Been thinking about some new Top 10s recently…
My Top 10 Soundtracks
1. The Crow
2. Trainspotting
3. Singles
4. Grosse Point Blank
5. Hackers
6. Vanilla Sky
7. Life Aquatic (Bowie in Portuguese, are you kidding? how original)
8. The Fountain
9. The Assasination of Jesse James
10. Judgment Night / Spawn (tie for the best couple mash ups)
Glad to finally be back to work again on a movie about the founding of Facebook called “The Social Network.” Not being familiar with the site’s history, I’ve been quite surprised at how interesting this story is.
Still crawling on completing “Art is Resistance” but I’m not giving up hope.
In the meantime, trying to get some writing done.
I’m really excited to say that I got the chance to meet Trent Reznor and the current lineup of NIN recently, and had one of the most amazing shows of my life. Like the rest of us, we’d been led to believe it was coming to an end. Luckily Trent’s decided to punctuate the end a little differently and are going to do 10 more shows at very small venues. I’ll be at 3 in LA…so far.
Another cool thing about getting to meet Reznor, although briefly, is that I handed over a rough cut of our “Art is Resistance” short! I’d been attempting to make contact for some time now, and it’s hard to top this method anyway. I’ll just have to hope he watched it and gets what we’re aiming for, even at this early stage.
Now that I’m in between projects until October, it’s time to keep moving forward on A.I.R. and start planning what’s next.
Sad to say that my favorite band of all time is calling it quits…
20 years isn’t a bad run, but I don’t know if I could have ever grown tired of Nine Inch Nails.
On the upside, I have a new appetite for what’s next and something to look forward to. It does feel like just about the most productive point in Trent’s career and can’t wait to see what he gets into now.
And before he goes, it’s going to be a lot of fun to see them perform with Jane’s Addiction, something I wasn’t around for in 1991. Make sure and check it out if you can because it just might be your last chance.
After taking about as much time off as I could afford to, I’m heading off to Philly to work on a new feature film adaptation of the Nickelodeon series “Avatar: The Last Airbender.” First foray into fantasy films and I’m pretty excited.
This doesn’t mean we’re not still making progress on “Art is Resistance,” but are slowly making our way through the VFX and post sound. Our Producer/1st AD PJ Kristl is now wearing a third hat and taking over supervising the post sound with the unfortunate departure of good friend Ryan Magel. Wishing him a lot of luck on his current predicament and hoping for the best in a bad situation.
Looking through these posts, it may appear that i have a one track mind… which i can’t really argue, but i like to think of it more that there’s been a surplus of material and news about one of my favorite music groups, Nine Inch Nails. Anyways, they’re on tour, and I suggest checking them out when they’re in your area. I know I’ll be at as many as I can!
I recently got the chance to see this amazing film and was even luckier to have the director Tarsem there to tell the audience a little about what went into the making of it. It’s unlike anything I’ve ever seen before, and what Tarsem went through to make this film is even more inspiring. It gives me hope that the medium of film still has a lot to offer in times where mediocre Hollywood films are overflowing the market.
We’re finally moving into pre-production on another of our own short films, and we’re very excited about this one. It’s going to be challenging with a limited budget, but that almost makes it more fun.
Don’t expect much in the way of updates while we get to work, but hope everyone will be blown away when they see what we’ve got in store.
I know everybody’s excited to see the new Indiana Jones movie, and I am too, but I’m almost more excited that the trailer for “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” is supposed to play before it. So everybody head to the theater on May 22nd for more adventures with Indy, and don’t miss the preview!
Sorry to say there’s not much in the way of VisualEyez news right now, but I thought I’d keep you posted anyways. As you may have noticed, we’re making headway on the new site design, and it’s coming along nicely. We’re still working out the kinks, so if you have any issues or suggestions, please let Dave know.
I’ve been trying to keep up with Dave on the new design, but have been extremely busy myself- I just started another movie in Chicago called “Public Enemies.” This project is being directed by Michael Mann, and stars Johnny Depp as John Dillinger, Christian Bale as Melvin Purvis from the FBI, Academy Award Winner Marion Cotillard, and many, many more. It’s a very tough project, but it’s also got a lot of promise, so hopefully it’s worth all the sleepless nights and 20 hour days when all is said and done.
So this means all of our personal projects are still somewhat on hold, waiting for the stars to align, or until we get some time off to focus on them. Thanks for staying tuned, and we hope to give you more info soon. Until then, we’ll try and keep you posted on the things that keep inspiring us.
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