The Cosmic Joke
It's a real knee-slapper, too. I will simply paste the e-mail I sent to the film department chair, since re-telling the story means listening to the horrible details over and over again. I believe I'll get right to work on repressing this horrible thought. Oh, for those of you who don't know it, I'm a film student at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.
David,
Steven said I should tell you my sad tale of woe.
Today (Friday), I was in 018 waiting for the rest of the class to get back for the second half of Color-Sync. I was reading a book, quietly minding my own business, when some of my classmates came back. One of them found a rolled up poster for THX-1138, then one of them commented that "Oh yeah, George Lucas was here yesterday." My interest was piqued. "What was that," I asked. "Oh, well, they showed THX-1138 yesterday and George Lucas did a Q&A here. In this room, actually." I believe the look on my face said it all ... but if that weren't enough, they noticed the book I was reading: George Lucas Close Up: The Making of His Movies.
David, my deity visited my shrine yesterday, and I was not there. I can't tell you how crushed I have felt for the past four hours. It feels a great deal like a huge cosmic joke on my part. So I was just wondering if you could do me a favor: if ever George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, John Williams or, by some means we've found a way to transport him through time, Stanley Kubrick ever does a Q&A session at our school, could you please send me a little notice? Just something along the lines of "Hey, Dave, one of your gods has come down from Mt. Olympus ... why don't you stop by to stand in awe." It would make paying $46,000 a year to meet guest lecturers feel a lot more worth it. :-) Thanks!
- Dave Richardson
- Junior and a Half
So ... that's my day.
David,
Steven said I should tell you my sad tale of woe.
Today (Friday), I was in 018 waiting for the rest of the class to get back for the second half of Color-Sync. I was reading a book, quietly minding my own business, when some of my classmates came back. One of them found a rolled up poster for THX-1138, then one of them commented that "Oh yeah, George Lucas was here yesterday." My interest was piqued. "What was that," I asked. "Oh, well, they showed THX-1138 yesterday and George Lucas did a Q&A here. In this room, actually." I believe the look on my face said it all ... but if that weren't enough, they noticed the book I was reading: George Lucas Close Up: The Making of His Movies.
David, my deity visited my shrine yesterday, and I was not there. I can't tell you how crushed I have felt for the past four hours. It feels a great deal like a huge cosmic joke on my part. So I was just wondering if you could do me a favor: if ever George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, John Williams or, by some means we've found a way to transport him through time, Stanley Kubrick ever does a Q&A session at our school, could you please send me a little notice? Just something along the lines of "Hey, Dave, one of your gods has come down from Mt. Olympus ... why don't you stop by to stand in awe." It would make paying $46,000 a year to meet guest lecturers feel a lot more worth it. :-) Thanks!
- Dave Richardson
- Junior and a Half
So ... that's my day.
posted by Dave at 6:18:00 PM
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