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February 20, 2009
You Won't Miss Me, That Evening Sun and the Barlow Jacobs factor
A day off...
...but not really. So many things to do. I was just vicariously reminded that I need to do the end-credits for St. Nick. A long afternoon of handwriting awaits me.
Kris and I have made a pact to force ourselves to make sure we actually see all the movies we want to see at SXSW next month (as opposed to spending the whole time eating room service french fries in hotel rooms). One film that I'm particularly excited about is Scott Teems' That Evening Sun, the trailer for which can be found here. It looks like a beautiful, elegant work of Southern Gothicism - and of course, I wouldn't expect anything less from a director whose production company, Tarwater Pictures, is named after a Flannery O'Connor character.
Fun fact: last summer in New York, I shot a screen test with Barlow for the film. I think he was already a shoo-in for the small part he was reading for, but the producers wanted to see footage before officially casting him. So we printed out the script and shot the scene, and I played the Hal Holbrooks part. Quite badly. Maybe it'll show up as an easter egg on the DVD. Barlow got the part, and one line from that scene even made it into the trailer.
Barlow is actually in four movies at SXSW this year - Scott's, St. Nick, Alexander The Last, and Ry's new movie, You Won't Miss Me, which is of course at the top of my to-see list. I saw a strange assembly of footage well over a year ago, back when it was still being shot, and couldn't quite tell what it was; but now, after reading Tom Hall's review out of Sundance and seeing the outstanding new trailer, it's suddenly resolved into sharp relief.
On a related note: I took part in the annual Spout.com SXSW Filmmaker Questionnaire. I guess it's about time to start getting used to seeing my words in print again....
Posted by David Lowery at February 20, 2009 2:44 PM