The Kite Runner

Harold Lloyd Seminar - screening of the 'Kite Runner' In attendance were:

Marc Forster - Director
Khaled Hosseini - Writer
Khalid Abdalla - Actor
Homayon Ershadi - Actor

The film was very moving - shot in Kashgar - some extraordinary scenes with the Taliban. Loved it.

Everyone was so surprised during the Q&A when Khalid Abdalla opened his mout - absolute pucker English accent - he played an American in the film!

Marc Forster said the key thing was to work from the heart. Khalid Hosseini was impressed with Marc Forster as he wanted to keep the film truthful and insisted on using the native language of Dara. This attention to detail was important - instead of the usual Hollywood thing of having more attention to where the lightbulb goes rather than the accent.

Had a lovely conversation with Khaled Hosseini after the Q&A - we talked about Kabul and how it has changed since I was there in 1998 with most of the city being rebuilt but unfortunately returning to anarchy once again. Also chatted with Khalid and the extraordinary films he has worked on to date - he was also in United 931 with Paul Greengrass.





In the evnening Jim Hosney showed La Jetee and Vertigo. La Jetee was amazing a film composed of stills except for one shot when a woman is blinking. It was the inspiration for 12 Monkeys along with Vertigo.