Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted March 16, 2005 Premium Member Share Posted March 16, 2005 Hi, Looks like I'll be in LA for a week from Saturday. Probably working quite a bit, but would consider it a priviledge to meet anyone who's up for a beer one evening. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Worth Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 Sounds great! I just sent you an email with my contact info. Let me know when you're in town and we'll hang. It would be even better if a group of us could get together to celebrate Phil's visit! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted March 16, 2005 Author Premium Member Share Posted March 16, 2005 Hi, Just look for the small dark cloud in the clear blue Californian sky - I'll be directly beneath it. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted March 16, 2005 Premium Member Share Posted March 16, 2005 I'll be wrapped on my feature next Sunday, so send me an email. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 "Probably working quite a bit" You got INS permits to work? I thought you where opposed to "working under the table?" Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Spear Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 "Probably working quite a bit" = "working under the table" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenolian Bell Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 I'll be in LA that week. Let me know when you guys are thinking of hooking up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted March 16, 2005 Author Premium Member Share Posted March 16, 2005 Hi, Nope, quite above board - installing some stuff for a company based here in London. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 Will you be telling the INS upon your arrival in the USA, that you are there to: "install some stuff for a company based in London" If you do watch for hassels from the INS, they will consider that "work" even if you are being paid by a foreign based company. Lots of my friends try to go across the border from Canada for the purpose of working for a Canadian company doing business with a US company. ie setting up computers etc etc. They get turned back by the INS on a regular basis. If you're going to LA to baby sit kids or run a leaf blower, no problem. Any thing else, watch it. Just some advice based on lots of experience in dealing with the INS. Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alberto Larios-Saavedra Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 Will you be telling the INS upon your arrival in the USA, that you are there to: "install some stuff for a company based in London.." ...If you're going to LA to baby sit kids or run a leaf blower, no problem. Any thing else, watch it. Richard <{POST_SNAPBACK}> What's all this bigotry and immigrant-bashing in a Cinematography forum? Do you even know a gardener or a nanny? Are you suggesting that they have the easy life in the U.S? You have no $%*! idea. Believe me, I'm all for legal immigration, but to imply that these people get a free ticket into the U.S. and are not persecuted is just plain ignorant. I'm not sure if you are American or Canadian (it doesn't show in your profile), but it is evident that your observations are very simplistic and completely unfounded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted March 17, 2005 Author Premium Member Share Posted March 17, 2005 Hi, The company sends people over all the time - what can I say, I'm just doing what I'm told! If they tell me to get lost, they tell me to get lost. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 Hopefully it won't be an issue Phil. Obviously they are a lot more cranky in a post 9/11 world. Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted March 17, 2005 Author Premium Member Share Posted March 17, 2005 Hi, I have found, as have several other people here, that they've actually become somewhat friendlier post 9/11, if more thorough. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 Well of course for some very strange reason, you clear US customs while on Canadian soil when you fly into the USA. No idea why this is? It sure as heck doesn't work the other way around. Since you're still in Canada when you meet with them it's a lot easier for them to tell some one they can't enter for what ever reason. Since they can just get back in their car and drive home. If they deny you entry when you arrive on US soil now it's a big hassel for them. They have to detain you some place while a flight back to your home country is arranged. It's a much bigger production number. Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Michael Nash Posted March 18, 2005 Premium Member Share Posted March 18, 2005 Hi, Looks like I'll be in LA for a week from Saturday. Probably working quite a bit, but would consider it a priviledge to meet anyone who's up for a beer one evening. Phil <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I should have some time that week. I think it would be great if we could get a small group together somewhere. I think you have my email, or at least you can reach me through Bill T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Kevin Zanit Posted March 18, 2005 Premium Member Share Posted March 18, 2005 Yes, if a group gets together, email me through the forum. I'd love to meet Mr. Rhodes. Kevin Zanit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted March 18, 2005 Author Premium Member Share Posted March 18, 2005 Hi, Well the place I'm staying is at 5551 West 6th st. I have less than no idea where that is, other than that it's a 25 minute drive from Universal City Plaza. Likely to be freest later in the week, so can we all do something Wednesday? Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 18, 2005 Share Posted March 18, 2005 A party for "film geeks". Can I come and bring my video camera to shoot what I feel will be the next big hit in reality TV? Richard PS: My apologies, I mean can I bring my 35mm FILM camera to film this gathering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Bill Totolo Posted March 18, 2005 Premium Member Share Posted March 18, 2005 This feels more like a Pixelvision event. Bring a PXL2000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Michael Nash Posted March 19, 2005 Premium Member Share Posted March 19, 2005 Well the place I'm staying is at 5551 West 6th st. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Dangerously close to work for some of us. ;) That's nearby the tar pits/Moca. Maybe a get together at the Grove/Farmer's Market? Lots of food options, and good movie theater... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted March 19, 2005 Author Premium Member Share Posted March 19, 2005 (edited) Hi, > That's nearby the tar pits/Moca. Maybe a get together at the Grove/Farmer's Market? > Lots of food options, and good movie theater... Sounds good, in an "I have no idea what that means" way. I have to go jump on a plane now... and the Heathrow express isn't running, natch. Phil Edited March 19, 2005 by Phil Rhodes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Michael Nash Posted March 19, 2005 Premium Member Share Posted March 19, 2005 Hi, > That's nearby the tar pits/Moca. Maybe a get together at the Grove/Farmer's Market? > Lots of food options, and good movie theater... Sounds good, in an "I have no idea what that means" way. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Of course I meant LACMA (LA County Museum of Art), not MOCA. :rolleyes: It was late. Farmer's Market is a well-known semi-open air market for everything food related, including vendors of pretty much every ethnic food type. Adjascent to that is an open-air shopping center called The Grove, set up kind of like a pedestrian main street. It's in the middle of the city and central to everyone in the LA area. map: http://www.hollywood.com/showtimes/map.asp...3D3%2F19%2F2005 movies: http://www.thegrovela.com/welcome_to_the_g..._nowshowing.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted March 20, 2005 Author Premium Member Share Posted March 20, 2005 (edited) Hi, I am afraid and confused. There appears to be a giant HMI in the sky, which has turned blue. Aaargh, I'm melting, I'm melting! Phil Edited March 20, 2005 by Phil Rhodes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted March 20, 2005 Author Premium Member Share Posted March 20, 2005 Hi, Oh, yeah, and how come if the US has such strict immigration policies, none of the cleaners here could tell me where the bathroom was? "Sorr, no speek eenglish." Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Spear Posted March 20, 2005 Share Posted March 20, 2005 You're going to love it here. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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