Moving to TBTK blog

I can BARELY keep up with one blog...let alone two.:-) Head over to:

http://www.thebraveandthekind.com/diary/


This will be where I'll post all news, film and otherwise, for a while.:-)


cheers
John

Shows...shows...and more shows

Sorry for the delay in updating this blog. Lots going on with TBTK shooting I simply forgot. I also forgot that all three shows I submitted work to back in March were all running within a week of themselves. SO...If your in the capitol region area check out these shows...

Fence Select Show
The Arts Center of the Capitol Region
Troy, NY
Pack Forest Series

UAG Reflections Show
Albany, NY
Self Motion Portrait

Balston Spa Film Festival : Experimental Showcase
Balston Spa, NY
Motion Portrait

You could see the motion portrait film and then it's counterpart...The Self Motion Portrait film within driving distance of one another.:-)

Cheers
John

PS "old school doug" get a fucking life.

free downloads back

After a small hiatus, the free online downloads are back...all you have to do is sign up for the newsletter. BUT, if you want to see it in the living room and not on the computer, OR you want a sick commentary track to listen to, head over to IndiePix and pick yourself up a DVD copy. See where it all began.;-)

cheers
John

PS make sure to check out all the goings on over at The Brave and the Kind site.

downloads, TV shows, and papers...oh my

Things have been pretty insane around here lately. It feels like everything that was put into motion months ago now needs immediate and equal attention. TBTK is off and running. Sean comes up tonight and we tech scout the entire weekend...finalizing EVERYTHING. PLUS, tonight, EGTTR and it's designer, Raeanne Wright go to the Nori's...lets hope we win them all.:-) I was recently asked to be in the Times Union's "Best of 2008" Film competition. Check out the other entries here. If you're in the area...check out the insert, Kurt and I have a nice little spread.

Amongst all these goings on and excitement I was asked to be a part of the maiden season of TVFilm on our local PBS. Thanks to Brandon Bethmann, Dan Swinton, and all the great people down at WMHT for the hard work, it's a wonderful addition to the local film community! You can see it every Thursday night at 10:30 on WMHT. It starts June 12th and my episode should be the third one...roughly.:-)

And in indiepix news, we're promoting EGTTR as a download with a 20% off sale. We've recently taken the free download down for a bit and hope to have it up soon, but in the meantime you can get the film here www.indiepixfilms.com/download and at a discount!

The Apocalypse: This time it's personal

The many world tragedies of late have me wondering more about what "the end of the world" really means. I drive home everyday through a neighborhood of smiling happy millionaires on North Broadway and wonder what would the end be for them. Is it life without good service, or food, or clothing. Where does one person's everyday survival become another person's apocalypse? EGTTR in a way explores that. The film is about three friends trying to stay together in a time, that to them, feels like the end. We find out later that it wass a very localized thing when Randall walks out of the woods. That one person's arctic hell was something that was perhaps watched on another person's television like it was an A&E television event. Katrina was that way, the Tsunami was that way. These tragedies are so far away from us, so far removed from North Broadway that it's no wonder people don't understand as much as they should. Why people like Sharon Stone can make tasteless little karma jokes about it in the sunny South of France without understanding the real face, and feel, and smell of what must have truly felt like the end of the world to the people living in that area of China. (and was the end for many) Will it take people starving in the streets to bring about change and reaction? Will people watch it in awe somewhere when our way of life falls apart, or natural disaster strikes. Will we have the courage as people to help one another out, or will we use it as an excuse to loot, steal, and cheat one another out of what little is left? Will the very people who's disregard for everyone else, be pulled from their homes on all the North Broadways everywhere and "dealt" with? I don't know. I really don't.


Cheers
John