So great news! The investors and producers have decided now is the time to start putting Lovely, Still in festivals! This is great news for me as I get to travel around going to them. It is great news for you if you live near any of the places it will be screening (not in competition).
For sure, in October, it will be screening in Milwaukee (cool), Chicago (radical!), Las Vegas (Get wasted!) and Brazil (Adventure!) .
The dates for the Milwaukee Film Festival are ;
Saturday, October 3 at 7:00 PM
Sunday, October 4 at 1:15 PM
I will be there doing a Q&A. More exact dates coming soon.
I turned 25 over the weekend. What an intense feeling. To have written a film while 17, directed it at 23 and then sat on it til 25. Time has a way of being sneaky.
I had lunch with Martin Landau today at a diner in LA. We talked about how film has changed over the last 50 years and we both agree that this generation in film is by far the worst. “They used to at least try and make good movies. Now it’s just opening weekends.” The people running this thing used to at least have an interest in film, but now it’s been taken over by businessmen. Businessmen who get fired if they say “yes” and promoted if they say “no”. Whole things run on a fear of not loosing a job, not if a film is good or not. But, I suppose it can’t help itself. Money is a beautiful religion. On the bright side, all things will eventually change and move. It’s exciting to be a filmmaker now. The industry is so horrible that the only thing it is capable of is getting better and I want to be a part of that process.
Had a few secret showings of the film to close friends this weekend. Reminded me of how much I love to show it and how great it will feel to show it to a larger audience. I am contimplating the idea of going on a tour this fall. Going from state to state with the film and having secret screenings in each city. That sounds like it would be a lot of fun for me.
Hey everyone,
I have to take a short break for a few days. I’m playing lead again for Derek Pressnall‘s band Flower Forever and we have a show tomorrow. I gotta learn 8 new songs in three days. A new Behind the Scenes video will be up on Monday. Thanks for waiting (If anyone is actually reading this thing).
Nik
Here is a Promo that was constructed for the Berlin Film Festival. It’s point was to entice Foreign Buyers to see the film and buy it at the upcoming Cannes. Foreign Buyers are Distributors who purchase your film and the right to play it in their respected foreign countries. This process pays back the investors… Which is good.
The promo is four minutes long of straight Lovely, Still footage. I like it. The music in it is the score by Nate Walcott and Mike Mogis as well as an unreleased Arthur Dodge track (With special guest Dri).
The trailer will be much shorter obviously, but I like the vibe this puts out. It’s not a “for a specific Market” trailers (Which I hate and am sure we’ll have to unfortunately make at some point. ugghhh). Aren’t people realizing how completely dishonest trailers are these days? It’s sick!
BERLIN PROMO
Hello everyone (Anyone?),
Everything is now organized into this new “blog” format. I (Nik!) Can’t wait to get started! I plan on giving many updates weekly on my progress and fight with Lovely, Still, Philosophical musings, interesting/secret things I find out about and of course my experience as a first time filmmaker working within the system (Which is a lot of fun if you keep repeating “This is a lot of fun!”).
WELCOME!
Nik Fackler