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Ozumo in San Francisco. It’s a restaurant in the Embarcadero area. Running around with the GRSF manager, Luke, this is a spot that he knows about. This was fish with a thin bacon covering. I forgot what kind of fish, but perhaps a halibut. The flavoring was strong from the bacon. The mushrooms buttery. Ozumo.comThis was a medley. There’s crab on the left, but on top nearly covered is a tiny squid that’s quite rare. They removed the eyeballs, but other than that, it tasted quite nice. I could have eaten a lot more of them. They suchi is crap and scallop. The “thing” with the red dot” in the middle. I had it before, but I forgot what it’s called. I almost think it’s a fish egg cluster, but I’m not sure now. Two kinds of snappers. Red on the bottom, the top is black snapper. Both are more tart and refreshing. These after came after the below pieces. Guess what the top piece is? It’s Kobe beef in sushi form. It was quite great. Super rich. It goes well with the toro, which is also quite rich. I started with the toro of course, before hitting the Kobe beef. Definitely the right way to go. I didn’t hear the description of this one, but it’s pretty for sure. It was something like a California Roll with some Unagi on top. The mint actually serves a perfect purpose of adding a little bit of something to the sauce which had some spice to it. It was their most hybrid sushi dish that we had. Ribs. From the kitchen, this is over the top. The slaw was good too. Glad they didn’t put peanuts in it. It seems like something that would have too many peanuts ruining it. This is Luke, yes, we down ramen too earlier in the day. You must think all I do is eat, but that’s not the case. I remarked that Luke looks like Mario. Imagine the overalls with a different color hat. Yes, Mario.
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I worried and worried about knowing enough about the guy for too long. If I didn't though, would I feel prepared? Would I do well? I'm not sure. I swear I did all I could in a short amount of time to be ready. Watched some of his movies, read about it, took notes, thought back to my days at UCLA as an East Asian Studies major (Japanese emphasis), GR work, and came up with a short list of...
I worried and worried about knowing enough about the guy for too long. If I didn’t though, would I feel prepared? Would I do well? I’m not sure. I swear I did all I could in a short amount of time to be ready. Watched some of his movies, read about it, took notes, thought back to my days at UCLA as an East Asian Studies major (Japanese emphasis), GR work, and came up with a short list of questions. link to Tokyo Sonata site. Here’s the release schedule. This is what the back of the Apple store looks like. I was kidding that we were like thieves jammed up back here, but they really put thieves back here while they call the police. If you see this room, it means you did something bad. So I hope you never do. Yet being back here with the filmmaker made a bit of pressure mount more. I’ve come recommended by translator / filmmaker Linda Hoaglund as being good at this and they talked about it for a bit. That’s us with mics in our faces. Mr Kurosawa answers questions with a lot of care and he’s quite gracious and genuine. That alone should tell you to see Tokyo Sonata when it makes it runs in theaters. That is Mr Taro Goto the translator on the left. He did a great job, and I had no idea he was adept at doing translations from Japanese to English. I know him as part of the film festival in SF, and as a producer of some indie films. This is the sign. I guess it got on indieWire I don’t know much about indieWire except it’s film related. Either way, the event went well at the Apple store. It’s pretty much an honor to do things there.
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I'm in SF to do an interview with director Kiyoshi Kurosawa. I've seen my share of Q and A's and done my share too. I'm still not sure what I'll ask him. What criteria do I use to drum up questions? Here's a few for a live audience:
1) Who's the audience? Are they fans or just shoppers who happen to be there.
2) How fanboy does one get? I read other interviews and they ask some of the most pointed...
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1) Who's the audience? Are they fans or just shoppers who happen to be there.
2) How fanboy does one get? I read other interviews and they ask some of the most pointed...
I’m in SF to do an interview with director Kiyoshi Kurosawa. I’ve seen my share of Q and A’s and done my share too. I’m still not sure what I’ll ask him. What criteria do I use to drum up questions? Here’s a few for a live audience: 1) Who’s the audience? Are they fans or just shoppers who happen to be there.2) How fanboy does one get? I read other interviews and they ask some of the most pointed questions ever. Tuck in the fanboy.3) Is it a Q and A about his most recent project? I’m only giving you these three things, but in the end, there are plenty of major other things to think about when doing an interview – which most people don’t think about because they think doing an interview is easy. I’m realizing more and more, which interviews are important and which ones aren’t. You should be able to read it years later and have it still make sense and still have long lasting qualities. It’s just like art, many artists make tons of tiny pieces which are cool, but the big ones are often the “important” ones. I try and go big each time.
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