What a great experience Maine International Film Festival has been. I wasn’t there for TBTK, but Motion Portrait Film was excepted into their shorts program. It was wonderful. Great venue, great staff, great town. Waterville was amazing. I want to thank the entire staff for making this a place to see ground-breaking work in such a wonderful setting. Filmmakers…send in you work for next year…asap. As one of my first big festival experiences it was amazing and exhausting…ass fatigue set in for sure…but worth every moment. I really have to give kudos to those who follow a film on the fest circuit. It’s tough to make it to all the great films, still have time to eat, AND get in the much needed play time. I was fortunate enough to meet up with the director and actor of Bonne Annee. A film made by Americans and Parisians living in Costa Rica…oh and it was shot in Argentina. The film is made up of roughly (10) ten minute shots and couldn’t be more compelling. I also couldn’t have met more humble, enjoyable filmmakers; Alex, T-Bo, Karen…thank you for the hospitality and friendship. I also had the pleasure of meeting Mark Rudd from the Weather Underground at the screening of the documentary. It was also sweet of him to hear me talk about my ideas for the next film that has a character with the revolutionary spirit; he must have thought it weird for me to run after him calling him sir after seeing him on his way to the screening. (As I had blanked COMPLETELY on his name.) Thanks to Evan, Ella, Jessica, Alec, Gary, and Ron for making me feel welcomed and at home. I’ve been a huge fan of the book God is Dead for quite some time now and I squealed a bit like a fawning fan after I realized who I was talking to. Thanks for taking it like a professional Ron. Great work…can’t wait to read the next one.
I also got a chance to hang with some of my oldest and dearest friends. Thanks Kate and Pete for an awesome time.:-) It was good to catch up and party like rock stars. Bruno…it was really great to meet…hope the tummy is better.:-)
Here’s some images from the trip:
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Thought you might be interested in checking out the public domain “Bloggywood” fictional screenplay, “The Fugitive Generation” that’s posted on the following blog link, since it reflects fictionally, somewhat, the early 1970s historical period that’s described in Mark Rudd’s “Underground” book:
http://thefugitivegeneration.blogspot.com/2009/04/fugitive-generation-i.html