May 30, 2005
I was part of a skeleton crew for reshoots on Clay Liford's ghoulish anthology masterpiece A Four Course Meal this afternoon. I first saw the picture at a screening over a year ago, but Clay's been tinkering with it ever since, based on feedback from distributors and his own gut intuition. The footage we shot today was sort of binding for the three chapters in the film, and I actually ended up on camera - or, at least, my hands did (if one could compare this movie to Tales From The Crypt, then my hands would be the Cryptkeeper).
(One of Clay's friends from New Zealand was in town and helped out as well. He just came off The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, which reminded me that I forgot to mention that the trailer for that film didn't look nearly as bad as I expected it to.)
As small as this shoot was, being on the set, amidst all the lights and c-stands and C47s (not to mention fake blood) and like-minded people, made me realize exactly how long it's been since I've been in that sort of creative environment. I love the palpable sense of craft on film sets, particularly when there's an equal or greater sense of passion and fun shared by the crew. It's one of the things that makes desktop filmmaking a little bit less satisfying, and I have more to write, I think, but alas, this comp I'm working on just finished rendering...and oh! There it went. Final Cut Pro just crashed. I want a G5. And as long as I'm dreaming, I also want...well, that's a long list.
Posted by David Lowery at May 30, 2005 12:04 AM
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"based on feedback from distributors and his own gut intuition."
And ain't that just a warm and cuddly juxtaposition.
Posted by: David at May 30, 2005 03:17 AM