My film noir, SWEET LOVE AND DEADLY, has been selected for the Arizona Underground Film Festival and will have its maiden voyage on Sept 24 at 5:00pm in Tucson, Arizona, at "The Screening Room."
Yes. I do have stage fright.
-- Paul
Wed Aug 24, 2011 3:29 pm
crashandannie
Joined: 12 Aug 2007 Posts: 597 Location: Tallahassee, FL
Awesome, Paul!
Remember to wear a dark shirt. Pit stains do not a good impression make. (Yes, I AM the VoE.)
(Voice of Experience.)
Seriously this is great news. WHen do we get to see it?
Yes, I have my uber-cool, total-black filmmaker costume all picked out. I'd love to add a beret, but those just don't work if you have even slightly curly hair. I'm just not a shades-wearing kind of guy; a monocle would be more my style. Also, I don't have a longish duster-style overcoat, although I bet I could sweet-talk my costumer into making one ....
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I have no distribution plan beyond vague concepts of prayer for a cash buyout and/or net sales. There is no one famous in this movie, and that is a serious limitation. Also, this is a drama, not a SIN CITY -style noir-flavored action movie (although there is, of course, action in it, just not wall-to-wall action). Except for aficionados of the classic noirs, that is also a limitation.
I've put up a web site with stills but no clips. This is my first attempt at making a web site. I used the intuit.com website builder tool box, which is perfect for something simple like this.
p.s.
I'm going to be making a web site for "The Domino Theatre," the name under which I produce all art works. It came from the original theatre of which I was a founder, in 1958. In it, I'll be posting promo material for DEATH MAGIC (1993) as well as topics on microbudget filmmaking.
Thu Aug 25, 2011 8:25 am
jleo
Joined: 04 Sep 2008 Posts: 447 Location: Vancouver B.C.
Congratulations Paul!
Good Luck with the premiere. Hope to see it soon in a theatre near somebody, movie channel or streaming net flicks.
'Noir ' assumes the absolute corruption of the world -
At the suggestion of several people, I have created a facebook page for the movie, "Sweet Love And Deadly". I also bought a facebook ad for $2 / day, aiming at L.A., Phoenix, and Tucson. Some L.A. people have already "liked" it. I figure that for a week's worth of promo, I could spend $14.
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I have two twenty-something hotties to distribute flyers at the festival, the first time being tonight, the opening party. They will be wearing, in addition to flattering clothes, a domino -- a Lone Ranger mask -- since I am "The Domino Theatre." The idea is to add a little ballyhoo, a little show-biz, to the premiere. I expect it to be a slightly Tromatic experience. (The ladies are also flyering and postering a number of places around town where potential filmgoers are likely to be found. Goal: fill the theatre, about 150 seats, perferably with at least a few people I have never met.)
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I have arranged to have a blu-ray version of the movie burned by technical people who very much know what they're doing. This should be ready today. It is the maximum quality level I can get out of the showing. It's based on the 16.5 GB master version. The movie was shot with a DVX100 at 24p.
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My leading lady is in Los Angeles, two of my stars have moved to NYC, one is working, so there will be exactly one major actor with me for the Q&A. When I told the D.P. that I had a slot in this festival, his reply was, "Holy crap." If I can't get him comped, he won't be there, either. Well.... it has been a few years. Eight, in fact.
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I confess to some stage fright. This is the first film festival I've attended with a movie of my own, about 22 years after beginning down the indie movie path.
Showing a new movie feels like playing Hold 'Em, and shoving all your chips in before the flop. The party's starting, and this is IT, baby!
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