Posts by dan from why.movie

Wow, another synchronicity. I’ve been building a flashback rationale based on Christina’s humming of a few notes from Veronique, a mis-remembering of the tune Dominique, a song by Dominican nun Jeannine Deckers that topped the Billboard charts around the world in 1963-64. I was singing a snippet of this on the big boat back in…

Sequins and bubble wrap conjures campfire A campfire, with sparks rising up juxtaposed with Christina and bubble wrap being popped. Close up of hands and bubble wrap with sparkle dress perhaps. We hear a hint of Christina humming and the snap of the popping bubbles. The snap and crackle of a fire and the popping…

This may not be strictly a movie making thing only, definitely applicable generally. I am not sure who first came up with the idea of modeling other’s success, but this morning I now realize that this is not the most effective strategy. In the realm of conventional feature films or 80s pop music, (USA) it…

Preparation March 1, 2019, shot list for Slam Person Lena is coming today to shoot a lone Tribal Archaic Revival preparing for the big blaze of the People’s Poetry Slam. She’s going to practice performing Arborealists, Fauna and Prelude, as well as read all the and green orange as a safety. Shot list medium to…

What’s the point of launching the first Iteration of the festival screener at Cannes? Why climb Everest? In your shorts? Because, it’s there. Here’s a few links about sending a work in progress. Of course this is a highly competitive festival. But as Shri Fugi Spilt so adeptly pointed out in the podcast, somebody has…

The repurposing of Signals from a Nearby Now, becoming the People’s Poetry Slam, an oral history of the before times, slightly garbled and embellished from repeated tellings. Akin to reciting blockbuster movies from memory, complete with vivid descriptions of visual effects sequences. A gathering of tribal archaic revivals, with each take a turn, men and…

February 26, 2019 Now 9 days before Cannes screener ships. There’s prolly lots of arguments for a gentle deadline approach, that is to say being ready before readiness is required. Which is antithetical to the concept of deadlines. Deadlines are like, oh shit, got to be done by such and such. What if we were…

A stockpile of DU ammo in the carnage scene with snarky signage. That’s all I got on this one, but enough just to have it there and labeled with appropriate warnings and admonishments. “Attention Warfighters! International convention prohibits the deliberate use of depleted uranium munitions against civilian infrastructure. Violation is a war crime. All personel…

Humvee with acoustic weapon / speaker configuration. Beans and Rice playing while speaker is pointed into echoing container. Flickering strobe lights illuminate the interior.

Christina flashback hideout Christina remembers being in the hideout with Uncle Joe, she’s a silhoutte while Joe is fast motion Tai Chi battling fighting ghost-like Clique figures with energy strikes, but no he’s just doing tai chi. Maybe doll Joe head at first, that could fix the clothing issue. Then close up of the panel…