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Wednesday, September 7, 2005
1:28:00 AM EDT
…my god, that’s soon. Almost single digits… wow.
And yes, we’re still working on the movie (kind of). I’ve been spending my days with the amazing folks over at Universal Home Video, trying to pull together all our extra materials. Not all the additional features are locked in stone yet, but we’re doing everything in our power to jam as many cool bonuses into the DVD as possible. Apparently we’re already over the limit for the disc, but we keep finding new ways to include more stuff.
For example, I know for a fact we’re going to be able to include two of the short films that helped us win the Chrysler Million Dollar Film Festival and get the opportunity to make CRY_WOLF. The first of these shorts is our USC thesis film, THE TOWER OF BABBLE. We submitted it for the contest initially, and it was put on line with twenty-four other short films so people could vote for their favorites. Fortunately we made the top ten (thank god I’ve got a big family who like to go online and vote). I’ve attached the poster artwork and below you’ll find a brief synopsis.
“Three stories. Six people. They’re all saying something different… with exactly the same words. In tHE tOWeR oF BaBBLe, the exact same dialogue is used in a gut-wrenching drama, a heart-warming comedy, and a tense police-thriller. The words, repeated verbatim by each pair of characters, literally take on different meanings as the plots are intercut. Just as the three pairs appear to have reached an impasse, hindered by their own tragic inability to say what’s in their hearts, the narratives fold into each other, resolving each character’s unspeakable dilemma. The image of a monkey at a typewriter frames the film, accompanied by a Narrator (Kevin Spacey) who suggests that while language might be finite, expression is infinite.”
The DVD for CRY_WOLF will also include the Chrysler branded short we had to shoot for the Extreme Filmmaking leg of the Chrysler Million Dollar Film Festival. For that part of the contest, the top ten directors were flown to the Cannes Film Festival where we were given a lap-top, DV camera, and told to take a short film from script to screen in just seven days… and it had to include a Chrysler. Needless to say, it was one of the most intense professional experiences of my life. Again, we were very fortunateand some how managed pull together a clever little film that the judging panel responded to. I’ve also included the poster for that short, and you’ll find another synopsis below.
“In MANUAL LABOR, a frazzled father-to-be’s pregnant wife goes into labor in the middle of a massive parking garage in a foreign country, forcing him to do whatever it takes to get his wife to the hospital on time.”
But you’ll have to wait for all these until the DVD comes out. Trust me, as proud as I am of these short films, they don’t compare to how proud I am of CRY_WOLF. It’s a smart and scary ride, that I think classic horror fans will dig, and hopefully all the other savvy film-goers out there will like as well. In case you missed the headline… it’ll be here in just 10 days. Thanks again for reading.
All the best,
Jeff
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1:28:00 AM EDT
10 days until the movie opens…
And yes, we’re still working on the movie (kind of). I’ve been spending my days with the amazing folks over at Universal Home Video, trying to pull together all our extra materials. Not all the additional features are locked in stone yet, but we’re doing everything in our power to jam as many cool bonuses into the DVD as possible. Apparently we’re already over the limit for the disc, but we keep finding new ways to include more stuff.
For example, I know for a fact we’re going to be able to include two of the short films that helped us win the Chrysler Million Dollar Film Festival and get the opportunity to make CRY_WOLF. The first of these shorts is our USC thesis film, THE TOWER OF BABBLE. We submitted it for the contest initially, and it was put on line with twenty-four other short films so people could vote for their favorites. Fortunately we made the top ten (thank god I’ve got a big family who like to go online and vote). I’ve attached the poster artwork and below you’ll find a brief synopsis.
“Three stories. Six people. They’re all saying something different… with exactly the same words. In tHE tOWeR oF BaBBLe, the exact same dialogue is used in a gut-wrenching drama, a heart-warming comedy, and a tense police-thriller. The words, repeated verbatim by each pair of characters, literally take on different meanings as the plots are intercut. Just as the three pairs appear to have reached an impasse, hindered by their own tragic inability to say what’s in their hearts, the narratives fold into each other, resolving each character’s unspeakable dilemma. The image of a monkey at a typewriter frames the film, accompanied by a Narrator (Kevin Spacey) who suggests that while language might be finite, expression is infinite.”
The DVD for CRY_WOLF will also include the Chrysler branded short we had to shoot for the Extreme Filmmaking leg of the Chrysler Million Dollar Film Festival. For that part of the contest, the top ten directors were flown to the Cannes Film Festival where we were given a lap-top, DV camera, and told to take a short film from script to screen in just seven days… and it had to include a Chrysler. Needless to say, it was one of the most intense professional experiences of my life. Again, we were very fortunateand some how managed pull together a clever little film that the judging panel responded to. I’ve also included the poster for that short, and you’ll find another synopsis below.
“In MANUAL LABOR, a frazzled father-to-be’s pregnant wife goes into labor in the middle of a massive parking garage in a foreign country, forcing him to do whatever it takes to get his wife to the hospital on time.”
But you’ll have to wait for all these until the DVD comes out. Trust me, as proud as I am of these short films, they don’t compare to how proud I am of CRY_WOLF. It’s a smart and scary ride, that I think classic horror fans will dig, and hopefully all the other savvy film-goers out there will like as well. In case you missed the headline… it’ll be here in just 10 days. Thanks again for reading.
All the best,
Jeff
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SOunds like it will be one hell of a dvd. I'm really glad you are putting in the extra effort to make the DVD great. I get so mad when I pick up a new dvd and all it has is a trailer and some behind the scenes (example, Sin CIty). If you are finding that you are running out of space on 1 disc, I'm sure fans (myself included) would be willing to pay a little more for a 2 discer.
9/16/05 2:59 PM