Like boarding a ship and beginning a grand voyage, the "adventure" of making a documentary about "Mr Ocean Liner" is very exciting. Both happily and thankfully, Bob Marshall is brilliant and the ideal captain of this journey. To date, we have logged in some 20 hrs of interviews/footage and with more to come.
I have so enjoyed loving the liners --- and both speaking & writing about them. It all started with a fleet of toy boats on my Grandmother's kitchen table ... my own little harbor! And, of course, growing up in Hoboken, back in the 1950s, with a front-row seat onto the Hudson River --- the magnificent New York City skyline as a backdrop, the freighters & ferries & little tugs as the supporting cast and then those great ocean liners as the leading ladies. A love affair began ... a passion was ignited ... and it has been a totally joyous "voyage" for me ever since.
This project will hopefully tell that story, ignite memories, foster modern day liner travel and maybe ignite passion in others. So, the whistles are sounding --- the long voyage of Mr Ocean Liner, from boyhood to the present, has begun! Already, I have my seat in a nice deckchair along the Boat Deck!
Bill Miller
Sep 30th 2009
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