My mentor has been telling me to visualize success and that this will help me to finish the film. I have been struggling. What do I visualize? Walking up on a stage to get an award? Lights coming up and people clapping? Signing a contract?
When I think about the success of the film, I visualize a person coming out of the cinema into the sunlight, disoriented and thinking “what a strange trip…what a dream I had.” I want Tokyo and the Cowboys to stay with them so that, at odd moments and for a very long time, they might feel nostalgic and think “I miss this and that about Tokyo or Ken or Mark” even though they’ve never physically been to that place or met those people. I guess that’s as good as it gets in terms of success. But I will try to also think about the awards and clapping and contracts. A girl’s gotta eat.
