The film Skinamarink is one of the most divisive horror releases of all time. If it clicks for you it really hits. No other film has invoked that disconnected nostalgic feeling of thinking back to your childhood as an adult. It's an incredible experimental piece that landed for me.
Tonight's the second class in this indie filmmaking course I'm taking at my alma mater - I loved my first experience last week and I'm looking forward to tonight's follow-up: sets, props, costumes, and locations.
It's both refreshing and alien to actually be around film people locally (though one really excellent indie film was made around here a few years ago).
I do get the vibe that I'm probably the only one there really into "art" films - the instructor asked for everyone's favorite director and desperate to think of someone I liked that the class might've heard of, I said David Lynch, and he seemed sort of confused - the other students said Nolan and Tarantino. Most people there seem to be after commercial success, and I'm just there to have a chance at getting things made - though I do want to be sustainable, and that means making some money somehow. Still, it's a very supportive atmosphere and I'm very glad to be there, and I hope it leads to some good experiences.
It's a really nice follow-up to reading "Community Media: A Handbook for DIY TV" by @ajroach42 (https://communitymedia.network/product-category/zine/)! That zine said some things I really, really needed to hear - including some things I had already thought myself but hadn't embraced until I saw them in print. (Thanks, Andrew!) I highly recommend it to anyone doing any kind of indie art, not just TV, but it's definitely recommended reading for anyone making #indiefilm.
I also just got "Make Your Own Damn Movie!" by Lloyd Kaufman from the library, that's next on the reading list.
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While the first episode of Fun Gal gets the finishing touches, we are prepping our first short film, a short and lighthearted parody of the Catholic concept of the intercession of saints. Heaven is reimagined as a call center for processing prayers, and one troubled woman struggles to be heard. Please help support Paradise 6-5000! (don't worry, we're doing a podcast version too) https://gofund.me/00d068b1 #indiefilm#podcast
Are you in the Philly/Delaware County area? Do you want to be in my friend's movie as an extra in a scene with everyone's favorite clerk, Brian O'Halloran?
Pledge $37 or more and show up to filming, and you're in. The film is a love letter to Delco and has been in the works for years now. I consider him a colleague (dare I say, friend?) and we've definitely worked in the same creative circles together. He's a stand-up dude.
Today is World Giraffe Day! To celebrate, please enjoy this wonderful short film titled "Giraffe," from the 48 Film Project of 2016. It's truly one of the most creative short films I've ever seen (and I think you lot will like it). 💋
I was chatting with a friend tonight about radicals within organized religion. The 1960s Latin American Liberation Theology movement came up, as did the Sister of the Immaculate Heart, the nuns features in the amazing documentary Rebel Hearts.
The trailer is just over a minute long, and I absolutely lose it at 0:48.