Some Much Needed Balance
Think I finally nailed the coffin shut on my Jess Franco binge with OASIS OF THE ZOMBIES. The zombies were brutally phony and great. Doesn't have the poetic bite of 99 WOMEN, nor the high caliber performers, but very entertaining in that Uncle Jess kinda way. Sloppy, loose, messy no-fi fun.
Yesterday I failed my quota of editing four scenes a day for ODITHOL. I got one and a half. But a lot of stuff happened so I forgive myself. I was planning on making up for it today by getting six and a half, but I got five. May very well get one more in before I bedbye. I feel ok about it. The scenes are good and cut very differently from the way I usually do things. Actors gave me a lot to work with.
There is now some much needed balance. I started with the hardest stuff first - the long showstopping set pieces. I designed it with the idea that there'd be three or four big long scenes that go on forever punctuated by very short ones that kick along an all over the place plot. The short ones are tight and to the point while the long ones meander in a hopefully interesting way. I've been doing the short ones, hence the four scene a day quota. A longer one would take me sometimes five days. I am working meticulously on something that is meant to look like a big mess. A beautiful mess.
I am watching this now:
Labels: bob moricz, jess franco, oasis of the zombies, overdose in the hospital of love, sisters of death
posted by Bob Moricz at 5:42 PM
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Do you have a download link for "The Gospel According to the Naked Preacher Lady"? My friend and I always used to watch that show and just thought about it recently and saw you made a movie about it and want to see it.
NPL is still a work in progress. I plan to finish it, but I keep switching up the angle. It will come together eventually.
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