Will Asheville: the movie ever be finished? Hard to tell. In typical Ashvegas fashion, Asheville: the movie stars freaks, hippies, assorted non-actors and even includes an Edgy Mama cameo. It’s taken years to make. The director keeps promising it’s coming, and according to the movie web site, he may be about to deliver.
we hope to have a few test-screenings/fund-raisers in the early fall. people who’ve seen the film have laughed, cried, and been mesmerized…
the editing of our film is completed!!!! we are currently working on our preliminary sound mixes at echo mountain recording with the multi-talented bruce sales…
we are preparing the film for festival runs and actively seeking representation (sales agents, producer reps). when we were looking for help with the marketing of this film we had the gall to contact one of the greatest graphic designers working today. he lives in london and his name is si scott.
So what is the movie about, you ask? Well, it’s described on the web site as “an autobiographical film in three parts: penance, ignorance, and loss.” Here’s more from the web:
these three parts are, for all intents and purposes, independent short films that when watched together gain in meaning and scope. each film was designed and conceived so that the viewer senses that three different authors were at work, that three different teams came together to make the films. to that effect, we shot each one differently, with different stylistic slants and executions. the performances in each segment are also all different, deliberately so.
the first film, PENANCE, is the most overtly comedic. IGNORANCE is an example of masterpiece theatre gone awry. LOSS starts off as a comedy and if you’re not crying at the end of that segment you’re a sociopath or worse.
One other note. The director, Chusy Jardine, says on the web site that a number of cool musicians, including the Avett Brothers, contributed to the soundtrack. Coolness!
Edgy has pimped this film before, so we’re anxious to see the final product.
The Avett Bros music is in the film? I can’t believe you’re scooping me on my own bloggie!
I’m going to go e-mail Chusy. He better not have cut me out of the film!
In my one and only foray into amateur film, I went to a public screening with the rest of the crew, watched the film, and then discovered that they had forgotten to put me, and only me, in the credits. It felt a lot like realizing that an airline has lost your luggage…
s.c., that happened to me, too, dude, though my foray into amateur film lasted a bit longer.
i had a bit part in “Lord of the G-Strings” and i went on to score a few lines in “Sorest Rump.” my big break came as platoon commander in “Shaving Ryan’s Privates,” and i retired after playing the lead in “On Golden Blonde.”
in all my movies, they could never get my name right. “Buck Nekkid.” not “Buck Naked.” or Butt Nekkid.”
damn.
S.C.’s pornstar name is Pablo Buckeye, for those who are interested.
The little guy? He’s Optimus Prime. Yeah, he transforms.
(I probably just took the joke a little too far for the EM forum but, hey, that’s why she keeps me around)
Whats the formula for figuring your pornstar name? Isn’t it something like your first childhood pet’s name for the firstname and the street you grew up on for the last name?
If thats right, in pornoland I’d be known as Spencer Fairmont.
Takes a long time to do a movie, doesn’t it?
For some reason, Ash’s comment did not hit my e-mail box. You are so bad, dude! I wondered what got S.C. all fired up. Damn.
Actually, S.C., that happened to me on the first BBC doc I worked on. We were all watching it on TV, and the credits rolled, and everyone was listed except me. The producer didn’t understand why I was so upset.
For the record: Popcorn Forest or Flower Lake.
Porn Name: Smoky Lafayette
Blues Name: Fishbelly White
Boots Lincoln, here.
Flower Lake it is.