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talktoolooseI want to write a follow-up to yesterday's post but from a different POV. I like what I wrote, but it's way too pat and I don't really believe in gay culture and certainly not a narrow definition of it like that presented. I'd also like to speak about the journey of sex and some of the fears I'm working through right now. I need to think about this post a bit before I get to it.
In the meantime, Fluff, the feature I worked on (as composer and bit-part actor in lederhosen) last year is on its way to three lesbigay festivals: Philadelphia in July, Kitcher-Waterloo (not sure when) and Austin in late August (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
scapegoatee take note). The film is well-written, funny and spirited though often shoddily put together. The producer-writer deserves full points for seeing it through from conception to completion and, if we do it all again, we'll have a much better idea of how to actually make it happen. Rule one: don't have 50 speaking parts for your first feature film.
The fact that Fluff was not accepted at the Toronto lesbigay fest is appalling. I've seen far worse there and the fact that upwards of 80 people from the community were motivated to volunteer their time and energy to make a feature should be enough for a local showing. What kind of message does this send to others in the community who might be considering making a movie if the local fest won't even show it? It's so fucking Canadian -- arrange a French movie theme with cocktail parties and the cultural attaché of the French Consulate but ignore your own. It's traditional to ignore Canadian artists until they've been accepted by the Americans first. Until then it's, "Who do you think you are? An artist or something?"
In the meantime, Fluff, the feature I worked on (as composer and bit-part actor in lederhosen) last year is on its way to three lesbigay festivals: Philadelphia in July, Kitcher-Waterloo (not sure when) and Austin in late August (
scapegoatee take note). The film is well-written, funny and spirited though often shoddily put together. The producer-writer deserves full points for seeing it through from conception to completion and, if we do it all again, we'll have a much better idea of how to actually make it happen. Rule one: don't have 50 speaking parts for your first feature film.The fact that Fluff was not accepted at the Toronto lesbigay fest is appalling. I've seen far worse there and the fact that upwards of 80 people from the community were motivated to volunteer their time and energy to make a feature should be enough for a local showing. What kind of message does this send to others in the community who might be considering making a movie if the local fest won't even show it? It's so fucking Canadian -- arrange a French movie theme with cocktail parties and the cultural attaché of the French Consulate but ignore your own. It's traditional to ignore Canadian artists until they've been accepted by the Americans first. Until then it's, "Who do you think you are? An artist or something?"
