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September 14, 2006
Feeling The Illinoise
Yen surprised us all this evening with tickets to the Sufjan Stevens show at the Lakewood. It was a wonderful way to have one last hurrah, so to speak, before cracking down on the three weeks of production that lay ahead of us (and however many months of post-production that will then ensue).
In addition to all the other work he's taken upon himself, Jim has courageously set out to document the entire process of making Ciao via his new blog, CiaoDallas. I don't know how he has the energy to update it every night (and am willing to take bets about how quickly it falls by the wayside once production actually begins), but he's done a terrific job thus far of conveying the Sisyphean ups and downs of producing an independent feature. Also included in his latest update arephotos from the concert this evening - the high point of which was the performance of The Predatory Wasp Of The Palisades Is Out To Get Us! Its gorgeous arrangements broke down in its final measures into some truly spectacular cacophony, turning the remainder of the set into (very lovely) filler.
I was really impressed, too, with the background video that was projected behind the band; I frequently found myself watching that as much as than the musicians on the stage. It was helpful to see it, since the post-heavy project I'm working on at the moment is going to be shown in exactly the same context - and very likely in the same venue - not too far down the road. If I can actually finish it, of course.
Posted by David Lowery at September 14, 2006 01:14 AM