In fact, last weekend, my husband and I went to LACMA (that’s Los Angeles County Museum for all you visitors). I’ve been waiting for this show for months – The Art of Tim Burton. Wow! What a show for the senses. The color, the stripes, the music, the costumes. I couldn’t spend nearly as much time as I wanted because the crowd was thick. So until I go back to see it again, I have been spending some intimate time with the big huge book from the show – gingerly turning each page, examining the creations that come out of this man’s mind. And these are just sketches, mere scribbles on napkins and newspapers, each line is perfect, simple, and yet a thousand words are expressed. Oh what this genius could do with Kazmir as the movie. I’m giddy with the thought of Tim Burton breathing life into my creation, taking him farther than I dare to dream. How evil and twisted could Farouk really become? How would the Wish Weaver Spider move on her woven web of wishes? What sights and sounds would exist in the industrial 3rd Sky of the Rain Masters? I just gotta find out. Tim! Call me!

Tim Burton exhibit entrance at LACMA

]]> http://www.kazmirtheflyingcamel.com/blog/2011/06/dreaming-of-stain-boy/feed/ 0 http://www.kazmirtheflyingcamel.com/blog/2009/09/a-long-shot/ http://www.kazmirtheflyingcamel.com/blog/2009/09/a-long-shot/#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:49:31 +0000 Gina Vivona http://www.kazmirtheflyingcamel.com/blog/?p=70 In my spare time, I’m the President of the Board for the Down Syndrome Association of Los Angeles. My Executive Director, Gail Williamson, invites me to attend a seminar for writers with disabilities at the Writer’s Guild. This intrigues me and I go with her, you know, to represent. It’s all very interesting and the people are amazing. Then the speaker acknowledges a few noteworthy people in attendance, one who is a producer on Breaking Bad, Bryan Cranston‘s show. Hey! I know Bryan. So I use this as my introduction to meet her and invite her to coffee. She’s really nice and I soak up all her advice on getting a movie made.

“I don’t know,” I tell her, “I could see Kazmir directed by Rob Reiner in a Princess Bride style. I could see Kazmir done by Tim Burton in his darker style. The story has elements for both. I also don’t want to rule out Pixar.” She suggests that I write a letter and just ask if there’s interest to direct my movie. That sounds simple enough. Sure, Rob Reiner and TIm Burton are just people like us, right?

I contact all the people I know, trying to find at least 6 degrees of separation to Mr. Tim Burton. Sure, I’ll write a letter, but it always seems better to say that so-and-so suggested I contact you. I just can’t believe that no one knows the man. I mean, he works. He’s gotta eat.

Well, maybe our paths will cross, but in the meantime, I might as well try just sending a letter and audiobook to his company. It’s a long-shot, but so was writing this book, and getting Bryan Cranston to narrate it, and getting it talked about on national TV on the Bonnie Hunt Show. Let’s face it, long-shots aren’t what they once were.