This is another of my previous short works that I am finally making available online. This is one of my stranger short films, but it also happens to be one of the most well seen. The film, CLOCK PAINT EYEBALL screened at numerous places around the world (including some microcinema screenings in Seattle, San Francisco, Paris and Houston). Mike Nicholson did some great design work on the look and feel of the piece – and I cut it along with my longtime collaborator Aaron Vega. Check it out.
This is a short film I finished in 2006 (and part of the get all my short works online project I am ever so slowly working on). Originally this was a poem entitled Letter to City of Austin, Attention: Customer Rep Susan that I saw performed in Austin, Texas at La Zona Rosa, by the enormously talented Jacob Rakovan. And the actor in the film, Jeffery Mills, was someone I was trying to find the right part for, because I was dying to work with him… That’s how this marriage came to be.
My Electric Bill screened at handful of film festivals and screening series around the country — and I still find Jeffery Mills’ performance really, really strong and hope to find a way to work with him again in the future. Feel free to comment below and let me know what you think about our film.
In the slowly putting some of my works online project, here is a short film from 2004 called CREMAINS. Narrated by actor Steve Shearer and friend Marilyn Rodriguez, this short film sprouted from a much lengthier piece (never produced) called The Painted Ones that I had developed with good friend Aaron Vega. The Painted Ones never saw the light of day, but CREMAINS came to life and it’s a short film I am very proud of — and it’s done very well screening around the world. Music by the most prolific musician on the planet, Graham Reynolds.
I’ve been hesitant to post some of my shorter films online in the past. Part of me was being old-fashioned and another part of me simply liked the idea that these kinds of works had to be seen in festivals or microcinemas or DVD compilations. That said, over the course of the next few months, I am going to start uploading some of my shorter works – and see where that gets me.
So, first up is TRAUMA, a short film I made a few years ago with a lot of help in post-production from the wonderful designer Mike Nicholson and the talented sound man extraordinaire, Mr. Bob Kellough.
