Werner Herzog warns aspiring filmmakers to not quit their jobs and go to film school. In place of academic thinking, he’s is interested in real-life experiences — filmmakers who have done their time in the world, spent a few nights on the street, worked as a bouncer at a night club. I’m sure the same applies for writers. One of my strang…
Werner Herzog warns aspiring filmmakers to not quit their jobs and go to film school. In place of academic thinking, he’s is interested in real-life experiences — filmmakers who have done their time in the world, spent a few nights on the street, worked as a bouncer at a night club. I’m sure the same applies for writers. One of my strangest and most eye-opening jobs was as a summer temp working in a frozen pizza factory after my freshman year in college. Pepperoni, pepperoni, pepperoni, one after the other for 8 hours straight, an endless conveyor belt of frozen discs. Mind numbing, but also strangely meditative, though I recognize my great privilege of being able to go back to school in the fall.
Funny you should say that. After being in the pepperoni zone for a stint, I moved over to the boxing conveyor belt, where I quickly discovered I WAS NOT quick enough at stacking in threes and they all piled up on me. Yes, I did shut the entire factory down for a moment because of this. College students, geesh.
Werner Herzog warns aspiring filmmakers to not quit their jobs and go to film school. In place of academic thinking, he’s is interested in real-life experiences — filmmakers who have done their time in the world, spent a few nights on the street, worked as a bouncer at a night club. I’m sure the same applies for writers. One of my strangest and most eye-opening jobs was as a summer temp working in a frozen pizza factory after my freshman year in college. Pepperoni, pepperoni, pepperoni, one after the other for 8 hours straight, an endless conveyor belt of frozen discs. Mind numbing, but also strangely meditative, though I recognize my great privilege of being able to go back to school in the fall.
I immediately conjure Lucy and Ethel in the chocolate factory but with pepperonis. Hehe.
Funny you should say that. After being in the pepperoni zone for a stint, I moved over to the boxing conveyor belt, where I quickly discovered I WAS NOT quick enough at stacking in threes and they all piled up on me. Yes, I did shut the entire factory down for a moment because of this. College students, geesh.
Haha! Love this. 😅 Lucy would have been proud to call you a friend.
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Wow, I’ve never known anyone who worked in a frozen pizza factory. That’s a fresh one for me. Nice!