Studio Overland & Underwood

my dream stove

Posted on March 8th, 2010 by cozette
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t-shirts

Posted on March 8th, 2010 by cozette
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london here we come…

This morning we awoke to exciting news. Our film Borderland has been accepted in to the London International Documentary Festival. Yippeeee!

Posted on March 8th, 2010 by cozette
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I’m a little embarrassed to say that I LOVE the Oscars. Everyone complains about how long and boring they are but I just eat them up. I guess it comes from when I was a little kid and I saw the Oscars as the ultimate achievement in film and I wanted to be a filmmaker and get an Oscar one day. Now with a lot more perspective I’m less respectful of the Academy which I usually think makes poor nomination judgments and has recently awarded some pretty uncreative films. But I can still get caught up in my own nostalgia and the magic of the night. And this year I can root for Steve and Julia who are nominated for Best Documentary, Short Subject for their beautiful film, The Last Truck. It would kick ass if they won.

Ps. We don’t own a TV so we had to beg a friend to host us so we can watch the awards ceremony!

Posted on March 7th, 2010 by cozette
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oh stunning beauty

Last night I saw a beautiful new documentary called Sweetgrass which was made by one of the professors in my department at Harvard. The film is completely observational – no narration or interviews – and the result is enthralling. The pacing was perfect. The film followed the journey of 3,000 sheep, a few ranch hands, and sheep dogs up to the high grazing pastures in the Montana Rockies for the summer. I found the film completely reaffirming of the power of observational cinema. It also made me realize how lucky I am to be in the middle of such a fantastic film community.

Posted on March 6th, 2010 by cozette
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day dreaming

We could always run away and open a roadside cafe…

(via PoppyTalk)

Posted on March 5th, 2010 by cozette
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camping!

I love this print by the talented Aussie artist Gretchen Mist.

I can’t wait for summer. I want to go on lots of camping adventures with Julian and Maggie Mae.

Posted on March 4th, 2010 by cozette
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friends + biggest chicken pot pie

I am now just catching my breath after a whirlwind these last few days. Lindsay Jo came for a visit this past weekend and we drank glorious wine and I made a giant chicken pot pie which was very yummy.

We did all the regular things we do together like talk for ages and go to the movies and play scrabble. It was so nice and relaxing and the perfect way to say goodbye to February.

Posted on March 3rd, 2010 by cozette
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to build or not to build

My Mom brought up the idea of building a home when I was visiting this past weekend. And now I’m on a whole other type of house binge; looking at land, looking at beautiful modern prefab houses. I particularly like the work of architect Rocio Romero. And how cool to be able to make your house passive solar and very green.