WHERE THE HEART LIES ... Johnson, Hyten, Golden & Bullis

That work you do sounds fascinating.

Makes me wish I could quit my day job. But then, most things make me wish I could quit my day job. :)
 
Chris, I moved to California in 1993 and had to figure out some way to leverage my legal background and came up with doing forensic animation and video. It's been great for me and it's been really cool to bring Tim into the business. We look at it as a way to subsidize our real passion for narrative and creative projects.

Kyle, I put American Movie on the top of my NetFlix Que so it will be there when Tim and I get back from Seattle the end of this week. Thanks for that tip, man. We also are in the middle of the DVDs for the AFC reality series "Film School" which has been great fun to watch.

I'm sitting here at LAX getting ready to fly to Seattle. Tim was able to pick up the camera last night about 1:00 a.m. and he just made it to SEA-TAC about a half hour ago. I get in about 3:00 this afternoon if I can avoid falling asleep in the terminal again.

Looks like we may actually escape the rain up there the next two days, which would be amazing. The highs are in the low 40s so the cold is going to be bad enough not to add drizzle.

I'm halfway through the book NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN and can only say that it is one of the best reads in memory. I HIGHLY recommend it to anyone who is thinking about seeing or who has seen the film. I would bet serious money that this is the winner of best adaption of a book and very likely will be best picture. The film is extremely faithful to McCarthy's book so far and the book really adds so much to the Tommy Lee Jones character (Sheriff Bell). There are many short monologues by the character that are similar to the one that opens the film and I have to say McCarthy really creates amazing characters with such fluid dialog. He never uses quotations in the book and, instead, weaves the dialog in the telling. I am surprised how well it works and that I am not irritated by the device. This is some of the most natural and yet animated dialog I've read. Here, I'll pick a random scene between Moss and his wife:

Can I go back there and look?
You're free white and twenty-one so I reckon you can do whatever you want.
I aint twenty-one.
Well whatever you are.
And you want me to get on a bus and go to Odessa.
You are getting on a bus and going to Odessa.
What am I supposed to tell Mama?
Well, try standin in the door and hollerin: Mama, I'm home.
Where's your truck at?
Gone the way of all flesh. Nothin's forever.

Some of the dialog is wrapped inside paragraphs that are explanatory so that it's like the characters interrupt and speak. I just love this book and only wish I could write this well.
 
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Kyle, I put American Movie on the top of my NetFlix Que so it will be there when Tim and I get back from Seattle the end of this week. Thanks for that tip, man. We also are in the middle of the DVDs for the AFC reality series "Film School" which has been great fun to watch.
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I think I'm going to start up a netflix account. It seems like it makes more sense than going to rent movies at the store.

Let me know your thoughts on American Movie. It's become one of my all-time favorite films due to it's raw, unadulterated look into one man's quest to make a movie. The main character is a brilliant freak, in my opinion. You want to shake his hand after the film is over.
 
I love "American Movie" (I actually bought it).

If you have the time, you should definitely listen to the filmmaker's commentary track - it's fascinating.
 
Auditions are shaping up. We've had good response and I'm currently sending out emails with the sides and confirming their audition time.
 
" One night I was holding the bag of Lactated Ringer's Solution..."
You've no idea how many stories I've heard start out like this, and they always go bad...

See...
"somehow I got a jolt of electricity through the bag that scared the pee-woddeny out of me. Pretty funny."
You should see the people I work with jump when they hear the word "clear."
 
No Country - The Book

No Country - The Book

I just finished NO COUNTRY on the plane to Seattle and Jeez-Loueez am I blown away. I absolutely adored the film, but you sure owe it to yourself to read the book. The book’s ending is SO much more fulfilling (in my opinion) than the film. Frankly, it is very interesting to consider the choices the Coen brothers had to make when deciding how to end the film. I’m not going to second guess them in any way, but I can sympathize with them and the difficulties they faced in trying to translate the book. I guess I’ll leave it that I’m really pleased that I read the book and feel now that I understand the whole story and the ending completely whereas I was having to interpolate things before finishing the novel.
 
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I just finished NO COUNTRY on the plane to Seattle and Jeez-Loueez am I blown away. I absolutely adored the film, but you sure owe it to yourself to read the book. The book’s ending is SO much more fulfilling (in my opinion) than the film. Frankly, it is very interesting to consider the choices the Coen brothers had to make when deciding how to end the film. I’m not going to second guess them in any way, but I can sympathize with them and the difficulties they faced in trying to translate the book. I guess I’ll leave it that I’m really pleased that I read the book and feel now that I understand the whole story and the ending completely whereas I was having to interpolate things before finishing the novel.
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It's arriving from Amazon tomorrow.
 
We're in Ilwaco Washington. Had to detour around a huge mudslide in Oregon. Beautiful scenery. I'll get some pix up tonight hopefully.
 
Cape Disappointment

Cape Disappointment

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Yeah, Steven has a really sweet Extreme along with some nice fast lenses. Yesterday's footage really looked sweet. We're just about to head out to a location near Redmond, Washington and the forecast calls for possible snow and/or rain. Yikes.
 
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Well, it rained all day but, fortunately, was just a miserable misty dribble so that we were able to shoot through it. Actually, for the look we were going for it was optimum and we are extremely happy with the frames we got. However, it was tough on everybody because of the wet as well as the temperatures down in the mid-thirties.
 
mid-thirties. ha!
try 10-15 degree weather here in nebraska. i'm sorry to say, mark, but you're a midwesterner that's been worn down and conditioned by the west coast climate. =)

any updates on the casting?
 
Once again, guys, you've got a cool looking thread here. Love how you do all the comic book looks ... you've ALWAYS got some kind of cool marketing schemes going on, and this one appears to be delivering as well. :thumbsup:

So, without reading through the entire thread, what's the above about? You're actually shooting a music video AND doing this Love Fest entry??
 
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