RIGHT TO THE CHIN

Firefly Film Fest=Fun!

First, not as many people showed up to the festival as the organizers probably would have liked, but it was still a good crowd.

I was very appreciative of the laughter and applause from the crowd during the OTOH screening. It was nice.

I can honestly say that I enjoyed the local stuff more than the national stuff. "The Package," directed by Ryan DiGiorgi and Logan Lee, was probably my favorite. It is hilarious, and the acting in it was fantastic. You can download the whole thing at their site.

I ran into an ol' P-FILM co-worker of mine, Paul Lakin, who scored Stephen Boatright's film, "Outcasts"--another swell flick. Melissa and I hung out with Paul, Stephen (a fellow Adrian Belew fan, btw), Jamie Watts, and Chris Bookless at Taco Mac until about 3 in the morning, when I almost assaulted a guy I thought was breaking into my car, but who was actually getting into his Pontiac Grand Prix, which actually looked nothing like my Camry. By the way, Chris' film, Sinners and You, was another fave of mine. VERY well done.

Fellow OTOHers Chris Willis and Bo Wheeler submitted great stuff, too. Particularly moving was getting to look up Megs' nostrils for 6 minutes in Chris' film, "Hey Ladies!" (Chris posted this snippet of it a few days ago.)

I was able to watch fellow Chattablogger Chris Kornman's stuff before the festival, and was thoroughly impressed. He has a MUCH steadier camera hand than I do. Much jealousy ensued.

Talking with Jim Burer before the show, Chris and I both agreed that all Chattanooga filmmakers need to "come together" to put on a huge festival next year. With any luck, it will happen.

Next Mission: Make available finished OTOH DVD. Start work on "Big Hairy." Yep, I'm gonna do it.