Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
Had a fantastic time at last weekend’s Tallgrass Film Festival here in Wichita. The opening night was great with the screening of “The Only Good Indian,” and the crowds were hoppin’ at the beautiful old Orpheum Theatre.
It was especially fun for me because the Tallgrass staff asked me to host the Q&A after the screening, so after the film, I took the stage along with director Kevin Willmott and star Wes Studi. They’re both just such great guys, and it was really nice to see them again.
We talked about many things at the Q&A, mainly on independent film and the themes of “TOGI,” then opened it up for questions from the audience.
A really cool nite, good buzz, good energy.
The rest of the weekend was packed with stuff, as well, and we all went to the closing night film at Wichita State University and the after-party there at the Ulrich Museum.
But yesterday I was just completely wiped out. I still haven’t really gotten a chance to catch my breath. Through the hectic roller coaster ride of four months of shooting literally right up until organizing the wrap party, then immediately writing about and covering the film festival and now heading into an ambitious post-production schedule, I’ve just been so overwhelmed for so long, I’m beginning to feel numb.
It’s all been good, but, WOW.
And, as I tend to ignore my body and mind telling me to just take a break already, editing on “The Dead Can’t Dance” has OFFICIALLY BEGUN. I have the opening scene cut, and worked on it till about 5 this morning. I just got carried away. It’s very rough, of course, but it’s going to be very cool. I’m pumped!
So, I’ll be back at it tonight (and most nights now), but tonight I’ll also try to make a dent in my mountain of laundry.
Here’s to clean socks and movies,
-r.
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