« St. Nick DVDs 4 through 6 | Main | James M. Johnston, Fort Worth TX and Sailor Bear »

May 24, 2011

Last One

As previously noted, St. Nick has been on the road in Texas this past month, via the Texas Independent Film Network. I went to the screenings in Fort Worth and in Dallas, and then this weekend past headed down to antique town of Bastrop. There the screening was held in the Council Chambers of the City Hall. Tucker and Savanna were also in attendance, and we all got put up in a charming Bed & Breakfast, and prior to the exhibition the Mayor gave me an official proclamation, which was just enough of a once-in-a-lifetime experience to leave me a little bit humbled.

The following night we brought the film home to the screening room at the Austin Studios, the very room in which we first showed the film to an audience in July of 2008. The crowd was smaller this time but no less wonderful, and we all drank and spoke for a long time afterwards and as the evening dwindled down I felt a gentle ebb of emotion tugging at my heels. After some time everyone left and we packed up and locked the screening room doors, and here St. Nick came fittingly to a lovely and natural end.

When I wrote about that initial showing nearly three years ago, I mentioned that Frank V. Ross gave me a compliment afterward that was so good I wanted to keep it to myself. I'll give it away now: he told me the film looked like me.

Posted by David Lowery at May 24, 2011 5:00 AM