Winging It

August 22, 2009 at 1:43 am | Posted in Mike Lavoie | 1 Comment
Tags: Coney Island, love, pretty good movies, shoot the freak, the cyclone, zombies

Trying desperately to preserve our sense of humor. Also, senses of self worth, dignity, sight.

Four months ago today, Keith and I shook hands at the Root Hill Cafe.

Six hours ago, we were en route to 378 after scouting Coney Island for Saturday’s film and at that point, we basically had no idea what we were doing. Here is a video status report from that magical point in time:

Since then, we have locked down:

A new location: back to the Upper East Side, where we will not need a tent
A script: now on our second draft
Crew. You need crew to make a movie work. This much I know is true.

One last time, people. We’re going to have fun. And it’s going to be pretty good, I think. And if I spend my life making movies that are pretty good, that’s fine by me.

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