RE: Happy Birthday Sir Arthur C. Clarke!

Nice job. I be he appreciated it.

 

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From: Jeroen Lapre' [mailto:jeroen@ilm.com]
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Subject: Happy Birthday Sir Arthur C. Clarke!

 

Dear Maelstrom II cast, crew, consultants and friends,

I just sent this e-birthday card to Sir Arthur. He turned 89 today. Yikes!

Best wishes,

Jeroen
ilm.com

Happy Birthday Sir Arthur C. Clarke!

Dear Maelstrom II cast, crew, consultants and friends,

I just sent this e-birthday card to Sir Arthur. He turned 89 today. Yikes!

Best wishes,

Jeroen
ilm.com

Arthur C. Clarke:Maelstrom II HD Shot CR01 Work in Progress

Dear Maelstrom II cast, crew, constultants, and friends,

we are finally in the process of working on our 1st HD resolution frame!

http://www.distant-galaxy.com/maelstrom2/HD/ClarkeMaelstromIIHD_CR01WorkProgress.html

Dear Maelstrom II consultants. The lighting angle from the sun is based
on our correspondence on this.
i.e. nearly horizontal since we are so close to the south pole.

Please ignore the lack of detail in the background. Just a temp
placeholder for lunar hills/mountains.

Onwards!

cheers
-jeroen

Update Nov 1 + News From Dr. Clarke!

Dear Maelstrom II Cast, Crew, Consultants, and Friends,

This is what I recently received from Arthur C. Clarke, after not hearing from him for a while:

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Dear friends and colleagues,

As some of you might be aware, I've been having some difficulties with my email account and ISP in recent months. Matters went completely out of control when, earlier this month, the pioneer ISP in Sri Lanka suddenly went out of business. There was no warning, and no explanation.

With that crash, I have permanently and suddenly lost access to my email long-standing address. Emails sent to that address after October 3 will never reach me. I haven't had the opportunity to phase out the old address and phase in a new one.

I won't miss the old email accounts -- they were attracting 80 - 90% spam.

...I'm glad to belatedly move to my own domain name, and happy to note that no ISP can drive me out of this address!

...

I'm feeling fine, and cataract surgery in both eyes has now considerably enhanced my eye sight. I'm now looking forward to my 89th birthday in just two months' time.

All good wishes,

Arthur
14 October 2006

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Verteran documentary maker, David Hoffman, is very interested in producing and directing a "Making of Maelstrom II" documentary.
This would include flying myself and a documentary crew over to Sri Lanka to interview Dr. Clarke in person!
The goal would be to record his commentary on the Maelstrom II project, as well as his insights and opinions on the colonisation of space.

I wrote to Dr. Clarke with this proposal, and have received his blessings!

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Dear Jeroen,

Thanks for email and update.

Good to hear the production is going well -- and that a documentary is being planned.

I'll be happy to participate as long as:
- it's cleared with Russ;
- filming happens right here in my home; and
- you allow plenty of breaks and sufficient time for my inputs, as I now get tired very easily.

I have no plans to leave Sri Lanka again, and can receive a visit from you and film team with about a month's notice. Do let me know as your plans evolve.

All good wishes,

Arthur
25 Oct 2006

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David, Dr. Clarke's agent Russell, and I are currently negotiating the details.

Maselstrom II other updates:
Revamped main Maelstrom II webpage:
http://www.distant-galaxy.com/maelstrom2/MaelstromII.html

(Might need to refresh your browser to see new version).

Finally uploaded production stills from the live shoot, from February 2005, at the old ILM C biulding Main stage on Kerner in San Rafael:

http://www.distant-galaxy.com/maelstrom2/productionStills/MaelstromIIProdStills2005.page1.html

The main page now has a link to this as well. Will update production stills web pages with additional stills as I find them.

More updates soon. Onwards!

Cheers
Jeroen Lapre'
Technical Director
www.ilm.com

Producer/Director
Maelstrom II