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August 15, 2008

Freddy: Die nette Katze

A couple of weeks ago I borrowed a camcorder from a friend to videotape an interview with a scientist visiting my small alpine town of Brixen (Dr. Sudhir Paul--see last post) for 3QD. For various reasons, we never got the chance to do the interview, but the next day, after he had left, my sister-in-law came to visit and asked why I had a camera sitting on a tripod in my living room. I told her, and she suggested that we make a short movie just for fun before giving the camera back (it was a Saturday afternoon and we were all bored!). I wrote a 3-minute screenplay quickly that all four of us present could act in, and we filmed it in the next hour. Later that evening I edited it into a "film" using the Windows Movie Maker software that came pre-installed on my laptop. Okay, so I'm no Wes Craven (though we are both Johns Hopkins alumni) but, in any case, I present it here for your amusement:   :-)

Posted by Abbas Raza at 11:27 AM | Permalink

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Very Creative... You have made good use of movie maker =). Next time try Sony Vegas

Posted by: Viagra | Aug 15, 2008 12:08:02 PM

Far more horrific than anything Craven's produced!

Posted by: Bryon | Aug 15, 2008 12:15:02 PM

Very entertaining Abbas, just the right amount of suspense. Acting by the ladies was superb! I started to miss your lovely flat in Brixen even as I watched the gruesome David Lynch-ish events unfold. Excellent job.
Lots of love,
Aps.

Posted by: azra raza | Aug 15, 2008 12:44:12 PM

Helga is cute. And a nice hat at the end.

Posted by: Paul | Aug 15, 2008 12:49:38 PM

The scene where Helga starts abusing the cat is particularly well done: she's really into it and there is nice, choppy editing. Hilarious.

Posted by: Nick Smyth | Aug 15, 2008 1:43:47 PM

So ein furchtbares Tier!

Posted by: bill | Aug 15, 2008 5:17:01 PM

The only other time there was a Salim who performed with such elan it was an actor called Dilip Kumar.

Posted by: Amitava | Aug 15, 2008 7:28:29 PM

I love the outtakes!

Posted by: Marilyn Terrell | Aug 15, 2008 8:57:53 PM

You inspire me to fantasize about a movie of my poodle, exacting revenge. Still, I regret Sudhir Paul not being interviewed by you.

Posted by: Elatia Harris | Aug 15, 2008 10:07:04 PM

Abbas could videotape his questions, and send it to the Paul's. Ruchira could film him responding to the questions. Movie maker to the rescue.

Posted by: Carlos | Aug 15, 2008 11:51:49 PM

This isn't funny and not even worth watching.

Posted by: Limbonic | Aug 16, 2008 5:27:13 AM

Limbonic, you're an ass hat.

Funny movie. My cat occasionally hunts people, so I can relate.

Posted by: PeterJohn | Aug 16, 2008 11:55:09 PM

Abbas;
Too bad there's already a horror franchise with a "Freddy" because the ending just screams "sequel".

Elatia;
Lucy: der nette Pudel?

Posted by: Pete Chapman | Aug 17, 2008 8:03:58 AM

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