Seeing as Tim Robbins is one of my favourite authors, I'd say we should
induct him into the Free Pissers Union and introduce him to Gab & Eti.  His
writing style reminds me a lot of Ken's over the years.  So, which book is
being turned into a film?  There was one in the works a few years ago but
apparently stopped mid-production (I think it was "Even Cowgirls Get the
Blues").

I think it's great these people thought enough to consider seeking out a
preservationeer to make sure they didn't do any permanent damage to the
property and to the landscape.  I'm curious, if you do remove the railing,
what type of structure will surround the area to allow the shoot; on what
story is the balcony, etc.?

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I Feel Spooky
I got a call on Friday from the location manager doing a Tim Robbins
movie who asked if I would work with him on removal of a balcony railing
of an apartment on Riverside Drive (earlier in the week I got to
cogitate over a balcony railing overhanging an Alexander Calder sidewalk
- a rather static mobile) so that 1) he can get a close up shot into the
apartment for a 1920's vintage re-creation of a celluloid fantasy and 2)
that I would then restore and re-set the iron railing in a manner, in
real-time, appropriate to the pre-1920's historic fabric, when all the
play acting is done. I love these baroque recursive plots with fuzzy
logic that blurs the lines of sanity. The task requires my negotiating
with the location manager and the owner of the apartment. I'm meeting
the location manager on the site on Monday. I have to bring my portfolio
of professional credentials, yeah, right. Since this fellow had the good
sense to seek out a preservationeer possibly I should induct him into
PIN, or, considering it is Tim Robbins, may I opt for the Free Pissers
Union? Gab & Eti will be in tow.
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