June 12, 2004
Well, that all went down quite nicely last night. I wasn't nervous at all until the movie had started and I went down from the projection booth and sat in the back of the theater; it was then that, on its own accord, my heartbeat jumped up to quadruple time. The best part ot the evening was James's statement in his opening speech -- something along the lines of "to like this movie, you need to have an IQ that's at least higher than that of our commander in chief." Actually, that wasn't the best part, but it was still awesome.
Watching it and listening to the audience's reactions, I felt reassured that this is a movie that people might pay to see and feel that they've got their money's worth. Honestly, it felt like a real movie and not something that we'd made, which made the fact that we did make it all the more satisfying. People really seemed to like it. Of course, although I didn't know most of the people who were there, I think it was still a largely biased audience, but at the same time, I don't think anyone really knew what to expect from it either, including the people who worked on it.
But thanks to everyone who came out for doing so; to the cast and crew members who couldn't make it, we missed you, and you'd have been proud to see your great work get such a great response.
My bar tab at the after party: 21 dollars. I couldn't drive home, but it wasn't my fault.
Although we generally eschewed any press for this screening, we decided to let The Dallas Voice, our local Gay and Lesbian newspaper which has done a few articles on Yen in the past, mention it in their 'Things To Do' column. We were surprised when we opened it up yesterday to find almost a full page devoted to it, complete with what I guess is the first review of the movie. It's quite positive, but poorly written (they cribbed the plot description straight from the website) and rife with spoilers and some odd insinuations, and since it's not online, I have an excuse not to link to it. But still, that's our first bit of printed press (but definitely not the last, and I know that for a fact).
And now, I'm off to see Baadaasssss.
Posted by David Lowery at June 12, 2004 12:00 AM