T.O.G.I Countdown



In roughly two hours (from when I'm writing this), TOGI will make its premiere at Sundance.
The Huffington Post and SproutBlog already has some articles up... and if you're free on the 25th, you can even get some tickets.

I'll post some of the first reviews when they start to come in.

ADDENDUM 1/22/09:
Well, not as much news as I'd hoped for - not necessarily a bad thing...
Indiewire had an interview with Kevin Willmott prior to the screening - and for a more personal view of Sundance, check out Making The Movie - John didn't work on TOGI, but he's a BUNKER HILL alumnus.

So far the only review that I've been able to find is this one - and it's lukewarm, at best.
Comments left by people who've seen the film are decidedly not.

Happy 2009!

OK, so I'm a couple of weeks late... oh well.

The first thing was finishing up the work on AU PAIR, KS -- on my end, that's mainly paperwork to go to the editor/director. Coming back, there was also my grandmother undergoing open heart surgery in late December... she's doing well, currently undergoing rehab therapy to build her strength back up. She should be back at home soon.

Then there's the prospect of finding more work. No idea when the next film job will come up -- in the meantime, there's polishing up some work for the next MICRO-FILM issue, to be published in March or April; and trying to drum something up using my prodigious assets.

This week will be the premiere of THE ONLY GOOD INDIAN at Sundance; so look for some links to show up about its reception. I have had a chance to see the film, but I'll wait until there's a local screening before writing about it.

And I think I'll be posting a bit more DVD stuff - there's a huge backlog of stuff to watch, so I may start working through that when time allows.

Hope your year is starting off well - though, to judge from my previous two postings, things aren't looking up in the near future.

Border Incident - Original Trailer 1949

Ricardo Montalban R.I.P.

2009 is really getting off to a lousy start...

The Prisoner Remix

Patrick McGoohan R.I.P.

"I am a free man!"

The Only Good Indian

The trailer for TOGI.

More to come...

Au Pair, Kansas

Time again for a few weeks of work away in a foreign town... well, Lindsborg, KS, is not all that foreign, but it is new for me. The above mentioned film is a Christmas family picture, and it will certainly be shooting in authentic conditions - none of that 'shooting in July and pretending it's cold' bullshit here. I'm working with some familiar faces, and with some new ones, so we'll see how this works out.

Obviously, I won't be blogging during shooting. I should return to the warmth of home right before Christmas, so the next entry should be before the New Year.

To tide you over, and also to shout out to some of those people I'll be working with again, here's something that Script Goddess brought to my attention... Cube-Tap's "It Was A Good Day".

THE ONLY GOOD INDIAN at Sundance

Very good news indeed! For me personally, INDIAN will be the second film that I've been involved with that has screened at Sundance. The first was Cauleen Smith's DRYLONGSO (on VHS) back in 1999.

Doubtful that I'll be going along, but I know the rest of the group will have a great time.

Here's hoping the general public will get a look before the end of next year.