevem aprendem
Vocês escrevem aprendem
Eu assisto
Ele assiste
Você assiste
Nós assistimos
Eles assistem
Vocês assistem
Ele e você são conjugados da mesma forma ele assite, você assiste, é igual.
Claro que existem muitos verbos irregulares, como por exemplo o verbo dormir, sair, querer, vir e ir
Dormir
eu durmo
ele/você dorme
nós dormimos
eles/vocês dormem
sair
eu saio
ele/você sai
nós saímos
eles/vocês saem
querer
eu quero
você/ele quer
nós queremos
eles/vocês querem
vir
eu venho
você/ele vem
nós vimos
eles/vocês vêm
ir
eu vou
você/ele vai
nós vamos
eles/vocês vão
Algumas frases como exemplo:
Eu venho sempre nesse bar.
Eu vou para a academia de ginástica todo dia.
João trabalha em uma empresa na escola de inglês. Ele é professor e escreve muito. Ele quer aprender a falar inglês por isso vai morar nos Estados Unidos. Ele assiste à televisão todos os dias para praticar o inglês. Ele sempre sai à noite e dorme muito tarde.
Qualquer dúvida me pergunte.
Um abraço,
Mônica
8:08 PM
Samoht Kcinep Rowlf said...
MONICA'S NOTES - PORTUGUESE - BRAZIL
Vamos começar então pelos pronomes:
Eu Eu sou a Mônica
Você Você é o Thomas
Ele Ele é o João
Ela Ela é a Maria
Nós Nós somos professores
Vocês Vocês são canadenses
Eles Eles são brasileiros.
Em português os verbos "ser" e "estar" correspondem ao verbo “to be”.
SER é permanente e ESTAR é temporário.
A conjugação:
verbo ser verbo estar
Eu sou Eu estou
Você/ Ele é Você/Ele está
Nós somos Nós estamos
Eles são Eles estão
Exemplos:
Eu sou brasileira.
Você é canadense.
Ele é americano.
Eu estou no Brasil agora.
Ele está na universidade
Nós estamos em casa.
Ela está com fome.
Eu sou professora há dois anos, mas antes trabalhava em agências de publicidade, em estações de rádio e televisão, também trabalhei com produção de filmes.
Eu aprendi a falar inglês em Londres, eu morei lá em 1997 e 1998. Também morei na Espanha em 2001. Fiquei em Madri por 6 meses.
Eu estou estudando para o teste do Cambridge CPE (Cambridge Proficiency Certificate) e quero fazer em agosto o CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults).
Posso te escrever uma ou duas vezes por semana e às vezes posso demorar para responder, mas respondo, não se preocupe.
Próximo email te explico mais verbos e vocabulário.
Um abraço,
Mônica
8:10 PM
Samoht Kcinep Rowlf said...
MONICA - BRAZIL NOTES
Talking on the phone helps a lot, we just need to schedule a time and date that suits us both.
You can also help me writing in English but using your normal vocabulary, so I can search the new words, especially idioms and phrasal verbs.
Despite the mistakes, I can communicate well, I mean I can talk about lots of things but using my range of vocabulary. I´ve been studying very hard since last year and I´m also attending English classes twice a week, starting next week as this week is Carnival.
I also need to practice my writing. Is it possible sometimes to send you some writing in English and then you can correct me?
Here is the version in Portuguese with some differences from the original one:
Falar ao telefone ajuda muito sim, nós só temos que combinar um horário que é bom pra (=para) mim e pra você também. Não sei qual a diferença de horário entre Estados Unidos e Brasil, preciso checar.
Você pode me ajudar escrevendo em inglês e usando o seu vocabulário normalmente, sem tentar facilitar nada, assim eu pesquiso e se tenho dúvidas te falo.
Consigo me comunicar bem em inglês, estudo muita gramática e vocabulário e tenho aulas uma vez por semana também.
Preciso praticar também minha escrita em inglês, então de vez em quando vou te mandar uns textos para você corrigir, tudo bem?
Lição do dia:
conjugação do verbo ter
Ter
Eu tenho
Ele/Ela/Você tem
Nós temos
Eles têm
Eu tenho 2 irmãos.
Ele tem um gato.
Nós temos um carro.
Veja a frase com os verbos ser, estar e ter:
Meu nome é Carlos.
Eu sou canadense.
Eu sou de Toronto mas agora estou nos Estados Unidos.
Eu tenho um cachorro.
Eu sou professor de inglês.
Nacionalidades:
Brasileiro - brasileira
Americano - americana
Canadense
Espanhol - espanhola
Italiano - italiana
Francês - francesa
Japonês - japonesa
Alemão - alemã
Eu sou alemã e tenho um amigo japonês.
No próximo email te envio vocabulário e a conjugação dos verbos regulares.
Um abraço,
Mônica
8:13 PM
1/28/06
Oi Samoht,
Faz tempo que não te escrevo, né? Mas é que ando ocupada, trabalhando muito. Mas agora já estou de volta.
E aí, como vai indo o seu português?
Hoje vou te ensinar os dias da semana.
Hoje é segunda-feira, amanhã é terça-feira, depois de amanhã é quarta-feira, depois quinta-feira, sexta-feira e o fim de semana é sábado e domingo.
E os meses são:
Janeiro
Fevereiro
Março
Abril
Maio
Junho
Julho
Agosto
Setembro
Outubro
Novembro
Dezembro
As datas em português são escritas assim: 28/02/05 (28 de fevereiro de 2005). É o contrário do inglês.
I watched the Oscar too, but it was to late at night here and I fell asleep. I read the newspaper today but to be honest I haven´t seen all the movies. I watched Sideways, I liked and One Million Baby, good but too sad, I got depressed after watching it.
Boa semana!
Mônica
P.S. I´m not going to USA. Maybe you´re confusing me with another key pal.
Have a nice week!
ABOUT CHARLES BURNETT
DIRECTOR OF NUJOMA: WHERE OTHERS WAVERED
TO BE RELEASED GLOBALLY IN 2007.
I started my educational career at UCLA in the History and Sociology departments. I met Charles Burnett one early morning as he was headed to the north campus, Theater Arts & Motion Picture area. I was headed to the southern part of the campus, toward the Engineering Department. Charles asked me to help him as a member of a jury that he would be shooting the following morning at 7:00 am. That was a bit early for me, since had my first classes beginning at noon; nevertheless, I told him that I would be there. As it turned out, I was the only member of the 12 person jury who showed up as scheduled. Charles and I became friends from that point in 1967. I made a Project 1 student film. Charles was my Director of Photography and Cameraman. I wrote, produced, directed and edited it. The film was "29 Pickup." We made it on the corner of 29th Street and Western Avenue in Los Angeles in the summer of 1969. It dealt with an invasion of privacy among 2 young men and a young woman.
I joined the motion picture division because I had met Charles and I felt that this would be a good vehicle for me to present my work as a writer on the worldwide, international stage.
I gave Charles a Honda Super 90 motorcycle when his car broke down so that he could get to UCLA classes sometime after that. Charles asked me to help him make "My Brother's Wedding" since he had gotten $75,000.00 in camera money from ZDF in Germany to conduct camera tests. Charles asked me if I thought that we could make a color feature film with the money rather than camera tests. I said that I would see what we could do. I contacted a friend of mine, Ruth, who worked for Earl Williman, the head of the Electrical Department for Lorimar Pictures. Earl "Pee Wee," promised to help us make the film. He gave us many lights and arranged for Lorimar to sell us film at a big discount. We used "short ends." Since the picture took 2 years, Lorimar eventually dropped the price of the film stock even further, finally amounting to about 13 cents a foot.
Charles used my home on Wellington Road in the Lafayette Square district for 2/3 of his movie. He asked me to play a "Dead Body in a Coffin," as a cameo role in addition to my other roles as Production Manager and Film Editor. I used all of the members of my family as extras in "My Brother's Wedding." I also let Charles use my Porche red Alfa Romeo convertible as a "picture car" when Pierce, the lead character in the film, has to find his way from the funeral to the wedding and winds up being late for both events.
Charles asked me to help him on Several Friends as well as The Horse, and Killer of Sheep. I gave him a bit of help on the first two films; however, I had a heavy time commitment at MGM during the time that he was shooting Killer of Sheep. I asked my sister, Christine Penick, to help him in the sound area. Incidentally, this was the first time that she had worked on a film. She knew nothing about sound. She has since turned into a fine still photographer. Her specialty is Women's Judo. She is the highest rannked Women's Judoist in the world. Several years ago, she was awarded a Red and White Belt in Judo which is the highest belt that anyone can get.
I had a VHS copy of "My Brother's Wedding," but it began to deteriorate. It would greatly please me to buy it on DVD when Milestone re-issues it. I spent 2 years with Charles on the making of it and, yes, there were many memories. This was the first feature film that I had worked on. My experience had been as an assistant film editor for Michael Kahn, Ralph Winters and Henry Berman at the major studios. I was the trailer editor for domestic television syndication @ MGM from 1975 - 1978. I was the first assistant film editor for Gordon Parks' "Leadbelly" from 1974 - 1975. I'm primarily a writer. I've made many experimental, short and long form mini digital films since 2003. My first film was made in 1969 at UCLA. Then, I took a Super 8 mm. film, "Pohop," to the 1990 Berlin Film Festival in dailies form. In 1983 I made a one minute trailer of "Hurry, Cane Season. Burnett was my Cameaman & DP. In 1999 I made "The Arsonist" in 16 mm. color. In 2003 I made "The Backyard" for an Ivory Coast novelist, Sebastian Dehi after I completely re-wrote 5 of his scripts over the preceding few years. I then realized that I had best make my own films. I continue to write since I do it well. I anticipate publishing all of my creative work by 2009.
Since this was Charles' first 35 mm. film, he wasn't used to the pacing of 35 mm. He had made 16 mm. films and the film movement was a lot different from 35 mm. Charles initially told me to play the scenes out. Eventually, I made many deep trims in scenes otherwise "My Brother's Wedding" would have been a much longer film. I was disappointed in the acting throughout the picture. When I read Charles' script prior to beginning the film, I was quite excited. I think that he should re-make the project and have someone pick the cast as a casting director.
I had been keeping in touch with Gordon Parks and Charles Burnett; however, Mr. Parks passed in March of this year. I still communicate often with Charles.
I have always thought that Charles Burnett is a filmmaker par excellence!
In every area of filmmaking he has known exactly what he was doing and how he wants to do it.
He adds tremendously to existing ideas with his own perspectives and ways of seeing. There is no one like him in the world of filmmaking.
If anything, he needs a great casting director, I feel, and also, more importantly, a viable budget for the marketing of his creative works.
This has been something that he sorely needs in order for the audience to fully appreciate his films. I saw "Annihilation of Fish" and I thought it was his best film, technically.
My only problem with "Annihilation" was the choice of title. I seriously doubt that the people who would see this film fully understood what "annihilation" means, thus they would not go to see it. Charles asked me to alert my circle of friends about this film. I did so. None of them showed up, merely the members of my family.
Charles is very good at listening with the utmost patience and putting forth what he wants to see happen on the screen. He usually does everything on his films, loading the camera, shooting the camera, setting up all of the lights, carrying everything, driving the truck, etc.
Perhaps his finest actor, in my opinion, was his brother, Andy Burnett. The only problem with Andy was that he didn't realize how skilled and talented his brother Charles was. In my opinion, if Andy had been able to contain his irascible nature, he would have been another James Dean. I say that in all seriousness. Andy was that good.
Charles was also very attentive to his grandmother and mother when I knew him in the 1960's. He took photographs of his grandmother that were something that Gordon Parks would have envied.
As far as working with actors, Charles always sought to have them portray their characters without relying on stereotypes. He fought against them doing things the way that Hollywood traditionally does things. He was always seeking fresh outlooks, fresh perspectives, new ways of seeing and thinking.
I doubt that Charles Burnett was interested in the good or the bad guys, rather he would try to explore the common humanity of people in all of the films that he has done. This is rare. It shows someone who is really interested in the human condition and what makes everyone "tick."
blessings
SAMOHT KCINEP ROWLF
7/2/06 11:02 PM.
HOLLYWOOD, CA. USA
Hi Katie from Tiny Nose. Big Heart.
Sometimes it is necessary to take an extended sabbatical from the things that you love in order to get a fresh and different perspective from what you need to do in order to bring the education that everybody requires, especially students, to a place where they can quickly grasp the meanings of their lives. You can do this, you have done this and you will continue to do it in the future. Even if you stay out of the teaching arena for an extended time, I would venture a guess that the skills that you have mastered will be put to use whenever and wherever someone needs instruction. It is o.k. to relax, fine to not have any papers to grade, homework assignments to hand out, but, in time, your natural inclination will be to teach. This is who you are. This is what you do. This is your nature. It would be much like the stoppage of breathing if you stayed away from your true calling. Best regards as you heal your temporary need for space. I'm thinking that you'll return and with a lot more vigor and insight. You deserve this for yourself. The students demand it of themselves that they have a teacher who brings out the best in all of them.
blessings,
Samoht Kcinep Rowlf
Los Angeles, CA. 7/7/06 5:56 pm.
Today is December 9, 2007
I posted "HUM, She Showers" on the Google YouTube network about a month ago. Already, my film has surged to the front of the pack in the race, surpassing the previous # 1 viewed film "Sleeps with Gorillas." Sleeps with Gorillas had occupied the # 1 spot throughout 2006. It is 1:09 minutes in length. "HUM, She Showers" is 21:30 minutes in length.
The musical pieces by Michael Palmieri had great depth, sensitivity and mood to "HUM, She Showers."
Samoht 3:23 pm. Hollywood U.S.A.
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