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October 15, 2006
Hear ye, hear ye — The NHFX envelope please ...
I wasn't able to make it to the final award ceremonies at Seacoast Rep tonight, but I've just been handed an (electronic) envelope containing the names of all the winners. Congratulations to the trophy holders, from near and far, and to all who were involved in any way with any of the 67 films that made the cut and were shown at NHFX 2006. No matter what anyone says, whether your film played at The Music Hall, as lofty and prestigious a cultural institution as our fair city can offer, or downstairs at the Muddy River, you were part of history in the making right here on the Piscataqua. The 6th Annual New Hampshire Film Expo Announces the 2006 Winners PORTSMOUTH, N.H., Oct. 16, 2006—Celebrating the sixth year, the New Hampshire Film Expo (NHFX) kicked off this year's festival with Portsmouth's Mayor Steve Marchand proclaiming October 12-15, "Independent Filmmakers & Screenwriters Film Appreciation Weekend," to a crowd of nearly 500 people on opening night. Two new awards were added to this year' award ceremony, the NHFX Audience Award and the Grand Jury Award. The Audience Award is presented to the film that has garnered the most votes from the film's screening audience. The Grand Jury Award made up of five well regarded industry experts judged the best overall film of the entire festival. This award is an amazing new opportunity for filmmakers to have their work seen by highly successful members of the independent film industry. This year's Grand Jury were, Chase Bailey, Executive Producer, The Libertine (starring Johnny Depp) Best Feature Film: Johnny Was, directed by Mark Hammond and written by Brendan Foley "The Sixth Annual New Hampshire Film Expo was an unbelievable success this past weekend," said Nicole Gregg, festival producer for NHFX. "The community came out in droves to view some truly great domestic and international independent films. Our achievement this year was not only measured by the numbers of attendees, but more so by the overwhelming feeling by the filmmakers, directors, and producers that merely being selected for NHFX left everyone feeling like a winner." The Sixth Annual New Hampshire Film Expo is the state's only event of its kind and is one of the largest in New England, screening an average of 50 films from more than a dozen states and many different countries each year. This year's filmmakers came from as far away as Spain and Australia to attend the festival. More than 3,000 people attended this year's films, seminars, ceremonies, and parties—the highest number of attendance recorded for NHFX in Portsmouth thus far. NHFX presents the best in recent independent cinema from throughout the United States and around the world to New Hampshire and New England audiences. Astonishingly, nearly all of the films shown this year would never have screened in Portsmouth without the festival. For more information, please log on to www.nhfx.com. NHFX is located at the IOS Business Center, 155 Fleet St., Portsmouth, NH 03801. The telephone number is (603) 647-NHFX (6439); email can be sent to info@nhfx.com. ##### Posted by Michael Keating at 10:59 PM | Comments (0) 'Checkout' is back by popular demand
Breaking news/ This just in: One of the standout New Hampshire films from Thursday night’s screenings has been given a second life today at NHFX. “Checkout,” a student film by Dan Eckman, had the audience laughing out loud about the its sweet, but very silly, story about a ninja working as a stockboy at a convenience store that gets robbed by a pack of samurais. It’s absolutely hilarious! “After it was shown Thursday night everybody who saw it just started this buzz,” said Kelly Whalen who is handling press relations for NHFX. “Everybody came up and asked if we were going to show it again to give everybody a chance to see it? A lot of people weren’t in town yet on Thursday night.” So, back by popular demand, “Checkout” will be shown during the 2:30 Block downstairs at The Muddy River Smokehouse, along with “Time Machine,” “Happy Valentines Day,” “Invisible Dog,” “Chasing Buckner” (yes, that would be infamous Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner) and “Why Don’t You Dance.” Get there early if you want to get in the door, let alone a seat. Here’s the blurb from the official “Checkout” Web site: www.checkoutthemovie.com. Black Shadow, a recently graduated ninja assassin, returns home from his training to begin his career; however, due to the tight job market, he is forced to take on a job as a stockboy at the local grocery. Mike and Drew, two fraternity brothers, hop from convenience store to convenience store exploring the competitive side of the “beer run.” And Janitor Joe goes to great extremes to prove to everyone at the grocery store that he can – in fact – be a “creepy janitor” as these three seemingly disparate storylines converge in a large-scale grocery store fiasco. Posted by Michael Keating at 11:15 AM | Comments (0) We're talking "work in progress here"
I truly expected to see more people at The Music Hall last night for the premier of “Drunkboat,” a “work in progress” film starring John Malkovich and John Goodman. (Stupid side note #1: Is it me, or are those Music Hall chairs just about the most uncomfortable theater chairs you’ve ever sat in. You’d think something that “cushy” would feel better on your butt.) Anyway, the 200-plus people (my estimate) who did make the screening were treated to a small treasure of a film that will be made all the more pleasurable by what changes writer/director Bob Meyer and executive producer Chase Bailey make between now and when the film gets “locked.” What we saw isn’t the only version. In fact, it is one Mayer himself said he thinks “stinks.” (The audience would clearly differ with that assessment, but then this is all we’ve seen.) The interplay between Meyer and Bailey, and between them and the audience after the screening, was exactly the kind of thing that makes NHFX such a special event. In a year or two’s time, you’ll probably get a chance to see the finalized “Drunkboat” at a place like the Kendall Square Cinema down in Cambridge, Mass., (Stupid side note #2: Now that place has nice seats), but you won’t get to ask questions afterwards of the writer/director and executive producer. What we learned last night, beyond the fact that this is a moving, intimate story about a family with an uncle (Malkovich) who’s grappling with some serious issues, including PTSD and alcoholism, is that the film is largely autobiographical. “When I was 14 I bought a boat, I never really knew why,” said Meyer. “I didn’t live near water. We lived in the suburbs. … I guess I just wanted to get out of there.” In real life, however, Meyer’s uncle wasn’t an alcoholic, he said. (See previous posting for the full NHFX blurb on what “Drunkboat” is all about. The film utilizes Meyer’s old family movies (both color and black & white) to great effect so that, for me anyway, I felt like I was inside the mind of Malkovich’s character, Mort, and his sister, Eileen, played marvelously by Dana Delany, watching them have these little flashbacks to happier times when they were kids. This is the first film outing for Meyer, who described himself as a painter and theater man with 55 productions under his belt. So how does someone writing and directing their first time out score an actor like Malkovich as his lead? It helps to have grown up in the same neighborhood. “You know the saying, ‘I knew Doris Day before she was a virgin?’” quipped Meyer. “Well, I knew John Malkovich before he was John Malkovich.” And with someone like Malkovich on board it’s a heck of a lot easier to get actors like Goodman and Delaney to not only read the script, but to sign on for the film, he said. By the way, Malkovich is on a hugely creative roll at the moment. According to the Internet Movie Data Base http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000518/ , Malkovich is currently involved with seven movies, in addition to “Drunkboat,” which are all in post-production mode. I love this guy. Once they decide on which version to “lock,” Meyer and Bailey will add music by guitarist Marc Ribot, known for his work with both Tom Waits and The Klezmatics, to the already beautiful and somewhat haunting piano work by David Lynch — yes, I think he meant that David Lynch. It was interesting to hear Chase say, by way of introducing the film, that “This is not a picture lock. We’re one year away, 20 years away, two days away from that. We’re looking to bring the story out and the story hasn’t surfaced yet.” Well, like Rod Stewart said back in the days before he was slinging syrupy standards on the QVC, “Every Picture tells a Story.” Those who saw “Drunkboat” at The Music Hall last night saw a pretty good story up on the screen. They’ll probably see another one the next time this movie comes around and it will be all the better for having seen this one first. Thanks NHFX! Posted by Michael Keating at 10:38 AM | Comments (0) October 14, 2006
Big night on the Piscataqua tonight
Here are the official NHFX blurbs for the three films in the order they are being shown. Remember, for the full viewable/ downloadable schedule, and complete information, go to www.nhfx.com. (I couldn't find a promo pic of "Drunkboat," so I grabbed the next bext thing I could find when I Googled "Drunkboat" on the Web.) Drunkboat: 6:30 to 8 p.m., followed by Q&A After twenty years of drunken bottles and empty hallways, Mort Gleason (John Malkovich) witnesses his nephew being beaten while in a drunken stupor. The short contact with family brings Mort back to what are left of his senses and he returns to the last home he remembers in Chicago. His sister Eileen (Dana Delaney) lives there now with her sixteen year old son, Abe. Her older son, Moo the now missing nephew that had sparked Mort’s return. Three, four, five weeks pass. Mort makes a tenuous re-entry into family life. Abe dreams of a sailboat and distant horizons. He saves money and sees an advertisement for the Kathy II. He and his friend calculate a way to buy the vessel from two unscrupulous rogues who make ends meet wholesaling liquor and operating a sometime boatyard. Eileen, however, is unaware that her youngest son is planning his escape. Comfortable enough with Mort’s presence to allow herself The men selling the boat, Fletcher (John Goodman) and Morley (Jim Ortlieb), require a bill of sale signed by an adult. Abe pressures Mort to sign, but his uncle is not so easily swayed. It is only with Fletcher’s whiskey bottle and the disappointment of his nephew’s manipulation, that Mort capitulates. The Shovel, followed by You Are Alone: 9 to 10 p.m., followed by Q&A The Shovel, Directed by Nick Childs. Starring Academy Award Nominee, David Strathairn. Among its many awards is the pretigious Golden Remi at Houston World Fest 2006 and Best narrative Short 2006 Tribeca Film Festival. When weekender Paul Mullin discovers his neighbor digging a hole in the middle of the night, he writes it off as simply a bizarre encounter. Until the neighbor... and his cheating wife... disappear. Worried he’s stumbled upon more than he’s bargained for, he calls on the local sheriff to help unearth the truth. And finds out that, in a small town, some secrets are better left buried. You Are Alone, Directed and written by Gorman Bechard. Starring Jessica Bohl Richard Brundage. Feature drama. You Are Alone has won 6 numerous awards including Best Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Visionary, and Best Feature at various festivals. It has been screened at over 20 prestigious film festivals worldwide. "We're gonna play a game of Snap! Pick a bracelet. Pull it hard!" But it’s a game of desperate consequences in YOU ARE ALONE, a dark exploration of just how far a man and a woman will go to escape loneliness, if only for an hour. Daphne, a Yale-bound high school senior whose depression has blurred her sense of reality, works as an escort, advertising her services online. It's a little bit of a "fuck-you" that helps get her through the day, until her next door neighbor catches her as the "entertainment" at his nephew's bachelor party. With her hidden life precariously hanging in the balance, Daphne agrees to spend one hour with her neighbor. Initially confrontational, Daphne and her neighbor begin to shed their bitter layers of personal disappointment and general cynicism by talking about sex. It's eye-opening for her neighbor: BBBJs, dining at the Y, salad tossing, and, of course, Snap! But behind this teenager's jaded fantasies hides the very essence of heartbreak, acceptance, need, and desire...ironically paralleled by a broken man’s desperate attempts to test the limits of her advertised promise to do anything and everything. “An extraordinary film” David Kleiler, Director, Boston Underground Film Festival “Last Tango in New England” Justin Fielding, New England Film
Posted by Michael Keating at 05:38 PM | Comments (0) Great expectations
I’m a guy who likes to take chances — at least when it comes to movies. There’s a phrase among some of my oldest friends having to do with your non-Hollywood, more esoteric type films — plus basically anything with subtitles. They’ve come to be known as “Mikey movies.” We’re talking flicks like, “The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai (above photo),” “Death Race 2000” and “Swamp Thing” on the wild/goofier side, to “King of Hearts,” ”Cinema Paradiso,” “Il Postino,” ”Amelie,” and Kieslowski’s Three Colors Trilogy on the gentler/deeper, more humane side. I say this as a disclaimer of sorts so that when I tell you that it was hard for me to sit through last night’s showing of “Vactionland” and “Live Free or Die” at The Music Hall, you’ll at least know that I’ve got an open mind. I wanted to like these movies, and maybe even would have had they been flipped. I’m really not sure what “Vacationland” was about, and I think that’s partly due to its extremely slow pacing — pacing which left me ample room to talk to myself inside my head. (Not a good thing in my book — at least when we’re talkin’ movies.) Had I first seen the more quick-paced “Live Free or Die,” which had some genuinely humorous moments, perhaps I would have been better prepared for “Vacationland.” Honestly though, Slaid Cleaves song “Live Free or Die,” about a New Hampshire kid who “steals the blue lights off a cruiser at the Dunkin’ Donuts parking lot,” who then goes on the charm the judge into setting him free, will always conjure up a better mental movie in my head than what I saw last night. I know, I know, I should be more understanding. It’s hard to make a movie, a helluva lot harder than I can rightly imagine, I suspect. And again, who am I to judge? Well, if you’re reading this and you disagree, then by all means, chime in and tell me what I missed. Posted by Michael Keating at 11:20 AM | Comments (0) October 13, 2006
Missed opportunitiesLike a lot of you, I’m sure, I missed out on a lot of films I wanted to see today because I had to work. That’s why I’d love to hear what anyone who saw “Crude Impact” thought about the documentary directed and narrated by James Woods about the oil industry. Anyone else see “Darfur Diaries,” a documentary about some of the atrocities in Sudan, and care to shed some light with a review, or even just some random thoughts? If there are any filmmakers, actors, directors, producers or tech people reading this who'd like to give their film a plug, please, by all means consider this an open invitation to start posting. We're now at the halfway mark of NHFX 2006, so time is not on your side. Saturday brings a lot of good films, including the second screenings of two Seacoast-based films, “Bootful of Fish,” directed by Mike Gillis, and the animated short, “The Toll,” both of which were detailed in a previous post. “Johnny Was,” a 21st Century Bristish style Gangsta flick starring Roger Daltrey of The Who is at The Music Hall at 3:45 p.m. “Drunkboat” starring John Malkovich and John Goodman, which screens at The Music Hall at 6:30 p.m., is a must-see on many people’s NHFX list. One more to think about is “You Are Alone,” a film I knew nothing about but which was strongly recommended to me today by Nicole Gregg of the NHFX staff. I ran into Nicole at the Connie Bean Center Headquarters and she quickly saw I was in a predicament as to what to see this year. She grabbed a catalogue and started circling her own “must-see” suggestions for me to follow, or ignore at my peril. Here’s the blurb on “You Are Alone." "Directed and written by Gorman Bechard. Starring Jessica Bohl Richard Brundage. Feature drama. "We're gonna play a game of Snap! Pick a bracelet. Pull it hard!" But it’s a game of desperate consequences in YOU ARE ALONE, a dark exploration of just how far a man and a woman will go to escape loneliness, if only for an hour. Daphne, a Yale-bound high school senior whose depression has blurred her sense of reality, works as an escort, advertising her services online. It's a little bit of a "fuck-you" that helps get her through the day, until her next door neighbor catches her as the "entertainment" at his nephew's bachelor party. With her hidden life precariously hanging in the balance, Daphne agrees to spend one hour with her neighbor. Initially confrontational, Daphne and her neighbor begin to shed their bitter layers of personal disappointment and general cynicism by talking about sex. It's eye-opening for her neighbor: BBBJs, dining at the Y, salad tossing, and, of course, Snap! But behind this teenager's jaded fantasies hides the very essence of heartbreak, acceptance, need, and desire...ironically paralleled by a broken man’s desperate attempts to test the limits of her advertised promise to do anything and everything. “An extraordinary film” David Kleiler, Director, Boston Underground Film Festival “Last Tango in New England” Justin Fielding, New England Film" Posted by Michael Keating at 11:34 PM | Comments (0) Parents, make plans for the Sunday morning Family Block
I had the pleasure of meeting Marilyn Svihovec, wife of animated filmmaker Bob Svihovec, at The Music Hall on Thursday night. Bob’s off in Australia so Marilyn’s attending NHFX in his place — to hobnob and pitch for “Little Blue,” Bob’s film that will be screened during the Family Block on Sunday morning at the Sheraton. The one-hour block runs from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the amphitheatre. Turns out Bob is an educator from Rye and he made this little film to teach kids about the importance of diversity. “Little Blue” was honored with the 2nd Place Award for animation at the 2006 Giffoni Film Festival in Italy this past April. It’s a cultural festival now in its 36th year. The entire festival is judged by kids ranging from 8 to 18 years old, said Marilyn. (How cool is that!) Out of 400 entries only eight animated shorts were selected to be shown, she said. That’s some pretty stiff competition, so I’m betting it’s a pretty special film. For more info, and to view the trailer, go to www.littleblue.us. Other films being shown on Sunday include: “Cake,” a student comedy about life at an Oxford orphanage “Ballad of the Purple Clam,” an animated short wherein a legendary clam defends his turf against a Down East clammer out for revenge; Posted by Michael Keating at 11:20 PM | Comments (0) October 12, 2006
Night one all about New Hampshire filmsJust back now from watching nearly four hours of films made by artists based in the Granite State and I have some mighty good things to report. While the show got off to a rather sketchy start, it picked up speed — and quality — as the night went on. The much anticipated intro from the New Hampshire Film Office resurrecting a 1985 promo for filming in the state that was narrated by none other than "Citizen Kane" himself, one Mr. Orson Welles, was a total flop. I'm sorry, but whoever was in charge of test-running the equipment should be sacked for the fact that the audience couldn't even hear two-thirds of the big man's words. (Sure, sure, easy for me to say, I know.) Unfortunately the one-third of Orson's narration that was audible was, quite frankly, a snooze. That thing should have sounded as good as Leornard Nimoy does at the Museum of Science. "Con Artist," the first short flick of the night came next only to grind to a halting pause and it appeared to disintegrate on the screen. Uh-oh. Sad start. 'Nuff said. Now I'm no film critic. I mean I know what I like and and what I don't, and I have to just be honest and say that I didn't much care for the first two films. When the "technical difficulties" were dealt with and "Con Artist" finally rolled, it came across as what it was — student Nate Larkin-Connolly's senior thesis project at film school. Let's just say that Nate isn't Spike Lee and "Con Artist" wasn't "She's Gotta Have It." The premise was funny enough. Struggling artist falls for girl. Artist paints girl. Artist gets exhibit. No one shows, not even girl. Artist's friend shows up drunk, three hours late. Artist and friend get more drunk and hatch plan to make Artist famous by killing him. I don't want to be too harsh, but the film just didn't work for me. There were, however, some funny moments of silly stupidness that garnered some genuine laughs from the audience. The next film, "Coffee Break," directed by Jessica Leigh Fitts, was a step up in quality, sense of direction, movement and detail. The plot line follows an ordinary Joe (Brian Eibert) who wakes up to find he's out of coffee and follows his many mishaps as he tries fruitlessly to catch his buzz. Eibert has some definite camera appeal, but for me the gag ran too long and became predictable. Kudos to Fitts, who gets an "A' for effort. I do hope we'll see something from her here again next year. "Alyosha The Pot," an adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's short story, was absolutely spectacular. It's a shame there won't be a second screening of this important, poignant little gem of a film this year as there will be for some others. Shot entirely with a cast of children in Canterbury Shaker Village, the cinematography was truly top-notch. The children were selected to play adult roles in an effort to "remove any sense of irony from the film," director Bethany Tarbell said in a Q&A after the screening. I have to admit that I don't know what that means. Nor quite frankly, do I care. What I care about was the sense of raw urgency that was captured on film. Just beautiful! Bravo, and encore, please. I wish you all could see it. Hell, I wish I could see it again. After a brief intermission, part two of the night began with "Check Out," a hilarious comedy about a ninja who works at a convenience store and spoils a hold-up by samurais. Mind you, this is all based in Manchester. Truly wonderful all around — everything — writing, acting, direction, editing and cinematography. I'm laughing now as I type this just thinking about it because it was just that good. I wish I could tell you this one is being shown again, but I can't. Disclaimer time. Lars Trodson, the writer behind the next film, "Bootful of Fish," and I go way back. He and I use to sit together in the back of Kittery Town Hall as cub reporters for competing newspapers and crack wise during Town Council and School Committee meetings back in the early 1990s. He's a dear friend and I love him, but truth be told this is one dam fine film. Honest, if it wasn't really good, I'd probably try and be truthful but find some way to gloss over its inequities, but that's not needed here. Talk to anyone who was there last night and they'll back me up. Here's the deal, I kept trying to think of one word to describe this film as I was watching it and the word that kept coming back to me was "Magic." That's what they've got here, magic. Deb Cram and I caught up with Lars before the screening, and I hope she included what he had to say in her video report that you can view elsewhere on Seacoastconnects.com because what he said is right to the point. When I asked him what this crazy-ass little film of theirs was really all about he said it was about "family," and about our search for "families other than our own" (or something to that effect). It's a film based on the players in a play — who they are and how they come together. The lead actors really carry their lines well. James Sears, who plays the lead role of the play's director, "Lorenzo," is superb. We better see this guy again, and soon. Longtime Seacoast actors Chris Curtis and Kristen Raymond Robinson, who we are use to seeing up close and personal on the intimate stage at The Player's Ring, look right at home on the big screen. This is a truly touching film (that is also laugh out loud funny) and should be seen by anyone who loves film, or the Seacoast acting scene, when it screens again on Saturday at 11:30 a.m. at the Sheraton. At the end of its long list of closing credits, which includes the names of all the extras, as well as anyone who supported the film that was shot on location at the Rochester Opera House, is a fitting end note that reads: "Support Your Local Artists." Right on, bother, right on. Another admission. "The Norman Rockwell Code," Dover attorney Alfred Thomas Catalfo's spoof on Rye Beach author Dan Brown's mega-sensation "Da Vinci Code" franchise, was so much funnier, and so much better than I ever expected it to be, that I also want to urge everyone who loves a good comedy to check this puppy out when it airs again on Sunday at 4:30 p.m. at the Sheraton. This homage borders on genius. Instead of Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon we get Stockbridge Community College Professor Langdon Fife, son of Deputy Sheriff Barney Fife from Mayberry R.F.D. It wasn't just me that found this film hilarious, a good portion of the 300-400 audience was laughing wildly right along with me. "The Toll" is an animated short directed by J. Zachary Pike and produced by Marc Dole and Hatchling Studios of Portsmouth. It is, in a word, brilliant. Following in the footsteps of such films as "This Is Spinal Tap," and "CB4" this is, perhaps, the first animated "mockumentary" of its kind. The creators have released a labor of love that was produced over thousands and thousands of hours of painstakingly detailed work. It is funny, highly unique, and a serious gas. Check it out when it is screened for the second time on Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Sheraton. If you've made it all this way in the hopes that I'd have something interesting to say about "Inside the Sensation of Sight," then I'll be letting you down. After spending four hours in a theater with only one beer break, I just had to step outside and get some air. The documentary of the making of the film starring Academy Award-winning actor David Strathairn, which was filmed on location in Peterborough, did make the film itself look like a must-see. Which gives me a nice segue on which to end this post, and that is that I really do hope some of the other folks who were in the audience last night, and those that will be in other audiences over the next three days, will start posting their own takes on what they're seeing. This blog will only be as good as you all help make it. Sixty-seven films over four days is more than one guy can handle. See you around town, Posted by Michael Keating at 11:02 PM | Comments (0) NHFX Swag
The bag itself is a simple little Blue Canoe paper tote courtesy of Irving Oil, one of the premier high-roller sponsors of the whole NHFX shebang. Inside is a cool fatigues-green T-Shirt, a nifty blue flip-top liquids bottle (capable of containing hot or cold we assume), a candy jar complete with Blow Pops and bubblegum (that’s fun!), a highfalutin’ “Grand Jury” badge to get you where you need to go in a flash (no lines), and a promo card for something going on with Fox (the movie folks not the TV Network) – but wait, aren’t they one in the same? I don’t know about you, but I want a T-Shirt. There you have it. So now I put this question to you — if you were put in charge of Swag Bags at NHFX what would you have tossed inside? Maybe next year, Portsmouth entrepreneur Jon Baily will create a cool Baily "Swag" Bag for NHFX. I'd want in on that. See you all at the show tonight. Posted by Michael Keating at 03:38 PM | Comments (0) Greetings and salutations
I’m hopeful that over the course of the next four days this space becomes as much yours as mine — more so actually. This can be a place for people to make announcements and give their films advance plugs and shameless self promotion. There’s no way I can see and report on all the films and events so please, everybody, chime in and offer your two cents as often as you want. I’ve loved movies ever since I was a kid. I remember being about eight years old and creating a short film that was sort of a Little Rascals meets Robin Hood. I rounded up my buds and we made silly costumes by stealing our sisters’ pantyhose and tights. I captured the action on a small camera as Tommy Hutchinson swung on a vine in my back yard. The filming lasted for days. The movie about three minutes. But we watched it over and over and over — and we were proud. So I want start with a salute to everyone involved with all the films that will be shown from now through Sunday. Here’s to the writers, directors and actors, as well as all the producers and money men and women, not to mention all the tech people, extras and scrubs. You all rock! Congratulations on creating something out of thin air and for telling stories that otherwise would never have been told. I can’t wait to watch. For the complete NHFX schedule, go to http://www.nhfx.com For complete NHFX coverage, go to http://www.seacoastconnects.com By the way, Deb Cram, director of photography/multimedia at Seacoast Media Group will be with me tonight at The Music Hall, out front on the red carpet, filming for the Web as we chat with people who come to celebrate New Hampshire Night. Stop by and say “Hello,” and tell us about yourself and your films. Break a leg, everybody. One last note. In order to post to this blog you have to become a registered member of Seacoastconnects.com. (Just follow the links.) I know it’s a pain the arse, but it only takes a few minutes and it is relatively easy process (other than coming up with a screen name). Please do it, and please post. I can initiate the conversation, but y’all need to talk back, Just click “Sign in” and follow the step-by-step instructions to register. Thanks, Michael Keating is managing editor/ features at Seacoast Media Group. His favorite flick is "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai — Across the 8th Dimension." He can be reached by e-mail at mkeating@seacoastonline.com. Posted by Michael Keating at 10:19 AM | Comments (0) October 10, 2006
NHFX ActionBeginning Thursday, Oct. 12, features editor Michael Keating will be writing a daily blog, NHFX Action, complete with interactive reports, photos, sound and video. Posted by Michael Keating at 10:28 PM | Comments (0) |
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