New Interview and Review

So we continue to get some great press from our screenings which by the way, were packed. Check out this ridiculouly complimentary review from My Cultural Landscape (bottom of the page) and a great interview with the Examiner. Also we're screening on Feb. 28th at 6pm in Lake Tahoe as part of the SF Indie Fest at Sugar Bowl ski resort in the Judah Lounge. Click here for the announcement.

GREAT NIGHT!

So we had our first screening of SF Indie Fest and WOW, what a great response! I don't have much time to write about the experience as we have another screening today and I have 2 interviews this morning but I can say, last night was a home run. We had a fantastic turn out and the audience was connected and plugged for the opening line. David Lamble, a local critic for the Bay Area Reporter, was in attendance even though he had already given the film a glowing review, he led the Q&A with some favorable comments. We capped the nights with friends across the street at Kilowatt, talking and laughing the night away.

Read All About It!

With HD camera so widely available, one just doesn't make a movie these days and expect to be on the front page of Variety. Getting noticed is a full-time job and as any publicist would tell you, it's not for those who take rejection poorly. However, as important as writing a good script is, so too is press coverage. We filmmakers must be recognized, or bury your film along side all those home movies starring your friends.

Here's a list of our efforts:

IndieWire, Bay Area Reporter, SF Weekly, SF360, Casting Connection, Movie Close-Up Interview (Part1) (Part2)

I also gave an interview yesterday with Christopher Smith of the Examiner. I'll post it when it gets online.

OPENING NIGHT. Who Dat Being Interviewed?

The S.F. Indie Fest has officially begun! The night before the opening, I went down to the public access station and was interviewed by Bonnie Steiger of "Movie Close-up." It's a local show that I was originally on about 5 years ago. Take a look and let me know your thoughts. She's a fun one.

I also went to the opening night to pass out postcards and check out the films. Unfortunately, I only caught the tail end of the first film, but I was able to stay for all of FANBOYS which is a movie about four Star Wars fanatics in 1998 who go on a road trip from Ohio to San Francisco to break into Skywalker Ranch and watch the yet to be released Episode 1. Without getting to into it, I think the best part was the pre-show where they had Storm Troopers and a robotic R2-D2 outside the theater.

From the show, I walked the erie back roads from the Mission to Potrero Hill to attend the after party at the Cell Space. When I got there, the line was 20 people deep and it had begun to rain. Having been forced to go solo due to my wife being pregnant and just not "up to it," I couldn't stomach being alone AND drenched so jumped in the first cab available. Truly pathetic...but dry.