Made a V.I.P. delivery of my stuff to an actor in the Hollywood Hills.
Worked on plotting my scene-by-scene boards in the morning with Deb. Very intense.
Then off to a general meeting in Universal City. Played video games on an old-school arcade machine. Very cool.
Sent a few copies of MIDNIGHT SON in the mail to some very potential future collaborators…
And my roommate David Harbour is going to give the script to an actor who would be an amazing Charlie Manson! They’re working together soon on another project…. fingers crossed!
Just placed an ad for an intern. Cool!
Made an important deadline for Film Independent. Fast Track program. Just sent the supplementary materials. Fingers crossed.
My first time on the Jim Henson lot where everyone seems to know everyone else’s name. It’s like high school there.
Today I also learned what makes a project “real” versus “not real,” although the lines are blurred in the indie world. Definitely. Is my project “real”? According to one exec, “Oh, this is REAL!”
Fascinating. I think I’ll just stick to making the movie. Although I thought the artifice of movies centered around the fact that they’re pretend anyway…
At the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. This is the first time I’ve stepped in snow for over a year. Since this is not the end of the movie CRASH, it generally does not snow in Los Angeles. Ever. So it was pretty fricking cool to be legitimately cold and have to bundle up and be passionate about film all at once. Had a really great time in short… some great meetings and powerful introductions but super happy to be back in LA.
At Sundance until Wednesday with limited internet access…. Will back blog the past few days upon my return to LA. Stay tuned. =)
Got some really fascinating notes on the script from someone I really, really respect that I will have to give some serious thought and consideration to.
Meeting with the managers. Having another one tomorrow. Good day, sorry for the brevity…
February 12th I will be the first person in line to see this movie, THE RED RIDING TRILOGY, which is a testament that the noir genre is alive and thriving. Aside from its obvious auguring for THE DEAD CIRCUS, I think I will love this.
Sure to be one of the cinematic events of the year, RED RIDING is a mesmerizing neo-noir epic based on factual events and adapted for the screen by Tony Grisoni (FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS) from David Peace’s electrifying series of novels. An official selection of the Telluride, New York, Chicago and AFI Festivals, and acclaimed by critics an eminent accomplishment, the trilogy follows several characters in intertwining storylines united by the horror wrought by the “Yorkshire Ripper,” a serial killer who terrorized northwest England in the 1970s and ’80s. The three films are directed by three notable filmmakers–Julian Jarrold (BRIDESHEAD REVISITED), Academy-Award(R)-winner James Marsh (MAN ON WIRE) and Anand Tucker (SHOPGIRL). Each boasts a stellar British cast that includes Andrew Garfield (THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS), Sean Bean (LORD OF THE RINGS), Paddy Considine (DEAD MAN’S SHOES), Rebecca Hall (VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA), and Peter Mullan (TRAINSPOTTING).
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