Classes started again this week. Everything feels a bit unsettled and new. The school’s new location is Three Mills Studios, which is home mainly to film and TV studios. Eastern Promises (a recent David Cronenberg film starring Viggo Mortensen and Naomi Watts) was made there—sorry, no celebrity sightings so far this week—as were Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, and (I think) the recently released RocknRolla. Some West End theatrical productions also use it for rehearsal space, though there seems to be some prejudice against the East End, which is where this is. Danny Boyle, on the other hand (director of Slumdog Millionaire, Trainspotting, and 28 Days Later, among other films), lives in Hackney, which is close by, and does apparently enjoys using Three Mills, among other locations. Much of this information comes from the administrator who welcomed us on Monday. And who also asked us not to hassle any stars who show up on the premises. Not that we’ll necessarily see them. Apparently Madonna never left her Winnebago except to go through a tunnel to her studio when she was here, whether to shoot a music video or when she was still with Guy Ritchie, who made Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels and RocknRolla.
And—coming attractions—a film to watch for this summer, at least for the Three Mills connection, is Lesbian Vampire Killers. Sorry to have missed the filming of that! How would that have been to run into those folks in their make-up in the on-site café?
Follow this link to find out more about Three Mills Studios. For a fuller look, check out the downloadable brochure from their website.
More on classes later. I fully intend to write less about Acrobatics this term! But a fun side note: Robin emailed me a song last night she said really reminded her of me. The lyrics go something like "I tried to do handstands for you and now you've left me black and blue..." I'm told that we can include music when we do our end of term acro presentations. Maybe I should play that song.
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