Mezicas: Indie film wants you

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I love the hospitality business; I wouldn’t trade it for anything.  Yet another business that I have brushed against that promises to be a lot of fun is the “movies”.

I just learned of an opportunity for me–and for you– to participate in the production of a local indie film here in Prague.  Best of all it features my favourite coffee culture location:  cafe’ Louvre!

While time travel movies don’t rate high in my book this talented production company looks capable of pulling off this farcical romp through the timeless city of Prague.  Currently–through 31 July, 2013–they are seeking crowd funding for about half of their production budget.  I am having difficulty deciding how much to pledge:  $10 for a toe in the water, $450 to be an extra in the film or somewhere in-between.

Their crowd funding site has all the background and details plus a lot of photos.  http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/mezicas-break-in-time?c=home

See update below.

This video dialog is same as crowd funding page but includes scenes of Prague and Cafe’ Louvre

Come on, let’s have some fun in the movie business!

Update:  The Indiegogo project expired before reaching the goal so the group re-penciled their budget and established a similar program on their own–including a share of any profits for all participants.  I kept my finger in the pie with the Photo Credit-Soundtrack package.  Get the latest on their blog.

My First Time

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to see beer delivered to a pub by tanker truck:

Pilsner by the tanker truck         including the hose from tanker

The receiving establishment, U Sadu, is in my block.  It is very highly rated by Prague’s pub aficionados but I have found it no better than a dozen others we have been too.  Still it is nice knowing that it is nearby and now I won’t have to worry about it running out of our favourite Czech brew, Pilsner Urquell.

A day in the Life

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It’s nice to be pleasantly surprised and Prague is still surprising us.  We moved here because of all the available activity and lately have been taking full advantage, such as a concert (free student recital of superior quality at Prague Conservatory) on Thursday and a musical (Chess: interesting play but beyond the capabilities of most of the performers) on Friday night.

So Saturday was a stay at home day with the highlight of our TV year, Eurovision final, on that night.  But with a couple short errands to run we walked to Jiriho z Podebrad Square knowing there was something going on called Pink May.  This, it turns out, is a wine tasting for Czech rose’ wines.  Evidently it was well attended throughout the day with a variety of music and other special events on the state.

Czech folk dancers             Czech folk women costumes

We were fortunate to see these folk dancers and the extremely intricate costumes of the women; just like expensive dolls on souvenir shop shelves.

Being a warm day we walked home by a circuitous route through Mahler Orchards, a small park in front of our building.  There we noticed workmen wiring some strange-looking pipes and the word Pyrotechnics on their van.  Aha, fireworks tonight. So the indefatigable researcher, Karin, got on the internet to find out what was going on–to no avail, this time.

But I got out my camera, put on a tripod and set it for night scene.  About 10 P.M. we decided they wouldn’t be tonight after all   Then about 11 when the last Eurovision song–from Ireland–came on there was a whoomph and bright lights out our window.  I rushed to open the window and turn on the camera while still trying to enjoy the spectacle.  On Paros we had fantastic fireworks directly in front of us but this is the first time they were so close we could see the individual pieces burning just beyond reach.  We had to lean out the window and look up to see them all.

zizkov tower fire worksThis is my favorite of the tower.  See my Zizkov Tower Fireworks album for the series of 9 including artsy colors.

So, if we hadn’t by chance seen the display being set up, we could have been dangerously startled.  As it was we continue to be amazed at the rich diversity of life in this city.