TechZati

March 6, 1997

Kafaello Tange, one of the Japanese guys I met is a producer of film. He had directed a film that had won at the Chicago and Houston film festivals. (He never went to film school). We had an interesting conversation in the last couple of days about film and the reflections of life.  He likes to do experimental, underground films…clearly he’s pretty good at it. He said he lived in a mountain shanty for a long time and wore a kimono- to stay connected to his creative side, I suppose.
Anyway, one of his ideas was about the poor farmers in Ethiopia.  They work all year for the one time when the whole family goes to Addis for a family portrait. I suppose reflections on life everywhere are like that. Perhaps if I removed myself far enough I could find something in our society just as strange….actually there are plenty.
We were discussing Pulp Fiction. He loved it due to the subtleties used in dealing with issues in society. E.g. In the end when Samuel L. Jackson, after quoting the bible throughout the movie changed- representative of societal change around religion.