When I got up this morning, I had no idea that I’d end up on the set of director Thomas Vinterbergs next movie Dear Wendy.

I had a meeting at Filmbyen (Film city), and suddenly, there I was, standing right behind the directors tent, while they did a re-take of one of the films final scenes. The film is set in West Virginia, and they’ve built a real slice of america right outside Copenhagen. It was fun to get a glimpse behind the scenes, and to get a sense of how Vinterberg directs his movies. There’s a picture of the back of the set on the photoblog. Notice the american style water tower.

The Haus R 128 by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Werner Sobek.

It’s even better by night.

Last night was “culture night” in Copenhagen, meaning all the shops and museums were open ’till late and there was lots of music, events, sports and other fun stuff going on.

Patricia and I went to see a film consultant talk about “What are movies” illustrated by some of his favourite scenes, including:
* The balloon dance and the barber scene from “The Dictator”
* The opera scene from “Pretty Woman”
* The opening scene from “Atlantic City” where Susan Sarandon rubs lemon juice over herself
* A scene from “The Last Tycoon” with a VERY young Robert de Niro

And then we saw Rune Klan perform his unique brand of standup magic, and I nearly laughed my head of. Apart from being an extremely good stage magician, he has a wonderful hyperactive, happy and extremely funny act. This is a guy who knows great magic, but can turn it to his own use.