October 01, 2005
I feel unusually light hearted. Romantic, Gene Kelley-on-the-streetlamp-style. I think it's the weather. October is my favorite month. I love how it always manages to sneak up on me.
And 48 Ribs is done, and I love that too.
The long cut, at least. I sent a draft around to various folks to get some feedback, which once received and considered lead to a few more minor cuts. I'm so happy with how it turned out. I won't be putting it online publicly anytime soon, for various reasons, but I may cut together a little excerpted version to show here, made up of footage I didn't use.
The title for the nonfiction film (it's not a documentary because it's not really about anything, and it's not an essay or editorial because it doesn't have a point) I've simultaneously been working on is Some Analog Lines. It's sort of a catalog and exploration of various film-related textures with the pretext of some sort of argument binding it all together. Or something pretentious like that. Every step forward I take with it seems to prolong its completion just a little bit further; I recorded the narration last night, and now, having dropped it into the cut, I'm wondering if it needs narration at all. I think the film would be much stronger if I could just show, rather than tell. Nonetheless, I'm pleased with the cut so far. All six minutes of it.
Yen and I watched Hong Sang Soo's The Turning Gate tonight. It was a beautiful film, and it ended on a perfect note: with Arvo Part's aching Spiegel Im Spiegel playing over the end credits (it was the only instance of music in the film). There was some odd synchronicity there, as I've spent the last few days trying not to be too specifically influenced by that piece of music while trying to figure out what sort of score I need for Some Analog Lines. I'm hoping that Curtis will be able to help me in that area.
Speaking of whom: the Theater Fire have a new website.
Posted by David Lowery at October 1, 2005 07:59 PM
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congrats, my friend....can't wait to see it!
Posted by: frank at October 2, 2005 09:40 AM