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AugustAug 7 Thursday 08
Countdown
And back to San Francisco, a day before our opening at the Roxie Theater. Bill Banning, Roxie's Artistic Director, working the phones in his office stuffed with movie memorabilia, reviews, posters, flyers, festival catalogs, even an old fashioned Rolodex. I...
Press and Opening Day
Our publicist Karen Larsen set up a day of interviews for Someguy and me. Back to back, we met with Astrid Moltow-Gunter, a reporter for the German language California Staats-Zeitung; Andrea Chase of Movie Magazine International, a weekly radio show;...
3117 16th Street
Four shows a day over the weekend, four Q+A sessions, and lots of time on 16th Street. I browsed used books stores, and when I was finally able to eat again, sampled Thai and Vietnamese vegetable broth, and was exploring...
Just Think
Since we had such a great time at the San Francisco Film Society's Schools at the Festival, I stayed in touch with SFFS Education Program Managers Joanne Parsont and Keith Zwolfer. They really open doors (and my eyes) and reach...
JulyJul 28 Monday 08
Where are they now? -- Stuart Balcomb
When we met, Composer Stuart Balcomb was at the crossroads from a safe position at Universal Studios, to independence. He orchestrated tent pole releases such as "Triple X" (xXx), and "Miss Congeniality 2," with the enormous resources of a Hollywood...
JulyJul 11 Friday 08
1000 Journals at the Museum
Yesterday's screening at the Orange County Museum of Art was packed, and inspiring. I met old friends, among them Ginny Laird (it was our fourth 1000 Journals event, after The Inside Edge at UC Irvine, Newport Beach and Delray Beach...
JulyJul 8 Tuesday 08
1000 Journals in San Francisco
The 1000 Journals Project was started in San Francisco, in the summer of 2000, eight years ago. And now we're coming back to San Francisco, after our wonderful run at the San Francisco International Film Festival, to show the film...
JuneJun 18 Wednesday 08
Best of Fest
In May, 1000 Journals screened one last time yesterday, at the Victory Theater in Burbank, California, in the series Best of Fest presented by Indie Express. Indie Express' Shane and Mark, this time without Kiyomi Emi, who had interviewed me...
Detroit Windsor Film Festival
I just heard 1000 Journals is invited to screen at the Detroit Windsor International Film Festival, and they have wonderful plans for our screening: People in the audience will receive a small journal, decorated with an image from 1000 Journals...
JuneJun 17 Tuesday 08
Journal 270 comes back
Just as last week in Indianapolis, during the Q+A session after the Monday night screening in San Francisco, another "missing" journal came back to life. It felt like the film continued seamlessly, from the "send the journal on" end credits...
KCBS Interview
Tim Etheridge, publicist at the San Francisco Film Festival, met Someguy and me at the KCBS studios just in time to get on the mid-day show of anchor Rebecca Corral. News, sports, traffic update, a few words from our sponsors,...
May First
On May 1st, 1000 Journals screened three times: once in Indianapolis, and twice at SFIFF. The first screening in San Francisco was exclusively for students and teachers, organized by Schools at the Festival program. Keith Zw
Delray Beach
Red-eye across the country, early morning arrival at Fort Lauderdale airport, and straight into the welcoming hands of Delray Beach Film Festival topper Michael Posner. A few hours later 1000 Journals was playing at the Public Library, where programmer Ginny...
Adda Dada
One of the amazing discoveries in San Francisco is found-art collector and photographer Adda Dada, also known as Joseph Leonard. He came to and covered all our screenings, posted many photos on his Flickr-Page, and on the last day gave...
MayMay 5 Monday 08
SFIFF - Scoop du Jour
A few minutes prior to our Monday night screening at the SFIFF, the Scoop du Jour team of the festival caught up with Someguy and me for an interview... I've seen Errol Morris' SOP at the Berlinale -- check it...
AprilApr 30 Wednesday 08
In the heat of the O.C.
I stuffed my backpack with journals, postcards, and camera, and took a cab to Oakland airport to get on the morning flight to Long Beach, some 20 miles south of Los Angeles. From the cool of the Bay Area to...
AprilApr 29 Tuesday 08
Day One San Francisco
It's wonderful to be back in San Francisco. The here and now is fantastic, coming "home" with the finished film to the fabulous SFIFF. Wherever I go, and around every corner from there, are memories: scenes we shot with Someguy,...
Journal 832 surfaces in Indianapolis
While I was on the early shift presenting 1000 Journals to The Inside Edge, Someguy traveled across the country to attend our screening in Indianapolis. He came back with an amazing story: "The Indianapolis International Film Festival had a surprise...
AprilApr 20 Sunday 08
Quiet before...
For the hard working people who run the film festivals in San Francisco, Newport Beach, and Indianapolis, and for us filmmakers invited to these festivals, this is the weekend before the fun begins. Since Friday afternoon, when I shipped off...
AprilApr 16 Wednesday 08
Where are they now? -- Ralph Kaechele
Indeed, where is he now? Wrapping 1000 Journals did by no means end Director of Photography Ralph Kaechele's intense travel schedule, and he remains difficult to pin down. In a discussion about public transportation, Ralph once jokingly remarked, "I'm flying...