Diary

Mirror mirror on the wall

Location | Mood | Date 5 November 2008
Check out our new poster, I love it so much. (Hopefully it is attached to this message or this won't make much sense.) Obviously the shiny bit is going to be a mirror. And there's just a few copyright issues to iron out... We're already half way to reaching our fundraising total thanks to you lovely people. If anyone wouldlike to help the film's distribution, but doesn't have a spare ten thousand quid lying around (why ever not?)you can either make a donation here  http://www.ageofstupid.net/donate

Sleep is overrated

Location | Mood | Date 23 October 2008
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Hello or Goodbye

Location | Mood | Date 2 October 2008
Hello, This is the first message on our bumper, all-inclusive Spanner Films meets Age of Stupid meets McLibel meets Everyone We Ever Met mailing list. If you'd signed up to any of the other lists, you'll no longer be bothered by them, just this one. And if you want to get the hell off, the unsubscribing info is hopefully at the bottom of the message. Apologies if the formatting is horrible or the attachments non-attaching, we're working on it.

"Family before the film"... Lizzie leaves

Location Heathrow airport | Mood Adrenalised (packing 10 mins before leaving) and worried (what did I forget) | Date 1 October 2008
After six years of putting my work first I am heading home to spend time with my family.  I've been putting the trip off for about a year, waiting until we finish the film, constantly pushing back my plans and promises to other people. In our initial funding plan from December 2004 we stated that going by conservative estimates the film would premiere in June 2007, so while we're only about 18 months over schedule - not bad for a project that has snowballed in size - I feel desperate to go back to New Zealand.

Lizzie on the telly

Location | Mood | Date 31 August 2008
Lizzie organised a Stupid screening to persuade Kiwis living in London to vote Green at the New Zealand election in November... and only went and got a great big feature on the main evening news: http://3news.co.nz/News/PoliticsNews/Moviewithbacktothefutureviewtoencou... Onwards & upwardsFranny

What did Pete think of the film?

Location | Mood | Date 9 August 2008
www.oneclimate.net/2008/08/08/pete-postlethwaite-at-the-movies-2/

From volunteer to movie star

Location Spectrecom Studios | Mood High on green paint | Date 28 November 2007
I can't ever imagine anyone writing a sufficient job description for a Production Assistant. In the 9 months I've been with Spanner Films, I've been a volunteer, an office manager, an accounts assistant, a cook, a courier, a cocktail waitress, a make up artist, but today was officially the strangest working day (to date) of my time at Spanner.

Kamikaze PR strategy

Location Dilapidated grandeur of Grosvenor Hotel in Sheffield | Mood Sick with nerves | Date 11 November 2007
We've brought Crude to the Sheffield Documentary Festival for a "work-in-progress" screening. Seemed like a good idea six weeks ago: thinking we'd kickstart the Crude hype machine as well as getting feedback from other filmmakers. But lots of people who know about such things are saying we're mad to show such an unfinished film in such a dragon's den.

May as well scream

Location At a Cabon Detox Show in a church in Oxford | Mood Inspired | Date 24 October 2007
Franny's old pal George Marshall has been investigating the psychology of climate change denial for a few years, so we came to Oxford to pick his brains on the character of our old man in the future. We've been thinking perhaps he should be a do-gooder now: someone who recycles fastidiously but then flies five times a year on holiday.  

Most powerful people ever?

Location Train home from George's place in Wales | Mood Inspired | Date 16 October 2007
George Monbiot came up with our new favourite thought on climate change today, during the many-times-postponed interview for the film. To paraphrase: you think you're powerless and anything you do is irrelevant? The opposite is true - we are the generation who will decide the future of our species. Every single thing each one of us does or doesn't do is crucial to whether we survive or not. Making us the most powerful individuals ever. He was also absolutely crystal clear on the Love Miles flying question: