Chronicles of Narnia anti-Semitic?

The Chronicles of Narnia really disappointed me this
weekend. We had high hopes, based on the trailer,
that the film would some sort of great epic and in the
end, the film just fell flat.

What was it missing? Jon Favreau. Zathura went so
much farther in establishing a believable kids fantasy
adventure. Zathura also did something that the
Chronicles did not. Within the first five minutes,
you understood who the kids were - i.e. what are there
strengths and quirks – and what the pressure in their
life was. Chronicles only established the latter.
These British kids have a dad who is at war and they
are being shipped off to the country. I could not
find a single distinguishable character trait until
they put their crowns on at the end and the movie told
us what their character traits were. I never felt the
plight of these kids. I guess you had to read the
book, which I did not. And will not.

So I do have to give Walden Media credit for their
marketing. $67 million for an opening weekend is
terrific. Mr. Dobson and his Focus on the Family and
every Christian church in the country are touting this
as a great, Christian film. In my humble opinion,
this film is really no more Christian than Lord of the
Rings. Or Star Wars. Or the Star Trek where Spock
dies. The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the
few. This is a common story device in all literature
and film. The hero has to go through hell to save the
world. Someone dies only to rise again. The same
story appears in every religious mythology in one form
or another. There is nothing uniquely Christian about
the Chronicles of Narnia other than what people have
told us is uniquely Christian. An impartial observer
might disagree that there is any Christian content
whatsoever.

So Mel Gibson’s Passion was criticized for its
portrayal of Jews. If you go along with the marketing
and Aslan is a thinly veiled symbol of Christ, then
his crucifixion scene has some real anti-Semitic
overtones. In the Passion, the Jews were at least
portrayed as people. In the Chronicles of Narnia, the
persecutors of Christ – the Jews – are portrayed as a
bunch of bloodthirsty creatures. Minotaur and
Cyclops. Warthogs. Angry dwarves. Not exactly an
“everyone can be forgiven” mentality. In the end,
Aslan resurrects all of the “good” creatures. None of
the “bad” creatures are saved. Doesn’t seem very
Christian, but it is a worldview that I suppose most
Christian churches ascribe to. Be saved or die.

My Stolen Laptop

So I stupidly left my laptop outside of a meeting room
at the Westin Tabor Center hotel
(westin.com/taborcenter) and while I was in the
meeting, someone walked by the room, grabbed my laptop
bag and another laptop inside someone else's bag.
There's a couple of ironies here.

The meeting was for XPAC, Xcel Energy's political
action committee. Attending the meeting were several
high-ranking Xcel Energy executives as well as two
high-ranking Colorado State Senators. Law makers
inside. Criminals outside.

I guess I figured that given the audience and the
Westin's reputation that my laptop would be safe. I
can't say that I thought much about the decision. I
take full responsibility for my actions. I wish the
same could be said for all those involved.

The Westin was one of the official hotels for the NBA
All-Star game and they also seem to be the hotel of
choice for visiting sports teams and rock stars. The
Westin folks I dealt with were very nice, but
completely ineffectual. One person told me that there
was no security camera in the area where the theft
took place. When I talked to the head of Security he
said they had a camera there. When he reviewed the
footage, they couldn't identify a suspect. So, either
the first Westin guy or the second Westin guy was
lying to me about the existence of the camera. I
wonder if the thief was aware of the lack of security
cameras there. Inside job perhaps?

For their part, the Denver Police have been completely
useless. They were too busy to come down to the
Westin to allow me to file a report. I had to file
one online and I have absolutely no expectation that I
will even hear from a real person. Apparently,
they’re too busy covering up their own crimes to
investigate new ones. Or maybe they’re getting rid of
panhandlers… Nope. They're still there. Come on
Looper, let’s get this city up to par!

I’m still waiting to hear back from my insurance
company also. We’ll wait before we rant on them…
They're going to give me money…

Regardless, if you are in the laptop stealing
business, I would recommend that you go to the
conference room on the second floor on the west side
of the Westin. It's the one whose entrance is
directly across from the entrance to the Tabor Center,
near the ESPN Zone. With luck, you'll encounter a
meeting going on with attendees as stupid as I was and
you can make off with whatever they leave behind, like
a raccoon going through the trash. If you need a
winter coat, there should be a full coat rack there.
Incidentally, the Tabor Center has a camera in their
hallway leaving the hotel, but it's pointed at the
ESPN Zone. So don't turn around if you leave that
way, and you’ll be fine.

And to the person who took my laptop or to anyone who
can recover my 12 in. iBook G4 and all of my data,
there is a reward. Contact me. No questions asked.
If you don’t contact me and I happen to find out who
you are, I will remove your... wait... can't post an
actual threat... might be used as evidence... if the
police investigate...

What does it say about a FILM fest when the biggest FILM star you can get to appear is David Schwimmer?

To all of our friends near 120th and Lowell, you simply must visit The Exchange Tavern (www.exchangetavern.com). The proprieters - Teddi and Gary Davis - are two of our dearest friends, kindred spirits, and co-producers on Seclusion.

The Exchange is a lifelong dream for them (although certainly not their only dream). I am very proud of what they put together. No detail has been overlooked. The place looks great, has great employees, great food, great drinks, great uniforms... If only it weren't 192 blocks away from my house I would be there every night...

It is truly amazing to watch the germination of an idea sprout a reality that is so cool. The lesson for all of us is to dream big and work your ass off. Whatever you want, you can have it. Leap and the net will appear.

I raise my glass to you, Teddi and Gary.

Look! I've added Adsense from Google. Click above to somehow eventually put money in my pocket. Email me if you are against this brash commercialization. But before you email me, click there and check it out. I don't know how it works, but what the hell, I'll try it.

It's sad when one begins to view Blogging as one views confesstion...

The short story: business. We've been knee-deep in finding our final investors and finishing Seclusion. We're at the finish line. Much to tell very soon. The film looks great. I'm very happy with the result. If you haven't already discovered the link, visit www.voteroberthamilton.com to see the trailer.

Rock on.

Spotless News

Spotless, co-written by me, will be screening in
Toronto during the Toronto International Film
Festival.

In other related news, Spotless director James Kelsey
has announced that he and his girlfriend are having a
baby putting to bed any rumors of James' inability to
conceive. Congratulations James!

September 13-15
Press Release #1
August 25, 2005

HD Showcase and DigiScreen high definition screenings
“off Broadway” during Toronto International Film
Festival
New technology by New Filmmakers 6 feature films and
14 short form films

HD Showcase has been a leader in the placement of high
definition content for over 4 years. DigiScreen
develops and operates innovative low-cost technologies
for enabling networks of High Definition cinemas to
present independent films and multimedia content. “As
this technology secures its place in the theatrical
world, it will become more and more important for
buyers to understand and appreciate its advantages,”
states president Susan Soares.

We are showcasing 6 feature films and 14 shorts
originated and projected in stunning high definition.
The schedule will be posted at the end of the week and
reservations will be made for qualified buyers only.
The features are Novem, In Plain Sight, Katie Bird:
Certifiable Crazy Person, Sonata, Spotless and The
Rest of Your Life. The shorts are Filters, Karma
Ghost, The Journey, On the Couch, Embryo, Small
Change, Hold the Rice, Perfect Sec-Illusion, Evenfall,
Natural Selection, F*@k the Movie, Confessions of a
Late Bloomer, Clowns, and Daddy's Boy.

Our Showcase will be at Atom Egoyan’s Camera Bar.
CAMERA is a unique bar, lounge and Screening Gallery
located on Queen Street West in Toronto.

Address: 1028 Queen Street West (just west of
Ossington)
Toronto ON M6J 1H6
Telephone: 416.530.0011
September 13th through 15th 2005
From 2PM until midnight

For reservations email Susan@HD-Showcase.com
Trailers @ www.HD-Showcase.com
Questions? 310.540.6639 or 310.540.6631
mobile 310.923.3857

This is a great picture of Catherine, waiting for us to do our thing. I'll try and post some more of these as time goes on.

It was fascinating to watch the different processes of our actors. Some wanted to talk in detail well before we shot. Some just wanted to go over the highlights. Some trusted my words -- i.e. the script -- as gospel. Some wanted to change everything. Some were more social, more gregarious. Some more image conscious. Some aware of their hands, some aware of their good side. All wanting something great to happen with our little film. All fragile at some level looking for some reassurance that what they were doing was good. It was.

The characters grew in many ways. They started on paper, but then real people analyzed them. Gave them logic. Histories. Purpose. Fixed my flaws as a writer. Created story problems. Not everyone got all my jokes. Of course, not everyone will laugh at what I think is funny. Oh well.

A lack of blogging may indicate many things. Death. Dismemberment. Abject failure. It's like days or weeks missing in a diary. Whatever happened? There's a great quote out of Wyoming where a young girl's last entry was something like "God bless Wyoming, and keep her free." A nice sentiment, until you wonder why that was her last entry. What was it in free Wyoming that made her stop writing? Bandits? A bear?

As for the lack of entries in the month of June, I can point only to my lack of available time. I had grandiose ideas of blogging every night to give folks some insight into my little foray into film making. As if anyone really cares. The short version is that the film is done. Production went well. Post-production is underway. Visa is maxed. As is Mastercard. And Amex. And Discover. And on and on.

I am forever indebted to the handful of courageous folks who took a chance and gave us some money to make our little movie. Their insanity will not go unrewarded.

I am equally indebted to Andrea, without whom the film would not have been possible. She endured the most torture of anyone. I'll tell more of her stories in a separate blog. The car crash was just the beginning.

Day 1 on location. Here we are.

So much has happened since my last post. Where to start....

Our production has now officially lost two vehicles. Our production designer Joann wrecked her car a couple of weeks ago. On Saturday morning, my wife and co-producer Andrea was driving up to Breckenridge early in the morning. After passing through the Eisenhower tunnel, Andrea encountered icy, snow-packed roads. The car in front of her lost control and began to spin, Andrea attempted to avoid that person and hit a car that had pulled off the side of the road to wait out the storm. She then got out of her car to check the damage and exchange information. She got back into her car and was on the phone with USAA (the greatest insurance company in the world) and another driver came out of the tunnel driving too fast and caremed into her. Thank god she was in the car at the time.

Everyone has been filtering in from far afield. The whole crew should be here tomorrow. The location looks great. Mr. Christopher Stapleton arrived today. He's going to be great.

I should have a random musing or two going on here, but I'm more focused on doing what I need to do right now. Which is not blog. So I'll stop.

OK, not everything is final as we still have to sign contracts and all that jazz, but here's some info on the rest of our cast:

Missy Crider: Missy’s career began as a child when she was named the Young Entertainer of the Year at the Ozark Mountain Music Awards. As a teenager, she earned a role in the mini-series “Lonesome Dove” later followed by an Emmy Award nomination for her acting in the TV movie “Love in the Dark Ages.” Her first feature film, “A Boy Called Hate,” won the Grand Jury prize at the Berlin Film Festival in 1997. More recently, Missy appeared in Bill Paxton’s directorial debut “Frailty,” she played the waitress Diana in David Lynch’s enigmatic “Mulholland Dr.” and she had a memorable turn in the Ben Affleck/Jennifer Lopez comedy “Gigli.”

Christopher Stapleton: A former University of Michigan punter with three Rose Bowl rings, Chris is an up-and-coming actor who has played lead roles in a trio of independent feature films – "Aurora," "Black Friday," and "Ides of March," the latter with Michael Madsen. Chris also played the title character in the popular Batman fan film, “The Death of Batman.” In addition to his film work, Chris has worked on numerous television shows, including "The Young and the Restless," "NCIS," "JAG", "According To Jim," "Providence," "Suddenly Susan," and "The X-Files." (www.christopherstapleton.net)

Chris Gann: Born and raised in Reno, Nevada, Chris found his first calling when he discovered the sport of jet skiing. His professional career took off and in just 6 years he accumulated two world, five national, and six state jet ski titles. Parlaying his success, Chris went to work for ESPN and Fox Sports Net as a TV show host and from there made the leap into acting. Chris has now counts over 25 television and film credits on his resume. Most notably, he starred in Sony studios “xXx” and reunited with Vin Diesel again this summer while working on “The Pacifier.” In his last film Three Bad Men,” Chris played the lead and co-starred with Academy Award- Winning actor George Kennedy. (www.chrisgann.com)

Missed me, missed me, now you have to kiss me... get that song out of my head. I want it for the credits of the film... Amanda, if you read this, we want to use your song. We love it. It's Tuesday. Just watched Open Water following the recommendations of several friends who watched the special features and thought of us. Husband, wife, make movie on bare-bones crewless budget. Hmmm... No crew... There's an idea... Fire everybody... Of course it took them two and one half years to make their movie. A bit of insanity if I may say so. Apparently his corporate job didn't have quite the vacation time that my friends at Xcel Energy have provided me with. Rock on Xcel Energy! Even if you fired us as the safety family.

I'm ready to get into the nitty gritty details. Find the creative envelope and start pushing to get our little story across. I'm stoked. Crew is filling out nicely. Cast will be too, soon. Tomorrow in fact, according to my Hackett induced deadline. Sounds good to me. Time for a few folks to fish or cut bait. Put up or shut up. Fight the power.

I had a great conversation today with our would-be lead actor. Hopefully he likes what we've put on the table. If not, well... then on to plan B. It's amazing how many plan B's we've had to go through anyway... On nearly everything... Part of the fun I suppose...

Seriously, if you haven't seen nin in concert. You should go. Saw them again this week. I'm getting old though. We only made it through three songs in the pit before it became too distracting to the music and we decided to bail to the outer rim. Nin was also kind enough to put a GarageBand version of their new single on their website. If you like that sort of thing and have a lot of ram, download it and play. It's way cool.

The Dresden Dolls opened (www.dresdendolls.com). They were awesome. Thanks to our teenage neighbors, we now have the cd. It's awesome. This is a band that knows how to entertain. I want their music in my movie. I hope I can afford that...

So much to say... Been so busy lately with the chaos of preproduction... Let's first throw out some props:

Jefferson Arca became the first actor cast in our film. Jefferson rocks. Check out www.jeffersonarca.com

The second official casting was Catherine Sheehan in the role of Emily, the wife. Catherine completely rocks. Check out www.catherinesheehan.com

More casting news to come very very soon.

And, for the first time, I am now officially recognized in the industry. Check out http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1871694/ and see me! Thanks to Mr. Kelsey for getting all the Spotless stuff up. If you have a chance, vote for Spotless. The more votes we get, the better the publicity on the film will be, the more money Steve makes.

There's a backend to imdb called imdbpro and it has a "Starmeter." The Starmeter has some secret formula that ranks all of the people in the imdb database based on pr/searches/films and other proprietary stuff. Right out of the gate, I was ranked 907,119th. Out of everyone in the film industry, ever, I was the 907,119th biggest star. In a week, however, imdb recognized the true power of my rising star, and my current rank is 132,270th. Quite an impressive rise for just one week. So if you're bored, check out imdb and search for me. It will make me a bigger star. My goal is to break the top 100,000 by the end of the year.

On a side note, if you're an actor who has actually done some film work, be sure to get your contact/project info on imdb. Every resume/headshot we see that we have a vague interest in, we imdb. If your credits are fake, we will find out. If your roles are inflated, we will find out. There is no escaping here.

OK, so in watching reels from actors I've discovered something. It's difficult sometimes for me to differentiate between bad acting and bad writing. My advice to those actors out there who are getting started is put something of substance on your reel. If you're going to put theater stuff on your resume, put a clip of that on your reel. As far as short films go, be sure the script you work with is good.

I realize that this is a catch-22. You have to get experience and the only person who will cast you is some geek fresh out of film school who thinks he's Fellini and writes like he's Big Bird. Once you have experience, then you can work with the Steve Mudds and Charlie Kauffmans of the world (ha!).

You know, the world is in such a reality TV craze, that might be a better type of reel. Have your little brother follow you around with a video camera for a couple of days. Show me you. If you're interesting, we can make you a good actor. If you're vacuous, then I really don't want to spend a lot of time with you anyway.

(Note to actors who have sent reels: the criticisms in this blog do not refer to your reel, but another actor's whose reel was much worse than yours.)

Fighting self-imposed arbitrary and capricious deadlines. Killing rednecks. Needing sleep. Must go to bed. Soon. Now. New draft nearly done. Almost. Damn day job.

I finally took the plunge. Bought myself an iBook. I'm enjoying it immensely, especially with the Airport Express thing.

We had some make-up auditions today. Now I have to schedule some callbacks and deal with all of the reels we expect to be seing soon.

We were stranded in Colorado Springs this weekend after our kids' DI function. Had a great time letting the kids run rampant while the adults all drank wine in the lobby. Made some new good friends. Need a 4wd. And a nap. Feel like I'm falling behind on everything. Need to rally the troops. Finish the script. Check my voice mail. Charge the phones. Damn the torpedoes. Slowly but surely. Drop the leash. Get out of my fuckin' face. (Name the song, win a prize.) Off to bed. Happy blizzard.

So after we went the craigslist route, we posted our project on a couple of other sites, www.nowcasting.com and www.actorsaccess.com. Both sites have given us an unbeleivable number of headshots, primarily from the LA area. We have taken a first look through all of these and identified our top candidates. We will be holding auditions in Colorado this weekend. For obvious reasons, we have a preference toward home-grown talent. However, if we don't find what we need locally, we will be determining if we need to come to LA for auditions or figure out an alternate way to audition long-distance - probably have folks videotape auditions for us.

On the location front, we spent Monday and Tueday in Breckenridge and Fairplay scouting. We saw some amazing homes. Without giving away our top choices, we found a number of amazing places from some cool websites: www.paragonlodging.com, www.southparklodging.com, www.vrbo.com, and www.breckvillas.com. If you're looking to rent a home in the mountains, visit one of these guys... As soon as we get the owners' permission, we'll announce the location here.

Yo yo yo. I gotta be throwin' out some props to my homeys as craigslist.com.

We were sittin' around tryin' to figure out how to reach the LA talent market for our casting and a lightbulb went on. loasangeles.craigslist.com. Since we posted, we've been getting about six headshots per hour, yes, one every ten minutes or so. Now if only Campbell Scott or Kevin Bacon read craigslist we're in! Hmmmmm... maybe we should try the NY craigslist too...

Note to our LA friends: Our challenge, as a Denver-based production, is that auditioning you may be difficult. If you have an online reel or an online trailer or a recognizable credit (recognizable to us in flyover country), please tell us about that. We may be asking some of you to send a reel in lieu of being able to meet you in person inexpensively, but please continue sending the headshots first.

Note to my boyz (and ho's) in the Colorado hood: Don't worry about this whole LA thing. We jus chillin' in the hizzy. We know there's talented people here and we're going to use as many of you as we can. Colorado auditions will be scheduled soon, we now have a location.

Peace out.

There I go again. Waiting a whole month before blogging. Damn. Consistency. Momentum. Blah blah blah.

It's snowing here. I'm hoping for a blizzard.

If you signed up to receive Security Threat Film email updates, we've lost your address. Or rather, Edmund lost your address. All of them. Gone without a trace. Damn Edmund. So much for guerilla marketing. Sign up again. We won't let Edmund close to them this time.

The casting ball is rolling. We've sent out feelers to the local agents. If your agent hasn't felt you, you may want a new agent. All I need is a place for auditions and we'll be set on our local folks... Now if we can only get someone who can help us sell this damn project... Or at least someone who can attract some more dollars for our project...

New nin on ktcl tomorrow. I can't wait. We got tickets for the Fillmore. We rock. Out.

All-Star weekend is all around us. The All-Stars are all staying at the Westin downtown, across from my day job. That was cool. I saw Melo, Shaq, LeBron... A whole bunch of the Sophomore team that I didn't recognize. We have an inappropriately acquired room key from the Westin and aren't afraid to use it. At least to get in the lobby of the hotel and have a Starbucks. The same Starbucks that Shaq went to. Maybe I'll also use the same bathroom that some NBA groupie chick will throw up in tonight.

From this whole Westin experience, I now have a new favorite Great White Hope. Of all the players I saw, Chris Anderson, currently of the New Orleans Hornets. I wasn't really paying attention when he played for the Nuggets, but this guy was cool. He actually acted like he liked the crowd in front of the Westin. He actually smiled. Very few of the other players even looked up, heaven forbid acknowledge the crowd. No wonder I didn't recognize them. Always remember the audience.

We also went to the Jam Session thing here today at the Convention Center.

Note to the NBA: lose Build-a-Bear as a freakin' sponsor. There is no connection. None. Not even a tenuous one.

Second note to the NBA: If you're going to have a Celebrity shoot out, have a celebrity or two that people actually know. Now that one guy you had or that other one. And the token local celebrity. Reminds me of a local celebrity golf tournament where they had Jake Jabs as their celebrity. Weak. Very weak.

Third note to the NBA: If you want people to recognize the people that were getting on the bus, have them show up at the Jam Session. Do you understand the brand loyalty you would have created with me and my son if you actually had more than one NBA player signing autographs? Nothing against the WNBA, but who wants a WNBA autograph? Not my son. My daughter would I suppose, but she didn't come today.

Tomorrow, thanks to my good friend Doug, I will be attending the NBA All-Star Game. Watch for me in Row 6. Of section 324.

Wow! What a response. Thanks to everybody who has sent us resumes and reels and stuff. You're all awesome! Some of you may be wondering, what the hell are they doing? I sent my stuff into those bastards days ago and I haven't heard anything. Well, fuck you. Be patient. Everyone will get a response. Please keep in mind that Edmund isn't paid very well and gets a little moody.

Specifically as to where we are, we sat down Sunday and reviewed the various DP reels and websites we've received. We're still getting a trickle of these and are evaluating them as they come in. We've narrowed the original list of 40-50 DPs down to less than 10. We also have some referrals from friends and trusted associates that we may try and contact. We are evaluating the DPs based on feature experience, logisitical ease to work with, artistic compatibility, available equipment, and cost.

On the script side, I've completed a new draft and have that out with some trusted associates to get feedback for one final polish.

We're still looking for that perfect location.

More to come on this, but there is currently a bill in the Colorado House of Representatives that would give film investors a 50% tax credit of their film investment. As a film investor, I can't tell you how excited that makes me. As someone who relies on other film investors, I really can't tell you how happy that makes me. If you know any Colorado legislators, please contact them and have them call me so I can tell them how happy they can make me.

Our notice went out to the CFVA and we have received many many resumes from many many people. For those of you who have wandered far enough into our site to find this blog, thank you for your submission. For those of you who did not make it to this page, screw off.

One important lesson we've learned thus far: the power of saying "I want this job." With so many people to look at and sift through, finding the ones who are applying because they really want to workwith us - and I mean work - is a joy. Thank you for your blind faith.

If you're curious about our process, for the short term we're focusing on requests from DPs, production companies, and people whose resumes blow us away. Everyone else, we will talk to later.

(Crap, that blog wasn't philosophic or clever or anything. Fuck. Today we had our highest number of pageviews ever and all I can come up with is some cheesy "thank you for your submission" bullshit. Sorry.)

There is that point they say where opportunity and preparedness meet. I feel like I'm there today. There are challenges ahead, but I have every confidence they will be overcome. No shread of uncertainty.

Sometimes, you push one button, expecting one door to open, and another one does. Feed the lion, make the tiger happy. It doesn't all make sense, but it does work that way. Pure confidence is the fuel of alchemy.

It's like there's a club. Of smart people. Of achievers. It's like a secret club, but it's not all that secret. It's just that the people who aren't apart of it aren't aware of it. They throw rocks at it, but they don't know what it is. The trick is to find other people in the club, who are aware they're in the club. Who recognize the inanity of it all. Find those people who know that mountains can be moved.

[For an audio copy of this motivational blog, contact Edmund Vest]

What a brilliant day! Thanks to everyone who made this day so brilliant. You know who you are. We may great progress today, receiving resumes, nailing down funding, and interviewing potential crew. All in all, I'm stoked. I hope tomorrow is half as good.

Great birthday party today! Nice girls all the way around.

Drinking, eating, and piano later. I'm going to announce for crew and stuff on craigslist and CASA now. We'll see what develops. I've had a few promising leads on department heads, but not enough to keep me comfortable.

Great week. Lots of meetings. Lunches and the like. Coffee meeting tomorrow.

Saw Troy tonight. What a crock of cinematic shit. Bad writing. Bad acting. Bad directing. Horrible score. Bad editing. I can forgive some things, but not bad writing. Why I put that on my Netflix list, I'll never know. I'm trying to remember if Brad Pitt's been in a really good movie since Fight Club. I don't remember. I spent the whole movie trying to remember who played Agememnon. It was Brian Cox. I recognized the voice, but had forgotten where I heard it. He was great in Adaptation.

Coffee meeting tomorrow, then birthday party, then dinner. Maybe poker later.

Happy to welcome Edmund Vest to the Security Threat Team. Edmund will be writing his own blog soon.

'Night.

We went location scouting this weekend. Found some strong possibilities in Summit County. Lots of stuff happening now. Trying to balance work and film and freelance and family and stuff. I am obsessed. The film is going to happen probably in June. Met some cool people in Keystone. Found some cool houses. I'm going to call the owner of this one particular house tomorrow. We have a lot more leads. Thank you Craigslist.com.

This week should see an email to our investor friends and potential investor friends explaining our current situation, then a press release to whoever we can think of announcing our presence and looking for people. Rock on.

Location scouting