The promise of the beginning...

When you are editing a film, reading books and thinking up ideas, the valley looks so green. Im writing this because I want to remember this feeling: the beautiful, crisp, fresh, snappy feeling of fresh grass... the promise of the beginning. When you put your pen down on paper for the first time, that shit is exciting. Its a beautiful feeling because the possibilities are endless. You can conjure up fun characters, talk about things that intrigue you, think up camera moves and new settings and locations. New lighting, new innovative editing techniques, costume directions, color combinations, just anything you want - anything at all.


Also: I was reading an issue of Creative Screenwriting and was very inspired (and angry-at-self) to read that Soderberg finished editing The Good Shepherd 3 days after he finished shooting it. That's what I wanted to do but I thought I was being too ambitious. Idiot! Can be done, should have done it. Shit like this pisses me off a LOT. And PS: the film has one of those awesome trailers that makes you go spend $10 at the movies. And you can bet he cut it himself. Asshole. In fact, he probably processed the film in his bathtub while he took his morning shit. Check it out here.