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Update #14: REWARDS SHIPPED
At last the rewards have been shipped yesterday. It took us some times to get the compilation done. We hope you enjoyed the music.
We discovered that our backers come from all different part of the world: Israel, Australia, Finland, Hong Kong, Canada, France, United Kingdom, USA and Cambodia of course. Music has nor borders!
We will be posting the animation when it is done. Meanwhile you can see the portrait made by the Asterik team of Ros Serey Sothea.
THANK YOU all for supporting this project.
some technical problems have been reported on some cd. if yours has any problem please let us know, we will send another copy. we may have made some mistake in the burning process for some cd, we are so sorry for this inconvenience
Update #13: Countdown - A few more hours
Here is a recreation scene of a dancing club. John hired 20 people to have their hair done in bee hive, dressed up in period clothe and do the Monkey dance... All this was shot in a real club the Chaktomuk a boat at the outskirt of Phnom Penh.
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David Dodson on August 10, 2010
Very cool, John. Can't wait to see this thing finished. As for me, I'm in Ukraine and Crimea for the next three months on a movie. We're shooting in 3D -- which I hate -- but it's good to be working, at least. Anyway, continued luck on the project. Amazing stuff.
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Update #12: COUNTDOWN DAY 2 - a film technicallity discussion
John is doing a time lapse of Battambang Market. Many singers and musicians came from Battambang, the same for writers and poets. They say the most Khmer women are from Battambang, and here we thought the best durian came from there...Luckily the pre-war singers recorded many songs about Cambodian provinces, especially Sin Sisamouth.
Kanitha was John's assistant that day, she did great although was confused of John's question but her expression is worth a look
ONLY TWO (2) DAYS TO GO... let's all enjoy this film technical discussion
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Michael Krause on August 9, 2010
(I know noting about film cameras but) what a cool cam. Nice to see Srash's Camry is still on the move ;). Will be getting some miles in with him in Jan/Fen. Keep up the great work John.
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Drew Bertola on August 9, 2010
Wow, it must be crunch time if you're pulling in the likes of Kanitha. I had the pleasure of being her assistant at one big event. She is one outstanding and capable young woman. Please pass her along my greetings.
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Update #11: COUNTDOWN DAY 3 - the return home
CAN WE MAKE IT TO 7000$?
After the end of the KR, Phnom Penh was safe again for people to returning living. In order to let people know they had to announce it on speakerphones throughout the city, in villages nearby.
Here we installed a speaker phone up so we shot it with the Villa in the background.
Update #10: COUNTDOWN 4 DAYS - National Radio
Thanks to Ratha Lim connection we manage to get permission to film at the National Radio a few months before it was destroy. This is the place where all the great singers and musicians recorded teir albums and some were discovered.
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Michael Krause on August 7, 2010
Man, that's cool! Hearing the 'reflections' bounce off the walls gives me goosebumps...
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Special Thanks on the film's website and Facebook site + 2 CD compilation of classic Classic Cambodian rock specially compiled by director John Pirozzi (in High Quality Format, not mp3) + real traditional Khmer Krama (unisex scarf) in 100% cotton from Kompong Cham Province.
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Special Thanks on the film's website and Facebook site + 2 CD compilation of classic Classic Cambodian rock specially compiled by director John Pirozzi (in High Quality Format, not mp3) + 1 original painting of 60's Cambodian musician used in film (16x20 inches) by Cambodian painter OK Bunnarath
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Special Thanks on the film's website and Facebook site + 2 CD compilation of classic Classic Cambodian rock specially compiled by director John Pirozzi (in High Quality Format, not mp3) + THANK YOU IN THE FIINAL CREDITS OF THE ACTUAL FILM + 30x40 inches drawing on canvas of Phnom Penh New Architecture building by artist Linda Saphan (value of $2000 each)
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Linda Saphan - Visual Artist
Saphan was born in Phnom Penh, Cambodia in 1975. Fleeing the Khmer Rouge regime, Saphan took residence for over two decades in Canada and France. She went on to graduate from the University of Paris in 2007 with a PhD in Social Anthropology and a BA in Khmer Studies.
Saphan's work has been included in several collective exhibitions throughout Cambodia, Myanmar, Singapore, France, and the US. Today she is living and working in Greenwich Village.
John Pirozzi - Producer/Director/Cinematographer
As Producer/Director/Cinematographer, John recently made the documentary SLEEPWALKING THROUGH THE MEKONG, about the LA band Dengue Fever's first trip to Cambodia playing 60’s Cambodian Rock and Roll. He has also directed numerous music videos for bands such as Calexico, Queens of the Stone Age and Vic Chesnutt.
