Two bits of news today. The first isn't directly related to the film, but hear us out! Whilst filming Mancattan in New York way back in 2007, I took it upon himself to meet up with "someone from the internet." Don't worry, this isn't as sordid as it sounds! I had been a member of the Don Murphy Transformers message boards during the build up to the first Michael Bay Transformer film (the less said about that here the better...)
That person was a fellow film-maker from New York who online went under the moniker of "Jester JJZ" but in real life is known as Jarek Zabczynski. A few of of "Stooges" from Don's message baords had tried to arrnage real life meet ups, and so Jarek and I decided to be the first international meet and greet.
Jarek and I met up for the first time in person during filming and shared a burger in the Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square. After much discussion about Cameras, High-Definition, American Girls and some stuff about Giant Transforming robots, we posed for a pic and continued on our film adventure ways. Jarek's work is quite simply amazing, and cinematography wise in an entirely different bracket to Mancattan (which was shot on a humble PD170) and seeing as how Mancattan is finally gearing up for it's worldwide release on Juy 30th, I thought it timely to throw our American friend a shout out for his latest video masterpiece, "We'll Be Alright" - a music video for the artist Theory, which is quite simply... well, see for yourself; it is a stunning piece not just form a cinematic point of view, but just check out the amount of special effects and how well integrated they are into the piece.
Nice one Jarek, thanks again for your hospitality in NYC.
The second bit of news is that is you do a Google Search for "Mancattan 30th July" (or just click here) we are getting loads of results in search engines. The Daily Motion trailer is now almost at 900 and some American websites are also getting wind of it. It will be really interesting to hear what Americans, especially New Yorkers, think about our efforts.
All I can say is roll on Friday when I can finally sit back, stop pushing this film, and simply sit back to see if it loved or loathed by The World. The upshot is, that even if the film isn't to your liking, surely giving to charityis, so it is a good job that every hit coutns on our quest to make some money for our two fantastic charities.
Anyhow, over and out for now, and for anyone interested in Jarek's work have a ganders at his website ( http://www.jesterpictures.com/ ), and for any non-Brits out there reading this post, please check out Mancattan. It would be great to know what you think.
Peace Out - Col (a.k.a. The Defiant. Cheers Stooges!)
