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January 27, 2010

Afterwards

It's a remarkably pleasant thing, attending a festival in support of someone else's film. On the one hand, I feel close enough to Bryan's film that I can take enormous satisfaction and no small degree of pride in hearing people say they've heard good things about, hearing them say good things about it. But I'm also able to detach entirely from the usual nerve-wracking jitters and subsequent decompression and just dip in and out of the ride. I've been watching movies and enjoying myself and when people congratulate me on the film, I take their kind words and run with them to the next screening, feeling just a little bit warmer than I did beforehand.

The first screening was wonderful. It looked really good on the big screen, and sometimes even beautiful. I made a lot of mistakes behind the camera, but there were lots of things I tried to do that did work, and never so well as when projected at large (I was pleased to see that the Hollywood Reporter thought likewise). I skipped the second screening to see a different movie, and now I regret it.

Posted by David Lowery at January 27, 2010 11:15 AM