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| Theodore Bouloukos as PHIL PALMER |
First of all, seeing it on the big screen for the first time was wonderful. Though I personally, by the time we did the screening, had seen that version or similar ones about 100 times it was still a completely new and captivating experience for me to see it like that! Within a few minutes my brain couldn't stop thinking 'wow, what a great cast we have'! So thank you to those of you reading this! A guy couldn't have wished for a better gang of actors to do such a fine job.
The best thing was that though I desperately wanted to be annoyed by technical things still not fixed in the film I couldn't. I was simply swept away by their performances and though I was, to put it mildly, violently nervous at the beginning of the screening I calmed down and was taken away myself, completely forgetting that I had actually been working on this for an entire year, more or less every single day since January 2011.
We had a little talkback after the screening and it was great to hear everyone's opinion. Call me an idiot but I actually do care if the actors think they did a good job and my editing was done to maximize what they had already put in there.
All in all I got out of it exactly what I had hoped for so I was very happy and ready to work some more and release a film that I felt everyone who had the chance to watch the screener had a little say in making.
And speaking of release - what about that little detail.
Well, to be honest I'm not sure exactly in what shape and when the film will be available to 'y'all'. The plan is, and has always been, to send it to festivals all over the place so depending on which one will be the first to accept us I guess that will be the real 'opening' - although , depending on where in the world that is, none of us may be able to be there. I do sincerely hope we will be part of a New York film festival so we can make a real 'premiere' out of it and do be sure that I'll announce it once we get accepted to a local festival.
And that's about it! Attracting distributors is naturally a dream for all of us - we would love it to be available to people other than NYC locals and people close enough to the festivals we will be in but when this will happen I'm not sure and in what capacity - but once again you can be sure I'll keep you all informed about this.
A new journey is starting for 'Willa' and I am excited to keep you up to date in our progress and who we get the chance to show out little film to. But first, let's get it ready and get it going! I couldn't be prouder of everyone involved! I'd do it again in a heartbeat and I think I just might!
