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“Love and War” will premiere at Seattle International Film Festival.

Now enjoy some tasty boilerplate:
Now in its 36th year, the Seattle International Film Festival plays host to a stellar array of films from around
the world. SIFF screens an eclectic selection of the best new international features,
documentaries, and US independent films and is the largest and most highly attended
film festival in the United States with an audience of more than 140,000 attending in
2009. The 25-day Festival presents more than 400 films from over 60 countries. Programming
also includes industry seminars and panels, awards, tributes, retrospectives,
and educational outreach programs. With extensive local, national, and international
media coverage, the Festival is one of this country’s most accessible and highly publicized
film events.

Here are some stills pulled from the footage from days 1 and 2 of shooting.

Pre-production has begun for my next short film “Love and War”. The war part is WWI, and the love takes place in the roaring, jazzy 1920s. Or are they happening at the same time? There’s going to be lots of cool juxtaposition in this one because, essentially, aren’t love and war the same?

If you’ll permit me to share a bit of personal info, I’ll explain my inspiration in writing this story. Early this year I turned 30, and being suddenly an old man, I began to reflect on my misspent youth. It seems most of my twenties were spent in long-term relationships. And when I found myself in my late twenties, burned yet again, I wondered how it could possible. Shouldn’t I have figured it all out by then? This is what made me think of World War One. It was supposed to be the war to end all wars. Don’t relationships work the same way? This time, it’s for real. The love to end all loves. If you’re lucky, eventually it’ll be true, but damn if it isn’t a lot of war until that happens.

It seems true wisdom is knowing that you’ll never know.

Anyway, that’s what the story of this movie is about. It’s a pretty ambitious project, requiring some funding. To that end, I’ve launched a page on kickstarter.com. “Crowdfunding” seems to be more and more a viable option for indie film these days. Have a look at the page and please consider supporting the project. You can contribute as little as $1 and there are lots of rewards available, including Executive Producer credit, and a cameo appearance in the film. If you do back the project at a producer level, the credit will go into IMDb.com. Then you can have fun linking yourself to Kevin Bacon.

Here’s a design book we whipped up to give you an idea of what it’ll look like.

Now we’re getting somewhere.

Day 3 was intense. We had a bout 20 cast and crew running around. Jess did his best to manage the chaos, but we had one pretty big logistical messup (sorry, Sue!). Apart from that and a special effects malfunction, I think it went quite well. We got through the fight between Tex and Dixie and killed a few of the other vampires.

More tomorrow.

To my production team: The script is downloadable here.
To everyone else: Feel free to read and comment.

LONDON—A backyard barbecue hosted by director Terry Gilliam was postponed again Sunday due to production delays. “I had a special grill flown in from Fiji, but it took three weeks to figure out how to light it,” Gilliam said of the 20-foot, volcano-shaped propane grill he’d deemed integral to the Tiki-themed event. “Then, just when I had the menu hammered out, Johnny [Depp] got sick, and I had to push the date back again. See, the whole thing was for his birthday in June.” In spite of the continued delays, party guest Elvis Mitchell predicted that the event will be “visually stunning” and “fun.”

From The Onion.

Now I understand what the lyrics to that Pixies song are about:

got me a movie
i want you to know
slicing up eyeballs
i want you to know
girlie so groovy
i want you to know
don’t know about you
but i am un chien andalusia
wanna grow
up to be 
be a debaser, debaser

got me a movie
ha ha ha ho
slicing up eyeballs
ha ha ha ho
girlie so groovie
ha ha ha ho
don’t know about you
but i am un chien andalusia

debaser

• End the scene with reactions from characters.
• Reveal new dimensions of characters.
• It’s never easy.
• Send it in a new direction.
• Maintain your subplots.