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Monday 19 May 2014 (Cannes) It’s our last night in Cannes … at least for this year. I don’t think it could have gone any better. Now waiting for Right Said Fred to turn up for an ‘impromptu’, ‘unplugged’, ‘acoustic’ performance – whatever that exactly means. I’ve been asking them for the past 3 days…

Sunday 18 May 2014 (Cannes) Quick update. Sunday – often a day of contrasts – especially today. Around 11am, I buy my Sunday Times from a news kiosk near the ‘Théâtre Debussy’, where they’re hoovering the red carpet in preparation of an elegant lunchtime premiere of Spanish director Jaime Rosales’ Hermosa Juventud (‘Beautiful Youth’) –…

Fri 16 May 2014 (Cannes) As explained in part (1), this ‘diary-blog’ is supposed to be (and will be), part ‘present day’ as well as ‘flashbacks’ – the flashback bits to explain how I’ve got where I am today with the film project, and where I’m now going with it. If you stick with me,…

Thurs 15 May 2014 (Cannes) Today, ‘Right Said Fred’ arrived in Cannes. Apparently we’re going to have some ‘soundtrack meetings’. And there’s a rumour about a little concert. Normal service will resume with the ‘Making a Movie’ blog in due course … (To be continued)          

Weds 14 May 2014 (Cannes) Forget all the pre-premiere controversy surrounding the film, ‘Grace of Monaco’ – the after-premiere party is incredible … It takes me about 7 hours to drive to Cannes from Barcelona, including a detour to pick up some ‘trailer’ DVDs from my director, for various meetings that I have. I finally…

13 May 2014 … so, to continue … In November 2004, nearly 10 years ago now, I went to my first ever film market – to ‘AFM’, the American Film Market, in Santa Monica, Los Angeles. But I had absolutely no idea what it was. I’d initially gone to LA and downtown Hollywood for a…

11 May 2014 With my film project now moving from ‘development’ to what’s known as ‘pre-production’, I have decided to write a new blog-diary (and who knows, hopefully one day a book) about trying to get a movie made, as well as actually now making a movie. You don’t have to read it – although…

My last blog about stand-up comedy was supposed to have been exactly that: my last blog about stand-up comedy. It was also an attempt to start writing up my ‘diary experiences’ from Edinburgh. An attempt to close the chapter on my attempt at stand-up comedy. But last week I was persuaded to do 5 minutes…

I have shelved my attempts at ‘comedy’ for I-don’t-know-how-long and am in hiding and entrenched with writing yet another (final, final) draft of ‘the novel’. But as the Edinburgh Fringe draws to a close today, I thought it was time to at least also start updating my blog with my Edinburgh Diary to conclude the…

It was a week before Christmas, Tuesday 18th December to be exact, and I learned a lot upstairs at The Library Comedy Club in Upper Street, Islington. In fact I learned a great deal about the world of stand-up from then on, too – at least London’s ‘world’. Thanks to the fabulous compere James Redmond,…