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20/06/2009 by McAllister.

Japan: A Story of Love and Hate (YouTube)

It is really good that someone took the time to post my japan film on YouTube.

I was in the pub in my hometown Hull when I got a mail from  Kev (the
guy in  my first film ‘Working For the Enemy’ 1997 who now runs my website,
+ my friend Sean Langan’s site too) telling me he had just found it.   I had the pleasure of
watching my own film between pubs on my new Blackberry Bold, which was fun.

Then my friend Nick sent a mail to say he’d also seen the film on YouTube and it had
already had 3000 hits which was nice to know. When I got home I found the
following mail  waiting for me.

“This is one of the best documentary movies I have ever seen–very well
constructed into a compelling story that revealed much about contemporary Japan.
Your film hooked me to the point that I am very curious about what happened
to the couple after the happy ending.  I am waiting in anticipation for your sequel– any chance?”

It feels like there isn’t a day go by when I don’t get something like this. It is very encouraging for me as I
struggle to get a new film off the ground in the very very familiar setting
of my hometown where I started out gosh it must be over 20 years ago.

Funny, I still feel like the newcomer. The new kid on the block not quite sure what
I’m doing each time, navigating myself through similiar motions in different
places with different people. This time I am looking for a film to be part of a
new BBC season on the north of England. Slowly but surely I hope to be
getting somewhere.

Sean
19 june 2009

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