Slowly but surely…
More from my journal of the making of my film, “Mountain”:
We seem to be making bits and pieces of progress here and there. We’re currently in discussions with a few different financial options. One big foreign sales company has verbally committed to a $1 million “minimum guarantee,” which is something that they give to a […]
Georgia on my mind…
Just got back from a trip to the South, where I first gave a few workshops at a media conference before spending a day in Georgia.
I was given a tour of Senoia, about 30 minutes south of Atlanta, which has an incredible studio called Riverwood. I came away from the visit believing that there is […]
Depression…
Well, I write this with some frustration and embarrassment, but a blog is a blog, warts and all.
It looks like the financing we had lined up, that was such a sure thing, has fallen through. I’ll spare all the details, but the company we were talking to won’t be able to put a deal together. […]
Movie journal (Feb 22)
My last two journal entries–forgot to post them here after I wrote them! For shame…
From a week ago:
Still working through the deal with these guys for financing of Mountain. Nothing indicates the money isn’t real, but we have to figure out all the particulars of how it’s going to be distributed, who’s in charge of […]
A perfect film…
I read this today from Roger Ebert:
Now what do I mean when I say a film is perfect? I described Atman’s “McCabe and Mrs. Miller” as perfect, that’s what I mean. A perfect film is serious or funny or anything in between, but in its way it owns wisdom about life, and we learn something […]
