a letter to Woody Allen

Dear Mr. Woody Allen,

This letter contains an uninvited request and favor, and I apologize beforehand for what I'm going to ask.

First of all, I really like your movies, and I admire your talents and efforts...

I watched Match Point, Midnight in Paris, Annie Hall, Blue Jasmine, and Vicky Christina Barcelona.(in the order of when I watched), and find them really fresh to me no matter the old ones or the new ones, and are filmed in a rather light way with the sort of heavy issues discussed.

I thought a lot about what to say to you last night after I watched Vicky Christina Barcelona, I thought about being someone like Christina, about taking photographs of every little thing in my daily lives, about actually doing something that I like, about how much I want to contact you, and before falling asleep, I pretty much dwelling on acting a role in a film you direct.

Well, yes... that's really why I'm trying to contact you. This is actually kind of embarrassing, but I hope I can play an important role in a film you write and direct. I'm not an actor neither as a career or as amateur. I just wish I could do that once in a lifetime.  Maybe just a short story happened somewhere in a village? maybe?

So uh... in case that you might take the risk, here's the brief "specification" of myself: 1.56 meters tall, 45 kg in weight, and attached is a short clip of me saying hi to you so that you can actually see how I look like in a camera and what I sound like.

Finally, it would be a huge honor to receive your any kind of reply. I will definitely print it, frame it, and hang it at the most stand-out spot of my home.

Sincerely,

Iris Qin

dated February 26, 2014