Some notes on several fronts, today.
Starting with the movie. We’ve officially cast Burt Williams as Lt. Knapp. Burt is a local musician, he’s done some acting and had his own sports talk radio show down south. We’re delighted to have him aboard. We also have a name for our production company now, Rooftop Productions. If you’re in the northern Michigan area and interested in helping out, get in touch with me.
Speaking of film, I finally got a chance to see No Country For Old Men. Absolutely breathtaking. Amazing performances, wonderful cinematography and a slow, intense story that will make your insides crawl about. Should be a serious contender at the Oscars and may be my favorite film of the year.
And last, politics. I watched the election coverage carefully, yesterday. More than that, I watched the candidates. Only one stood out to me and that was Barack Obama. So I’m stepping off the sidelines and finally choosing sides. I’m with Obama.
Okay, many of you already know this, but to make it official, we’re shooting a movie this summer.
The working title is “You Can Only Do It In Black And White”. It’s a comedic murder mystery set in Frankfort, MI.
We’ll be shooting on a very low budget, guerrilla style. We should have a web site up soon and we’ll start begging for money then.
I’ll be writing and producing,
Brian Bentley will be directing,
Micah Carnes will be starring as Noah Wexford,
my wife, Tia Twigg will be doing most of the design work along with coaching and training the actors.
Cassie Frank is our Production Assistant, in charge of keeping us all organized and on schedule.
We are in the early stages of casting the rest of the flick.
More on the project as it develops….
Had the strangest experience the other day. I was coming out of the post office here in Frankfort and was stopped by a stranger who had read something I’d written on the internet and wanted to talk with me for a bit. Nice chap, told me how much he enjoyed the article and shook my hand.
That was off of a blog post. Makes me wonder how much this sort of thing is going to happen when the book eventually comes out……
So, summer here in Frankfort is over.
The big charity concert is done, it went very well, everyone had a great time, even me after I made sure everything was going smoothly and there were no more crisises to be averted.
Tia is back down in Lansing, she came home for the show. So most of Monday was once again spent en route.
Yesterday, I slept for 16 hours. No, not all at once. I slept 8 hours, puttered about for 4 hours, then slept another 8.
Work today, then a nice quiet evening at home. I may putter a bit with the book, but I won’t resume my regular writing schedule until tomorrow. I shall be doing a bit more blogging today (or tonight), both here and at The Club of Mars. Some twittering, too.
And maybe I’ll drink a fifth of rum and dance naked on the rooftop. Just for the fuck of it.
