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Eddie Izzard and me

5/30/2009

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Last night I met Eddie Izzard. He did a secret very small gig in Worcester and then came to the bar after to chat. He was funny, engaging, and polite.
It is very strange meeting someone when you feel like you know them, but you don't. It must be weird for them too, not very pleasant in fact.
He used to live around my area about 12-15 years ago as far as I recall and he was often about, shopping and what-not and not nearly as famous as he is now. He is kind of super famous now.
I am so used to video blogging that I did not have all my manners about me, and although he willingly made a sweet little video for me, there were times when I would have preferred to turn it off. If someone did that to me, I would think they were quite rude.
I hope he does watch my film when it is finished, surely he will appreciate a woman in a decent frock.



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Rain affects play - the Day of the Doutrinador

5/2/2009

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Jose, the Brazilian cameraman just sent me an email saying that it rained, oh how it rained. But he managed to shoot the entire event and made a nice plastic raincoat for the camera.
Marlete's brother helped orient him.
Lacerda was ill and Genis ad Lacerda went to the pyramid later, which is a massive structure by the river.
It was all over by 7am and I am very curious to see how it looked.
Was it meant to be, or not? Will I use the footage? We will see. I will not be able to see the tapes for two weeks when someone will bring it back to the UK as Sedex Courier from there is mighty slow.
Well, documentaries are real life and that is what really happened.
We see.
As an aside, more people speak Portuguese who walk past my window in London, than any other language. Sometimes it has the sssshhhhh noise of Portugal and others the nasal singing of Brazilians, but for sure, there are squillions of them.


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Night falls on the Valley

5/1/2009

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Today spring sprung and it was divine and I did a few tapes, looking at every nook and cranny and wondering how we will tell this story. I have not contacted the cameraman who shot yesterday. I am too nervous in case he says that it all went horribly wrong and some local Brazilian crooks made off with our rental camera at 4am.


So I did my window boxes and tidied out little front garden and the gnomes are out and happy and defending the realm. I love them. So many gnomes are very creepy looking. Mine are cute, playing musical instruments, and one is carrying a basket  - full of magical and endearing things no doubt.


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    Adrienne Grierson

    Follow my travels through my Screen Documentary Masters degree at Goldsmiths University, London, UK. The Valley of Dawn, a phenomenal  spiritual community in the heart of Brazil is the subject of my final project.
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