Update #25: Screening and DVD update
Hi everyone,
Well, the screening was a great success! The night before, as many of you may already know, Martin Belmont, Bob Andrews and Steve Goulding of the Rumour, got together and played unannounced at the Lakeside Lounge in NYC. They played some oldies and pub rock staples before being joined on stage by Graham Parker himself. They were introduced by Dave Robinson who later remarked that he wouldn't sign them just yet but will keep an eye on them. They played a bunch of songs and sounded really really good. Hard to believe that they hadn't played together since 1979. The place was packed and spilled out onto the sidewalk. Of course, Brinsley and Andrew were missed but it was a great intro into the next night's events.
The screening was a great time. I got to meet a bunch of the great people who have donated to this project. During the meet-and-greet part of the evening everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves. Katherine did an amazing job organizing a great event. Graham showed up very nervous and criticized the poster title. He was right but I was pissed off just the same. (I guess I was nervous too). I started to panic thinking, "wait, if I got the title wrong...maybe I got the whole thing wrong. Maybe I suck at this." Quickly after I started to sprial into self doubt, I was asked to say a few words and introduce the film. So when I got up in front of everyone, I not only saw a bunch of people who made a great effort to be there, but they also FUNDED THE DAMN THING! And maybe it sucked. I fumbled with some akward sentences about kickstarter and thanked the donors then paused , I looked up across a sea of lost faces to see Dave Robinson staring at me with a very confussed look on his face and I knew I was bombing. I cut it short and exited stage left.
The lights dimmed, the film started and I was determined to get away from the scene of the crime as quickly as possible. I decided to leave the place until the film was over. But right as I was leaving I heard the sound of laughter...I thought wait, maybe it's not so bad after all? The laughter continued along with bursts of applause at some of the music clips and I think that in the end people seemed to love the film. Even Graham was on a high, which is what really mattered. Because when you make a film about an artist you're some how trying to give back what you have gotten from their music all these years. It's like a 90 minute "Your music is great! I'm a big fan."
When can you all see this thing???? Well Graham had a few changes which was part of our agreement at the outset. Making even little changes creates a lot of extra time consuming work on the technical side of things. Due to these changes the film will not be ready for another month. We should have all the packages shipped by mid-December. Sorry to make you all wait longer but the changes are really worth it.
Graham himself will write a note to all of you in the next week or so with some special words and recommendations. Thank you all again for all you've done to make this film a reality. It is hard to explain how heartening the whole experience has been.
Happy Thanksgiving to you all!!!
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Co-Directed and Co-produced "End of the Century: the story of the Ramones"
You sound like the Zero Mostel character in "The Producers"! C'mon, Michael, you kicked ass with the Ramones film, and I am sure that the GP flick is that film's equal or superior...as is the artist himself.
CONGRATS! I just wish I could have been there. You should be extremely proud of yourself.
Michael---the film was terrific!! Go easy on yourself. I happenned to be sitting next to Dave Robinson---no doubt I'm the reason he and this may have been why he had a confused look on his face. If you looked closely you may have seen a little thought bubble atop his head with " who the heck is this bloke sitting next to me. I'm Dave Robinson!!!"