Ben Affleck and Red Doors
Invitation to a SAG screening of “Hollywoodland” on December fifth gave me the opportunity to personally hand Mr. Affleck a DVD copy of “Contemplating Emily” (in which his name is mentioned in Chinese.) He was on-hand for a Q&A following the film. Amid the rush, I was able to briefly let him know of the project. Who knows if he’ll ever take a look at it, but I did my little part to initiate a relationship. The feature script has a cameo role for him playing a fantasy incarnate of himself, and wouldn’t it be lovely if he’d agree to an afternoon of filming – in Taiwan.
In “Hollywoodland” he plays the real life George Reeves, the original TV Superman, and is commendable in the part. He poignantly captures the lifelong struggle of the under-appreciated actor – a sentiment that echoed chillingly through the audience of SAG background actors and the like with whom Marilys and I shared the screening.
In other news, our friends at Red Doors are in great shape with their DVD, PPV and POD deals. Here is a listing from today’s Shooting People email:
We have a new interview up on SHOOTER FILMS - read all about how Georgia Lee made her debut feature "Red Doors"
'Originally we thought we’d make the film for $70,000 on mini-DVD—but the project took on a life of its own. We were getting real actors and a very talented cinematographer who encouraged us to shoot on film. And when Jane did the budget calculation — at the end of the day, if you want to finish on 35-mm it wasn’t that big a budget difference. And Kodak was really helpful about giving us a great deal on super-16 film and it ended up working out for us to shoot on film.' Georgia Lee
- Debut Director, Red Doors
When Shooting People caught up to Georgia Lee, she said she had been very busy with family affairs: her sister, Kathy Shao-Lin Lee had just had her first baby, a boy. Kathy plays the youngest of three sisters in Georgia’s debut feature film, “Red Doors.” Not only was there the usual excitement about the first child in the family, but Georgia was especially happy about the effect the new baby had on her father. Georgia’s mother died while she was finishing her film and she said the new baby had been a welcome change for her father and the whole family. As a celebration of families and how they work, and don’t, Red Doors, a decidedly independent film with a star cast, has been winning film festival awards and moving its director closer to her movie-making goals.
Find out how Georgia went from biochemistry and business school at Harvard to a filmmaking career. Read on here:
http://www.shootingpeople.org/shooterfilms
We are thrilled by the news of Kathy’s baby (Kathy plays Lulu/Maggie in “Contemplating Emily”), and greatly inspired by the continuing success of the Red Doors film project.
In “Hollywoodland” he plays the real life George Reeves, the original TV Superman, and is commendable in the part. He poignantly captures the lifelong struggle of the under-appreciated actor – a sentiment that echoed chillingly through the audience of SAG background actors and the like with whom Marilys and I shared the screening.
In other news, our friends at Red Doors are in great shape with their DVD, PPV and POD deals. Here is a listing from today’s Shooting People email:
We have a new interview up on SHOOTER FILMS - read all about how Georgia Lee made her debut feature "Red Doors"
'Originally we thought we’d make the film for $70,000 on mini-DVD—but the project took on a life of its own. We were getting real actors and a very talented cinematographer who encouraged us to shoot on film. And when Jane did the budget calculation — at the end of the day, if you want to finish on 35-mm it wasn’t that big a budget difference. And Kodak was really helpful about giving us a great deal on super-16 film and it ended up working out for us to shoot on film.' Georgia Lee
- Debut Director, Red Doors
When Shooting People caught up to Georgia Lee, she said she had been very busy with family affairs: her sister, Kathy Shao-Lin Lee had just had her first baby, a boy. Kathy plays the youngest of three sisters in Georgia’s debut feature film, “Red Doors.” Not only was there the usual excitement about the first child in the family, but Georgia was especially happy about the effect the new baby had on her father. Georgia’s mother died while she was finishing her film and she said the new baby had been a welcome change for her father and the whole family. As a celebration of families and how they work, and don’t, Red Doors, a decidedly independent film with a star cast, has been winning film festival awards and moving its director closer to her movie-making goals.
Find out how Georgia went from biochemistry and business school at Harvard to a filmmaking career. Read on here:
http://www.shootingpeople.org/shooterfilms
We are thrilled by the news of Kathy’s baby (Kathy plays Lulu/Maggie in “Contemplating Emily”), and greatly inspired by the continuing success of the Red Doors film project.
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