November 24, 2005
Thanksgiving - what an appropriate day to review Lars Von Trier's Manderlay!
The production breakdown for The Outlaw Son is the shortest and simplest I've had for any of my films.
Our film stock is now sitting in James' refrigerator. Were we to stick strictly to the script, it would be enough to constitute a 3:1 shooting ratio. In an effort to increase that, I'll be ordering a few more rolls tomorrow. Also, I found the leftover short ends from my last super16mm effort. They've spent two years in the refrigerator (during which some curry spilled on them) and one year on the shelf next to my computer (during which the curry calcified into a orange crust), so it'll be interesting to see what sort of pictures they make (suffice to say, we won't use them for anything important - or actually, maybe we will).
My plans for the holiday, once I've gone to bed and awoken once more, involve going to my grandparents' house, not eating and finally finishing the last 100 pages of In Cold Blood.
Best of luck to Kat and Bryan and everyone else biting their nails, waiting to hear back from the Dances this week. I remember when we were doing the very same thing last year...
Posted by David Lowery at November 24, 2005 02:47 AM