Masturbation

So, here's my chance to do a self-plug. Well, sort of one. A couple of friends of mine and I crafted a web serial called All the Young Dudes, which completed its first "season" with a premiere at Lemmon's this past Saturday. I'm happy with how it turned out overall. So check it out, let me know what you think. We're taking a two month break to best prepare for our second season and subsequent feature. Omg. It'll be just like Twin Peaks. And, yes, that's me playing the role of "Joe."

Check out our official website. Or myspace. Or you can download the podcast via iTunes, but I'm not sure that all of our episodes are available there.

3 to go!

With 3 films to go and five categories to run down, I've got a lot of shit to do before the Oscar ceremony. AND, I'm filming a short this weekend as part of our Fortnight Film Project. So, wish me luck (again), and hope another snowstorm comes through town, so I can get out of my other responsibilities and watch shitloads of cinema.

Scratch my palms, there's blood on my hands

I suppose this could be filed under self-promotion, but I thought I'd share my goings-on as of lately. A few friends of mine and I have formed a project entitled The Fortnight Film Project, originally planned as a bi-monthly way to fuck around with a camera. Well, it's sort of growing into a larger project, hopefully with more people involved, and highly intricate storylines (well, at least, intersecting ones). It's still a work-in-progress as we work out our kinks (for example, the audio is terrible on both films... and we're only now making better efforts in setting up shots and framing and all that jazz). You can check out our first two shorts via the website above. My character will be making his grand entrance this coming weekend, so look for that in the next coming week following. Feedback is always appreciated, help always wanted.

In addition to all the filmmaking fun, I've gotten my hands on a surplus of films once painfully unavailable to me: the entire Russ Meyer collection, Abel Ferrara's Mary, Hal Hartley's Trust, and Destricted, to name a few. Expect thoughts on said films in the coming days.