Back at Sea Level
Well, I hope everyone that reads this was watching all the action over at the Good Hard Working People Blog. Obviously, I didn’t/couldn’t keep this one up, but Luci did an amazing job of posting up-to-the-minute coverage of our (iW) video coverage.
My first visit to Park City during Sundance was surreal to make an understatement. I’ve never worked so hard for so many hours while at the same time had so much fun in an atmosphere that was so positive and creative. It was a truly unique time. My first film was the midnight premiere of Crispin Glover’s “It is Fine, Everything is Fine!” at the Egyptian Theater on Main Street. He set a ticket aside for me for a sold out show.
Some interview highlights include: being up close and personal with Parker Posey and Zoe Casavettes on a chaise lounge, listening to the Dude predict the future of distribution, trying to coax Crispin Glover into a simple sentence for his complex ideas while sitting in fur covered club loungers, buying the very last copy of Christine Vachon’s book and having her sign it, capturing Ira Glass’ rant with Annie Sundberg’s impromptu interview, letting Brett Morgan know how influential The Kid Stays in the Picture’s graphics were to our film and him truly appreciating it, meeting everyone else that we interviewed as a member of indieWIRE and given immediate street cred because these guys really are that cool.
Even though Utah was a great time, it is awesome to be back in New York. I never thought I’d miss humidity, but 2 weeks of nose bleeds and flaky skin will do that to you. And yes, I used lotion and saline…
So now with my feet back on the ground at sea level, we are finishing up the sound mix and hopefully have our color correct complete by next week before Luci heads out to Germany. It sounds amazing. The photos and Super 8 footage are now bristling with sound and life. It helps immensely with the pace and livens up the overall feeling of the film.