Have a Great New Year's Eve

Lunch Today at Pop Burger in Midtown

Yum. I had two sliders and onion rings. They didn't ask me how I wanted the burgers cooked, but they were still good. Finley Quaye and Led Zeppelin songs came on while I was eating, which was another positive.

I still think the best burger in NYC is at the Corner Bistro, though.

Joyeux Noël and All of That Other Crap

Happy holidays. Here's hoping that you have a safe, enjoyable time with friends and family. I'm off to New Jersey tomorrow to celebrate Christmas Eve, and very much looking forward to it.

I'm getting close to being done with color correction for the Deafening Silence of a Very Bright Light. And just finished writing the treatment for what may become my first paying writing/directing gig for hire. Well, actually I have a few small tweaks to make tonight and then I'll be completely finished.

I hope to have some very, very good news to report here in January.

Updated Poster for the Deafening Silence of a Very Bright Light

I'm Now Officially Being Repped

My biggest news recently is that I've officially signed a one-year contract with Marc at Wilder & Wilder Management. This is pretty exciting. I met with Marc this past Friday, and we took care of business. Then we discussed the various projects that we have in the works. There are three. There's the script for my next feature, which is almost done. I have a few tweaks that I want to make, and then it'll be done. Marc's going to be gearing up to get that one in motion. Then, I have another script that I'm currently making notes for. It's actually for a television series. It's pretty cool.

And Marc may've also gotten me my first for-hire gig. I'm not going to say any more about that. Just that it's very promising. But not a done deal. In fact, it's very early in terms of planning and going forward. But it's all very exciting.

As for the Deafening Silence of a Very Bright Light, I'm still working on color correction. I think I'll be done with that by the time post-production resumes in March or so. I know that people are eager to have a finished movie. I've been contacted by a lot of the actors. They want material for their reels. Which is understandable. I want to finish the movie also.

But it's always good to hear from everybody. Andy and I were supposed to get together this past week or weekend, but couldn't sort out our schedules. I've also heard from Marie-Line and Sara McGowan. And tonight was Melody's Billionaires for Bush performance, but it was George's birthday party and so I couldn't go. But the party was fun, and I got some lasagna to take home with me. I'm going to eat it after I post this blog entry.

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Congrats to Rike on Her Upcoming Solo Show on Friday!!

Say Hello to the Deafening Silence of a Very Bright Light

I actually meant to update this blog last night, but I fell asleep at 10:00 p.m. Damn, that really made me feel old. And, of course, I woke up early this morning as a result. Weird. But anyway, I actually feel rested and refreshed for the first time in a very long time. Which is nice.

Scott got the CD of the Insogo Six demo, which is good. He enjoyed listening to it. And out of the blue, I heard from my old friend Jeff Green. He and I worked together briefly at indieWIRE, after which he went on to a really good job at the YES network. He's now living in Bulgaria with his wife and two children, and working as the head of production for Eastern Europe for the Sci-Fi Channel. Good for him. And I'm very glad that he got in touch.

I should mention here that I've officially changed the title of Matutinal Reverie. It's now called the Deafening Silence of a Very Bright Light. Which I like a lot. It has a really great, almost Italo Calvino-esque ring to it. I've been fiddling around with the color correction on my own, and changed a bunch of things. I'm happy with how it's turning out, although I'm going to watch it on DVD in about a week to see how the changes hold up. I figure that a break is always a good thing. I've also chopped out about 20 minutes from the movie. I think it flows much better, and is more compact. Some really wonderful scenes had to go, but they kind of didn't really work in the broader context of the movie. But I think that having edited out those scenes might necessitate a few other small edits, so that there aren't lines of dialogue and shots that don't make sense anymore.

I'm scheduled to meet with Marc this coming Friday. Which I'm looking forward to. I'm eager to move forward with my next script. And I've also started writing a TV pilot, at his request. He thinks it's a good idea to have something else in the arsenal, just to have additional projects ready to go. And when I told him about an idea for a television series that I had, he was enthusiastic. He may also have a writing for hire job for me, which would be great. As ever, I'll keep you posted.

Enjoy your weekend. I'm meeting Brett in a few hours to go to an advance screening of Atonement, followed by a Q&A with Christopher Hampton. The whole event was organized by the NAC. It should be fun.