Just Walking

Naturally I'm biased..but here's some info - the story is actually an adaptation of a Ray Bradbury classic short, "The Pedestrian" - despite my protests re: possible litigation, the film was entered into various festivals, such as Zagreb where it was in competition - I had contacted Mr Bradburys agent, Don Congdon, at the time to get clearance, but was told all film rights were with Disney (!) - having started the film already as a student project, I had to finish it...funnily enough, one of the judges at Zagreb turned out to be another of my heroes, Saul Bass - who was also a close friend of Ray Bradburys (!!), needless to say, I did'nt win, but then nothing was voted that year as best film in competition - I recently contacted St Martins to see if they had the original 16mm film print lying around and was told it had been trashed years ago, so it was a surpise to see that it is on the database. Ravi Swami 15 / 3 / 04