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July 14, 2006

It Hurts When I Laugh

It's a longstanding tradition that, in the editing process of my films, all my attempts at humor will invariably hit the cutting room floor. I just can't help but make these dour, depressing films!

So I attempt to mitigate this, to expand my horizons, to vicariously share in that natural wit of which I'm so grievously bereft, by participating from time to time in more lighthearted projects. Which is how I ended up playing a flamboyant robot pirate in Aqua Rangers, the greenscreen project I was helping some friends with last April. This serialized saga is now complete, and will be premiering at a gala event in Dallas in late August. You can get an advance glimpse of its epic scope - and me in my dazzling costume, trying hard not to sink the entire picture - via its trailer.

The screening is on August 24th. RSVP, etc.

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On the flip side of things is Parlor Trick, my piece in the touring Slow Motion Video Festival. It's essentially a sixty-second indulgence in one of my primary thematic obsessions. Now that I think about it, it's probably had more exposure than any of my other work; the collection has screened at festivals and galleries in LA, NY, Chicago, London, Spain....and next, it's coming to DFW on July 19th. Just in time for me to miss it. Which doesn't mean you have to.

More screenings of other films will be announced shortly...

Posted by David Lowery at July 14, 2006 02:33 AM

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Posted by: frank at July 15, 2006 02:32 PM