What is the movie Things Going Smoothly about?
Everyone keeps asking me, "Whats your movie about?" And I just stand there looking stupid, not saying a word.
I've been trying to work that out. Maybe a blurb, 20 or so words thrown together to pitch the main premise of the movie. Can't seem to come up with the right buzzwords or soundbites to make it make sense. Does that make sense?
Here goes; Things Going Smoothly is a movie about one mans role in the apocolypse. Taking the idea of personal responsibility to the extreme he conciously tries to work the butterfly effect towards the destruction of the human race. (Oh, and there's a romantic storyline too.) His life becomes consumed by the barrage of information pointing to the end times and his own personal collapse.
This Micro-Budget movie is Written and Directed by Chris Miller, with a cast including Mike Messier, better known from his role in Mario Van Peebles movie Hard Luck and his local cable access show.
I imagine myself in the typical hollywood pitch meeting, unprepared but with an idea, "Imagine Out of Sight meets The Omen."
A romantic comedy about the devil?
Out of Sight? Soderberghs turn around movie, one of my all time favorites, Jennifer Lopez in her best role ever, George Clooney in the role that made him into the dashing leading man that he is today, far from his Rosanne and ER roles. Steven Zhan, excellant casting, not to mention Ving Rhames.
Then there is the Omen remake. Loved the original series on a whole, following the life of the anti-christ, but this movie fell short. Granted I never finished watching it, too heavy on the catholic bullshit, and I work way too much to sit through something that can't hold my interest. If the catholics were going to save us from the apocolypse they wouldn't have a leader whose name adds up to 666. Vicarius Fili De, or something, but thats another story.
The movie is slated to begin production at the end of Novemebr and yet it has had nothing but setbacks. Still loss of actresses and delays in finishing the script aside, I think this movie is going to get finished. I learned so much from my first failed production of a feature length horror movie that I have incorporated those early lessons into this production.
I've been trying to work that out. Maybe a blurb, 20 or so words thrown together to pitch the main premise of the movie. Can't seem to come up with the right buzzwords or soundbites to make it make sense. Does that make sense?
Here goes; Things Going Smoothly is a movie about one mans role in the apocolypse. Taking the idea of personal responsibility to the extreme he conciously tries to work the butterfly effect towards the destruction of the human race. (Oh, and there's a romantic storyline too.) His life becomes consumed by the barrage of information pointing to the end times and his own personal collapse.
This Micro-Budget movie is Written and Directed by Chris Miller, with a cast including Mike Messier, better known from his role in Mario Van Peebles movie Hard Luck and his local cable access show.
I imagine myself in the typical hollywood pitch meeting, unprepared but with an idea, "Imagine Out of Sight meets The Omen."
A romantic comedy about the devil?
Out of Sight? Soderberghs turn around movie, one of my all time favorites, Jennifer Lopez in her best role ever, George Clooney in the role that made him into the dashing leading man that he is today, far from his Rosanne and ER roles. Steven Zhan, excellant casting, not to mention Ving Rhames.
Then there is the Omen remake. Loved the original series on a whole, following the life of the anti-christ, but this movie fell short. Granted I never finished watching it, too heavy on the catholic bullshit, and I work way too much to sit through something that can't hold my interest. If the catholics were going to save us from the apocolypse they wouldn't have a leader whose name adds up to 666. Vicarius Fili De, or something, but thats another story.
The movie is slated to begin production at the end of Novemebr and yet it has had nothing but setbacks. Still loss of actresses and delays in finishing the script aside, I think this movie is going to get finished. I learned so much from my first failed production of a feature length horror movie that I have incorporated those early lessons into this production.
posted by Chris at 4:58 AM
1 Comments:
Dude, you've gotta be able to tell people what your movie is about. That's filmmaking 101!
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