Stumbled upon this short movie, great narrating from Tom Waits and the film is about the artist John Baldessari!
And in an attempt to emulate the technique of many great modern artists I will combine that selection with something completely different.
A movie about the Jukai forest near Mt. Fuji where I just came from. Sadly know in English as the “Suicide Forest”
Eliminate boredom!
Yesterday another great day cruising around the Mt. Fuji area scouting more locations, making lots of discovery’s in this beautiful area. Found a place that loves old Jeep’s, they had quite a collection of old cars.
A music video I directed and edited last month in Sapporo. The band is managed my a long time friend, Fujii we had a good time shooting and editing this one! Second camera by Tsukasa Ohno who helps me out with the Car Danchi movies as well. Very basic rock video style, but I think it suits the song well.
Check out these little guys I discovered at a remote temple today in the Mt Fuji area. Classic little bibs have been placed on them with tender loving care. Did the person picking the bibs have a sense of humor? Or maybe they are just random hand-me-downs from local Mom’s who live in the area. Winnie the Pooh? Mickey Mouse? Great stuff.
Arrived here at Kawaguchiko yesterday afternoon and got to work right away location scouting and trying to get a feel for the area. First time I have rented a car and driven around the area. You really have to drive and look at a map to understand and truly get to know an area of this size. The upcoming UTMF race will cover 160 kilometer of trails! Today I did a big loop around Mt. Fuji checking out and logging all the Aid Stations into my trusty Car navigation system. I feel like I am ready to drive the course at night now and still be able to find my way around!
New video I directed for TNF Japan! Check out Tomoki Takaku hiking Mt Mizugaki in Yamanashi prefecture.
Finally was able to upload this short movie I made about the event last week on the Zushi beach. Great times! Already looking forward to next year!
It has been years since I spent that many consecutive hours at a beach! We arrived at 8:30 am for set up and didn’t leave until midnight!
We got lucky with beautiful weather, except for an hour of onshore winds near the end it was a perfect day.
Great music from DJ Nori and a long set by Oguchi selector. Plus another cool improvisational live by Kuniyuki.
The big movie screen set up in front of the ocean was a cool and refreshing site. Plus watching snowboarding and mountaineer footage in that location was a new experience for me and for everyone else too probably!
Thanks to Rai and Gen and all the staff who were so welcoming already looking forward to next year.
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