Cillian Murphy

Would you like to see my mask?

One cool ass motherfucker actor. Ever since his role in 28 Days Later... I've had my eye out for this cat. He's got so much range and a definite hint of madness behind those eyes. Batman Begins, Red Eye, Cold Mountain, and his Oscar worthy performance in Breakfast On Pluto. I caught the latter last night at the Laemmle on Wilshire and really truly dug it.

Watch out for Cillian. A word to the wise guy.

Editing Session

Well, with my producer/editor/cinematographer learning of my Golden Groundhog nod and that I had taken some time off this week -- we finally got together yesterday for an eight hour editing session.

We went over the entire film making corrections, adjusting sound, tightening it all up.

I was dreading it and putting it off for months. But it wasn't that bad. We grabbed a couple of chicken wraps at the restaurant across the street from his studio/apartment around three. And then wrapped up the editing session around six.

A good day's work. So we should be pretty damn close to locking picture. Or a helluva lot closer anyway. I feel a better now.

We played around with the footage from some scenes and managed to make them better, more interesting and improved the sound and pacing quite a bit. I'm pretty much done submitting to film festivals on this project. But this new version I'll send out to one last big fest just for the hell of it.

Peace peace love love.

Miranda July

A totally unique talent. I saw Me and You and Everyone We Know recently a dug it a lot. It wasn't a perfect film and certainly not to all tastes. But the writing, acting, directing, was so funny, so off the wall. I was a tad jealous to be honest.

But she had three times the budget I had. And more filmmaking experience.

I sort of wish I could be more like her. And be as quirky, funny, beautiful and brooding as she is. She's got an alternative music/film/writing/performance artist vibe that I wish I had. Without the female chromosome of course.

Golden Groundhog Awards

Well! Some good news. The film's been nominated for a Golden Groundhogs Award. In an awards ceremony to be hosted by William Shatner no less!

I'm still baffled how they managed to stumble upon my film. But it seems some of their scouts spotted it in one of the festivals it screened at this year.

So that's coo-coo-cool, daddy-o. We're going up against some much more box office bofo films. Such as Green Street Hooligans. So our chances of winning are tough.

But it's cool just to be nominated. I rule!

Delray Beach Film Festival

Well, the flick will be at this year's Delray Beach Film Festival in Florida. March 2006.

Mark your calendars. But nobody reads this fucker I'm guessing so who gives a fuckity-fuck?

Still haven't locked picture and still stuck on my damn zombie script. I feel like Miles in Sideways. Nothing to show for my life. No career, no girl, nothing.

My life is boring and empty. I goto work, come home, try to write but can't, and maybe goto a movie sometime.

Last year was a lousy year for the most part. A miserable one. I'm still an unhappy miserable bitter lonely human being who hates life.

Still, I got my reshoots done and got into some film festivals and made some good progress on getting my damn zombie script done. I have a script for a short film I want to make too. It comes so slowly though. Especially the writing. The short film script I knocked out in about five, ten minutes. Like it was my Satisfaction.

At least I have a full head of hair.

Maybe things will get better.

New year, new day.