It’s funny who you get to know on an eclipse trip. I’ve met corporate executives, small-business owners, professional photographers, and lots of others. On our recent trip to Siberia to view the August 1 total solar eclipse, we met Ed Piwowarski, a guy who paints movie sets.
My wife and I are both big movie fans, so we asked him what movies he had worked on. He mentioned several box-office hits, some independent films, and others not so well known. Over the course of the nearly 2-week trip, he told us many stories about working in the movies. Most of his experiences involved severe deadlines and required lots of imagination on his part.
Skip forward to Sunday. My wife and I went to see the movie Tropic Thunder. As the credits began to roll, my wife remembered Ed chatting about several current movies he worked on, including Tropic Thunder. She wondered aloud if Ed would be in the credits. As she said the words, I exclaimed, “Hey! There’s Ed’s name.”
It’s a small world.