The liars

Now, Now

Two hours from now, I am hoping to get onto a plane to Los Angeles, CA. After three months in Honolulu, the whole thing is still a fucking mystery. Even now, I'm in the midst of processing the production -- still physically & emotionally exhausted -- still having dreams of shooting (dreams in which I dream up a scene that we have yet to shoot -- last night's was Christian & Laura standing on my mom's balcony, wistfully -- and then I wake up -- jump up -- looking for Robin or James or whoever, and it is about 15 seconds before I realize that it is 4am, everyone is already gone, and the scene doesn't exist). These dreams are really stressful and I hope that they stop soon.

The film was a landslide, a motion blur, and reminds me a bit of what it is like when you try to have a conversation with too much caffeine inside of your brain. You try to pace yourself, but the rush inevitably takes over and before you know it you are saying things just to figure out what they mean. It's a ecstatic sort of feeling, and when it's over you kinda think, What did I just say?

























Chris

Hawaii, we are done.

We have finished shooting the Hawaiian portion of our picture. A big thank you to the many of you who helped us.

And now, on to Los Angeles!

Fundraiser + Wrap Party

What: LAYOVER, ON THE SHORE fundraiser + wrap party

When: This Thursday (8/21) starting at 10pm

Where: E & O Trading Co. in Ward Centre

Why: Because we've almost finished shooting, but have a long way to go.

For more info contact:
David || 808.630.7946
Mai || 808.375.7858

Day #7

We've wrapped 35mm & started on the HD. We've woken up at 430am 3 times to film during sunrise. We've had two rain days, one blown circuit, one re-shoot, one windy night on the top of Tantalus. We've had two or three major scheduling changes. On Day #5 we went until my brain turned into mush.

Richard Chiu & Ara Laylo had a lot of cigarettes.

Tonight we shoot in a truck, sunday we shoot in front of Hawaii Theatre, and next monday we shoot at the Loft in downtown.

Been listening to a lot of Liars, and it's been good:



Chris

November Ninth

Today marks our first day of shooting. Wish us luck!

Kevin

Ron and Mackey

The other day I went to have lunch with a camera operator friend in Reseda.
His name is Ron and he's I would guess in his mid-fifties,
Maybe around the same age as my dad.
I brought him a bottle of tequila I got in Mexico to thank him for steadicam-ing for me.
I drove to his house which was in a cul-de-sac.
On his walls were photos of people and places he had encountered and visited:
Thailand, India, Nepal, Snoop Dog, Phil Collins, OJ Simpson, the Great One - Wayne Gretzky.
Then he showed me his backyard. He calls it his miniature Hawai'i...
Or how he remembers Hawai'i.
Or what I imagine some backyard in Hawai'i looks like:
A swimming pool, a bar, cushions, tropical plants, sea shells...
Ron had lived there for several years in the 70s, haunting the disco bars, camera-operating now and then for some TV stations and meeting girls then taking them to Tantalus lookout.
He pointed to pictures of him on the beach.
He had long brown hair and a moustache which made him look Mexican even though he's mixed-Filipino.
He told me to listen to the music of Kalapana and that I won't come back the same person.
And that inside I will feel the Hawai'i curse of the islands.
I'm not sure what he's referring to exactly but I feel like Ron is one of those people, like my dad and like many others, that despite his easy smile, warm laughter and bright eyes, he has an irreproachable shadow inside.
Somehow Hawai'i embodies this emotional anatomy that he calls a curse.

He told me he was friends with Mackey Feary and that his story was very sad.



Yu

"The Broken Heart of Gnocchi Bolognese"

Check out the website for this other awesome project that I had the honor of producing.

www.gnocchimovie.com

Go Kat!

'Layover, on the Shore' in the Star Bulletin

Thank you to Katherine Nichols and the Star Bulletin for all their support.

Chris

The heat is on!

Just about four days left until we start...

Haiku #999

arcane susurrus,
complexity makes me sleepy -
kwok quivers green.

[for antonio]

Yu

One week

We are about one week out from the beginning of shooting. On Sunday we move into our Kaimuki House -- serving as both our hotel & production office -- and then it's all tech scouts and rehearsals for the next seven days. I'm trying to get a good amount of sleep; trying to remember to eat; trying to go for a run everyday; listening to good music...

BABY C'MON!!!



Chris

Three haikus guaranteed to knock your frickin' socks off.

Flying Tortoises

An itch on my leg.

Can I scratch it or not, man?

Scratch so hard it bleeds.

The Air Conditioner Haiku

I am an addict.

Hooked on air conditioner.

Dank and cold, I thrive.

Yu Gu

Oh, Yu Gu, Yu Gu.

Yu Gu Yu Gu Yu Gu. Yes.

Yu Gu Yu Gu. No.

Peace out.

Kwok