January 02, 2006
It's been raining and freezing here for the past few days. Perfect beach weather, we thought as we stepped out onto the sand last night. One more day here, and then it's back to the flaming encroachments of North Texas, where hopefully a check will be waiting in the mailbox and a telecine session will be right around the corner.
To be followed, perhaps, by yet another trip out here. Next time I'll make sure I get on the plane.
My First-Four-Months-Of-The-New-Year Resolution: write a new feature screenplay. It's going to have something to do with twins, I think, and maybe some politics. Various germinating ideas coalesced into a legitimate possibility the other night, and so I'll give it a shot. I've been reworking old properties for so long now that the idea of something new is a little exciting, a little bit scary.
Oh, and maybe I'll finish that stop-motion film, which I haven't touched since early September. I won't set any more deadlines for it - I won't keep them, and it's nice to have something to work on intermittently.
Posted by David Lowery at January 2, 2006 11:41 AM
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Are you going to Berlin this year?
Posted by: Karsten at January 2, 2006 04:01 PM
I'm 99.9% sure I won't be going. I sure would like to, though...
Posted by: Ghostboy at January 3, 2006 07:30 PM
me too.
i got a sxsw flyer in the mail today, i'm still crossing my fingers i get in there and get to go to meet up with you. do the cab drivers there speak english? i sure hope so. otherwise, we're screwed.
Posted by: brad at January 3, 2006 08:31 PM
JMJ talked to Matt Dentler briefly at Butt-Numb-A-Thon, and learned that shorts get programmed last. So don't uncross those fingers yet...no news is good news.
I'm about to submit Some Analog Lines to a few more festivals this week, too.
I've told that cab story so many times...maybe it's just because we were drunk, but it still makes me crack up when I think about it.
Posted by: Ghostboy at January 3, 2006 08:41 PM
drunk or sober, we still would've ended up lost i think. next time we go though, i'll be semi-fluent and i won't get us lost quite so easily...
Posted by: brad at January 3, 2006 10:13 PM
I was asking because I'm going, and it's such a great festival, and all about meeting up with cool people making films and loving films.
Posted by: Karsten at January 4, 2006 01:37 PM
Well, regrettably, I just received that last .1 percent of confirmation today. It's a good thing, actually, since I would have had to sink pretty far into debt in order to go. Now I can spend that imaginary money on getting this film finished instead.
Posted by: Ghostboy at January 4, 2006 02:02 PM