Nicolas Refn, who made the Pusher trilogy (see post earlier this week) had been accepted to the Danish film school when he got the chance to make Pusher I for admittedly a low budget (a million dollars), even by Danish standards, but still much more money than he could have raised himself.
It is very hard to get into the Danish film school, and both of his parents urged him not to leave the school in order to make the film. "You haven't been to school, you don't know how to make movies!" said his mom.
He decided to go for making the movie without using four years of his life in film school. (Causing a minor scandal, nobody had ever left the school before.) And he ended up making one of the most popular and respected Danish movies of the nineties. And to continue from there to become one of the biggest directors of Europe.
Maybe we need to forget a little of all the "you don't know how" we are swimming in, especially in Europe.
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A surprising number of no-can-do's will not hesitate to interrupt a guy who is already doing it.
I'm an ASICS man myself but I try not to forget Nike's slogan.
In every day use we can shorten "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law" to just "93".
93, folks.
Well, people, you don't know how hard it is to be a good denigrator.
There isn't any school, good or otherwise, that teaches such a critically useful skill: putting down somebody you actually know nothing about. I had to learn it all myself, the hard way. And face the contempt of society for my fine trade.
How useful IS such a skill? Two words, people: "Karl Rove".
He wasn't paid mucho moolah for saying nice stuff about his targets, was he?
BTW, what happened in "93"? Somebody wrote a course on miracles or something?
your resident anonymous flamer said:
"How useful IS such a skill?"
Well it isn't useful. People don't hold you in contempt, they just feel sorry for you. Kill yourself already. You know you want to. Off a tall building would be a good way. Messy, but effective.
Your RAF flamed: "what happened in "93"? Somebody wrote a course on miracles or something?"
Actually, I'm quoting "the great beast", Aleister Crowley. 93 is not a year but an agreed shorthand for the famous tenet. (There is a method how the number was arrived at but that's less important.)
I am not an ACIM person at all. I find that I can not stomach it, even if I do agree with some of the core ideas. But likewise, I'm sure Captain Eo can not fathom my interest in the evil Crowley. :-)
Yeah, it's our token disagreement.
Oi, bugger off, copycat! I was flaming here first!
Sheesh, these greenhorn amateurs have no respect for the grey-haired seasoned professional.
And my name isn't "Messy", missie.
Besides, my main occupation isn't killing myself, it's offing others for a pay. Making messes is just for adding fun to the job.
As for leaping off tall buildings, that's highly classified information. I might have to silence some big-mouthed witnesses soon...
Ah. I get it now. You're retarded.
I'm not responding to Glue's attempts at slander.
Now, that's an unexpected atatement, TTL. I was under the impression, from our conversations a few months ago, that you WOULD be a Course person?
(You know, about the world, perceptions and illusions.)
Looks like "I don't know how" to spot them yet. ;-)
Flamers flaming each other as soon as I arrive late on a thread. Now I've seen everything...
STATEMENT.
"I was under the impression, from our conversations a few months ago, that you WOULD be a Course person?"
No. Never have. But I'm generally interested in knowing something about all spiritual "systems". Even if only to compare them.
"(You know, about the world, perceptions and illusions.)"
The idea of physical experience being a subjective creation of our perception is not unique to ACIM. It is a common theme among many spiritual teachings. This is an idea near and dear to me. Just not ACIM's interpretation of it.
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