Fiction
Finalist #3
My new buddy Garret alerted me to a short he helped out with that is a finalist in an IFC.com contest. Watch “Like So Many Things… Unsaid” and vote for it if you like it; it’s coming in second place right now, so help a brotha out. (Tried embedding but the player is too wide for the column… must… click… through… ugh, I know it’s tough.)
Quick Feet, Soft Hands
Reason #21 to be sad about not living on the East Coast any longer: Our fabulous Self-Reliant Filmmaker Paul Harrill’s new short, Quick Feet, Soft Hands, will be showing at the Maryland Film Festival after its Nashville premiere. It stars indie up-and-coming-Queen Greta Gerwig as “a young woman whose hopes of moving up are tied to Jim, a minor league baseball player. As Jim falls deeper into a batting slump, the couple must cope with the day-to-day realities of being young and poor. And they must confront the prospect that they may never make it to the big leagues.”
Best of luck to Paul and team, and if you are in the area or headed to the fest, check it out yo.
Quick Feet, Soft Hands - Trailer from Paul Harrill on Vimeo.
Sundancing 08: Goliath
I know this is late, but since the film will be playing shortly at SXSW, it’s still timely, and curses on flu!
I’m newly aware of David Zellner and Nathan Zellner (pictured with cinematographer and Austinite PJ Ravel). They hail from Austin and in that respect, are now a part of my film world, so I was excited to hit their Sundance screening. I mostly wanted to support of their work and hoped for a good movie. I was maybe a little surprised that I liked the film as much as I did.
It’s a Beautiful Day
It is around 8 AM on January 1st. A new year. The sun is shining and streaming through the trees into my room, across my bed where I’ve been watching Starting Out in the Evening, an Independent Spirit nominee for Best Screenplay. The film stars Frank Langella and Lili Taylor, and I’m at a loss to put into words exactly what the film is about, except to say that an aging author discovers new purpose in his life even as it seems to be nearing end. It is a fitting film to start off a new year - new beginnings for us all. I tend to find myself particularly pensive around this time, maybe because it seems like there is so much potential. But the funny thing is that there is the same amount of potential each day of the year, it just gets difficult to see it among the ten-thousand things that rise and fall.
Pushing Daisies
A lot of my friends get down on television. Yes, yes, the shows are vehicles for advertisers and networks just want to get us addicted to something so they can make money, but I like to watch shows and just ignore the rest. I’m able to enjoy a lot of what television has to offer this way. I don’t write about TV shows because what would be the point? But since no one in my world seems to be talking about it, I have to recommend Pushing Daisies.
If you enjoy Tim Burton, you will love this show. The writing is excellent, as is the production. Every time I watch an episode, I can’t believe that it is an ABC program; that they would take a risk on something so unconventional. Like other shows in the past that have taken risks, been brilliant and then canceled, well, I guess I’m hoping that won’t happen with this one. Check it out online (they have full episodes available) if you can’t watch on Wednesday night when it airs or have Tivo 
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Thanks for the feedback Mark, I'll keep that in mind :) 
Wow, that does look great!
More video, Agnes! I love when you post cool stuff like this! 
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