All the way to Santa Fe!

Good news! I've just been informed that Duke City Nights will be playing at the Santa Fe Film Festival, which will take place from November 28 through December 2! Looks like November is going to be another exciting month for 505 Films, what with the LoE premiere on November 4, Tromadance on November 16-18, and now the Santa Fe festival at the end of the month.

I'm still scrambling to get the LoE DVD's put together in time to sell at the premiere. I've got a really cool DVD set up, with all kinds of deleted scenes and special features. So far the hardest and most time consuming part has been recording the commentaries. I just don't, uh... talk... um... good. I can get through a couple sentences at most before I start scrambling for words. I've had to resort to cheating, by writing down what I want to say and just reading it, and then cutting the best takes of that together into a coherent narrative. And that's not even dealing with the problem that even with heavy editing, I sound like a douchebag sometimes. Ugh. This is why I stay behind the camera. Next time I make a DVD for one of my movies, I think I'll hire an actor to play me on the commentaries.

Almost there....

WE HAVE A PREMIERE!!!

That's right, at long, long last, Land of Entrapment is nearly finished and we've scheduled a showing! The premiere will be at the Guild Cinema on Sunday, November 4, at 1:00 p.m.. Tickets are $7 general, $5 for students. Most of the cast and crew will be there, so bring a few friends, check out the flick, and meet the people who made it!

Here's the blurb I'm sending out to summarize the plot. I simultaneously hate and am terrible at summarizing anything, but I'm pretty happy with this:

Clint is about to graduate from UNM and is looking forward to a dream job teaching English in Japan. But his plans hit a snag when he finds out that Jessica, his longtime girlfriend, won't be going with him. As he struggles to decide whether to follow his dreams or stay with his girlfriend, Clint navigates the perils of life in the student ghetto, from flaky roommates and dead-end jobs to empty one-night stands.

The movie's not quite finished yet, unfortunately - got a handful of sound issues I'd like to resolve - but it'll all be done in plenty of time for the showing. I've already exported the final cut of the video, and it looks like I've gotten it about as good as it's gonna get. The total running time, with credits and everything, is 78 minutes and 10 seconds, so if you don't like it, you won't have to wait long for it to be over!

There are 142 seats in the Guild. I'd like to fill them all. Bring all your friends. Call people you haven't talked to in years. Get your mom to come. Whatever it takes!!!

I'll see you at the premiere! :)