My short film Wish 143 was nominated for an Oscar. This is a diary of my trip to the ceremony: Danny Boyle, paparazzi, ceramic frogs and all
• Read Simon Hattenstone's interview with Tom Bidwell
Day 1
I have always loved the sensory overload one experiences during the first 15 minutes in a new country. La is sprawling and unapologetic – an eerie haunt I have visited so often in my imagination with Philip Marlowe. My agent Lindsey and I sit in traffic in the torrential rain and try to shake off the long-haul. There are more cars here than people, more billboards than cars. They all sell an impossibly beautiful future.
A quick shower and off to my first Oscar party. I meet some of my rivals in the category of best live action short. Lovely people. We all agree that anyone could win, but each secretly think that our own films will.
• Read Simon Hattenstone's interview with Tom Bidwell
Day 1
I have always loved the sensory overload one experiences during the first 15 minutes in a new country. La is sprawling and unapologetic – an eerie haunt I have visited so often in my imagination with Philip Marlowe. My agent Lindsey and I sit in traffic in the torrential rain and try to shake off the long-haul. There are more cars here than people, more billboards than cars. They all sell an impossibly beautiful future.
A quick shower and off to my first Oscar party. I meet some of my rivals in the category of best live action short. Lovely people. We all agree that anyone could win, but each secretly think that our own films will.
- 3/1/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
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