The road trip was a success! Two went south, and three came back. In the meantime we saw a not-very-rough rough cut of “this is Awkward”, the latest Brat?i Síg?í production. (Although, I must admit my participation in this one was more limited.)
I must say the cut looked pretty good! Our editor made a decision that was a bit out of the box but worked really well, and the assembled audience laughed out loud often. Perhaps they were an easy crowd since many of them worked on the flick, but much of the laughter was genuine. I was among the laughers.
Between screenings of “This is Awkward” the old classic “Pirates of the White Sand” played (an edit I had not seen before), and also pulled in its share of chuckles and guffaws. Overall, it was a successful evening for our little production.
The trip back north included the other half of the Seeger Bros., who is visiting here in San Jose for a few days. Maybe we can put together a movie!
So when is “This is Awkward” coming to “a theater near you,” or, at least, “an art cinema somewhere in the region”?
When is the tour of the states? Maybe just a trip down I-40.
My understanding is that the lads in the lab are hustling to get a cut ready for submission to a couple of film festivals significantly east from here. If they hit the deadline and if a festival says ‘yes’, the premiere would be in New Orleans or Austin. There’s a lot that has to go right for that to happen, though.