Category Archives: 1999

Preliminary notes from a cellphone

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A JAMMED PHONE SIGNAL. SENSES AND SENTENCES MALFUNCTION. SEQUENCERS ALL
USED UP BY TRAINS.
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THERE’S SO BEYOND ALL REASON HERE. IT’S SO BRIGHT. IT’S LIKE LIVING IN
THE PAGES OF A GLOSSY MAG.
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chances are doubling.you remember the moment before the moment?NOW all
bets r off. seems there’s a rival for your market
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waslying in bed; and i heard the phone beep.10 minutes say
much.sabbattleco in search… Modern communication is painful
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Making jokes and being charming. look at clock. its time. time has been
killed. but can time be charmed?

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soundtrack to departure

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I sold and gave away a pile of my CDs and records lately. As I was selling them to some friends in my living room, I’d copy a song from each one. I played this mix in a friends’ car en route to the Vancouver airport, where I’d be leaving on a flight to Toronto. I was leaving from the domestic terminal, but I filmed it like I was leaving from international, cause I wanted to use the scene for my film Vancouver Slow Chase.
The songs heard are Geto Boys’ “Mind Playing Tricks On Me,” a Lee Perry production “Woman’s Dub,” the Beatles’ “Baby It’s You” and Coco & the Bean’s “Western Ways.”

On the tape, I said I might be playing this back in Japan, as if I already knew I’d be going there for sure, and that that’s where I’d be doing the editing.

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one last look from the window

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a scan with my camera of the Vancouver apartment I’ve been sharing, on the eve of my departure from Vancouver, April 1999. The Tindersticks’ “Tiny Tears” plays in the background. I’ve had to give away so many of my belongings – my CDs, my stereo, my computer, books … much more stuff I’ve had to leave behind than I can take with me.

I would later use this scene in my film Vancouver Slow Chase.

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