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August 14, 2006

Transcriptions

Although I've never tried to categorize the content of this little journal of mine in any way, I know that my writing here has taken a substantial turn from the criticical to the colloquial lately (I'm still kicking myself for missing the Avant-Garde Blog-a-thon). I hope no one minds too much; I'll get back to my usual excessive wordiness before long, and in an attempt to arrive at a halfway point, I've got a few new filmmaker interviews to post this week, and hopefully a review of The Science Of Sleep.

I love interviewing other directors, but I hate typing up the conversations afterwards. I'll do anything to put it off - including transcribing other things, such as my own films. Which is what I did last night. I'm submitting my cut of The Outlaw Son to a few European film festivals, and I have to include a transcription of the dialogue. The 23 minute cut amounted to four pages of material, and it was interesting to compare it to what was originally written in the script. It's pretty similar, in a lot of ways, but the little twists and changes Kyle and Machete added as they made the words their own afforded them a texture I never could have provided on the page.

Some Analog Lines closed out the DVF last night, along with the rest of the Texas Show entries. Bart Weiss had some really nice things to say about it in his introduction. It looked amazing on the big screen - better than it ever has before, in fact. I was really impressed. And Brad's sound mix was just outstanding on those big screen speakers. I can't wait to hear his final mix on the final cut of The Outlaw Son (the files are in the mail, Brad!).

EDIT: I was in a hurry when I left this entry, and I wanted to provide a more graceful conclusion. Unfortunately, I have none to provide at the moment. That bottle of wine went straight to my head...

Posted by David Lowery at August 14, 2006 03:45 PM

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Posted by: brad at August 15, 2006 12:21 PM