Last night. I wrote an open letter to Catholic High School. This happened because, a few weeks after agreeing to let me shoot RIVER OF EXPLODING DURIANS within their premises, they suddenly reneged on their promise. A day before the shoot. When everything's already finalized. When a Taiwanese actress had already flown here, to good old Malaysia, to do my film, within a limited schedule. When a large group of actors have been scheduled to act in my school scenes. When a large amount of money and time had been committed to the shoot. Good old Catholic High School of Petaling Jaya, which I attended from 1997 to 2001, NONCHALANTLY went back on a deal that almost jeopardized the entire production and flushed all my money into the drain. The reason given? A carnival day that they conveniently did NOT tell us about until a day before the shoot. Very convenient.
