Autumn in Turin

12 11 2008
VIEW Conference visitors The Hive filmmaking collective presents their credentials and contemplates transformation
VIEW Conference visitors The Hive filmmaking collective presents their credentials and contemplates transformation

The autumn haze in Turin is downright metaphorical.  The precursor of another grey Po Valley winter, a haze that creeps into the bones and causes a ridiculously high percentage of arthritis in these parts.  Sunny Italy my foot.

Here at the VIEW Conference there is another vapor in the air besides water:  a palpable sense of worry.  You can see it on the faces of the digital hipsters listening attentively to representatives of Pixar and DreamWorks, consigning their show reels with all the courtesy and ceremony of a Japanese businessman presenting his business card.

O youngsters, where is thy arrogance?

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