The first blog about Going round and round in circles (https://piccola-chinita.blogspot.com/2020/04/going-round-and-round-in-circles-london.html) reminds me of a phone conversation I once had with the secretary of one of our film directors on The Heart of the Dragon.
The Heart of the Dragon was a 12-part Channel Four TV documentary series about China in the early 80s, made by a company specially set up for it, with each producer/director having their own company working on all sorts of other projects.
Nigel’s company, Hawkshead Communications Limited, was a corporate training filmmaking company, specialising in communications.
One day, a call came in from the Hawkshead secretary for Nigel. He wasn’t in, so she said she’d like to leave a message for him.
Secretary: Tell Nigel I can do it and you know what I mean…
Me: Do what? I don’t know what you mean.
Secretary: No, those are the names of the training films: “I can do it” and “You know what I mean”.
(London, 1983)
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