…and I’m trying to come up with a concept that fits it. Don’t laugh. Pirates of the Caribbean was made from a theme park ride without wheels.
I am thinking that the Booksmart concept might not be big enough for our short film. I don’t think there is enough at stake with the current concept. Somebody needs to die or something. Otherwise we are just counting on acting to draw all of the emotional investment from our audience, and we can’t do that. Even with great characters and stuff. So maybe we can keep the setting and characters, but we have to kill one of them at the end or something. The climax has to have some exponential significance. The audience should be react with a, “woah… WOAH!” or our first film will be just another cute idea that “should have made it.”
Eva Zeisel has had a 75-year career of playful creation. How can we maintain a “parzivalian” freshness and playful perspective throughout a long life?
“Innovation is not the aim of my work.” This quote at the beginning seems most revealing. Creating beauty taps into something timeless. But I don’t want to wax philosophical on the transcendant quality of beauty. Enjoy listening to her colorful and truly beautiful life.
This youtube video, courtesy of the great TED series.
Among many honors, in 1946, Eva Zeisel had the first one-woman show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
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