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I'd like to second that, you are truly an inspiration in your own unique style.

It's like a Highway To Nowhere where the save points are a pause to Introspection, and then openly driving all of us towards your amazing journey.
obviously, It'll be A Highway to Somewhere, Someday but the magic of it will be to never find completion...
Nate North
Nate North
Hello Iren, and thanks for your kind words, I certainly appreciate your taking the time to watch my demo clips.
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I saw chaos in patterns of contrasts also probably contradictions and yet felt the calm of the storm.

my summary of the last four films I watched.
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Gut-wrenching stuff, in its boldness and bravery. I was addicted to the tangibility that was pretty consistent all through.

My sincere respects to you. Oh, and fitting "Title".
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mlesemann
mlesemann
It looks like the YouTube service that was hosting my movies has been "terminated"? Yikes! But you can watch Detours here on the free PlexTV service: Detours on Plex TV
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Iren
Yea i was going to say that. Btw i watched surviving family on plex.

One suble detail i noticed which impacted me is the chirping of the bird in the midst of the troubled conversations. Is that intentional?
mlesemann
mlesemann
Not intentional :)
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JMathews
I want to share a story now but I'm thinking (possibly overthinking) protecting the rights to the script. The fear of someone taking the script from themselves. Is that a real concern on the forum? Does my post here and my original document with the metadata protect my rights to the screenplay? Love to get more thoughts on this before I proceed. What's the right procedure when sharing scripts?
mlesemann
mlesemann
You're over-thinking protecting the rights. As I've said many times, most of us simply aren't writing things that other people are going to want to steal. BUT I recommend sharing the first 5-10 pages if you're looking for feedback. That's about all most of us have time to read.
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Aspiring Mogul
I'm not in the industry, but I've noticed that everyone starting out is always thinking that others will steal their ideas. Well, everyone has great ideas, and they think that their ideas are better than others, so they won't want to steal the ideas of those others. Furthermore, the great idea is useless unless the people have the ability to put that idea into action.

So I wouldn't worry too much about that.
mlesemann
I'm working on a new project with my friend Tara Westwood. She plays the daughter in my movie Detours, produced with me, & brought in much of the great cast. She played the older sister in Surviving Family. Her directorial debut, the amazing short "Triggered," has qualified for the Best Live Action Short Oscar competition. You can see it here:
mlesemann
Happiness is great client feedback on a screenplay consulting gig. "Mara provided me with exactly the scale and type of feedback I needed on an emerging screenplay. Unquestionably, the quality of my final version will be greater b/c of Mara's input"
mlesemann
I saw that the wonderful actor Paul Sorvino passed away at 83. Loved having him in my movie DETOURS and he was a real pleasure to work with.

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Spike
Ah, these guys, who we have seen dozens of times, here and there, real pros, enriching everything. It must have been especially sad for you, Mara, having known the guy.
mlesemann
mlesemann
It was very sad indeed. He was a pleasure to work with, very kind with the cast and crew, and generous with his time to take photos with people both on the production team or who simply recognized him as they walked by the set.
Nate North
Nate North
Even in a role, he always came off as the kind of person that would be really nice in real life. It's really impressive that your work attracted a legendary actor of this caliber. Sorry to see him go, definitely one of a kind.
sfoster
I saw a UFO. It was a black triangle, spinning and rotating like the flat phantom zone prison in superman. Zod is here.
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Nate North
Nate North
No worries, just set some speakers outside and play any Phish live show cd on auto repeat, they'll eventually wander off and form an agrarian society with a frisbee based economy.
James Rogers
James Rogers
sfoster, I had a similar experience except it wasn't a black triangle. it was round. The color appeared to be blue as streaked through the sky. I only saw it for a split second before I lost consciousness.

I regained consciousness a few minutes later and I realized it wasn't a UFO.
My wife caught me looking at her sister at the family barbecue and thru a plate at me.
mlesemann
We watched episode 7 of The Offer last night, "The Producer." I LOVED the fight between the DP character (Gordon Willis) and director Francis Ford Coppola. The director was screaming that the DP was ruining everything by not leaving enough room for the actors to move around. The DP screamed that he could just put up a single floodlight, if that would make him happy. :)
Feutus Lapdance
Everything Everywhere All At Once deserves a Oscar for best editing.....
Paul Rogers did an inspiring good job.
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ShortFilmSensei
ShortFilmSensei
My favorite movie in a long time, but I made my wife watch it.... And she didn't feel the same. lol
Feutus Lapdance
Feutus Lapdance
We are filmmakers. So we watch it and we know the budget is 2.5 mill.... We also judge it by that. Its incredibly inspiring for indie filmmaker's.
pupkinbickle
pupkinbickle
Yep the editing was amazing, never lets your eyes focus elsewhere. I gotta say though i did not enjoy the film as a whole, to me this kind of story seems to be a little repetitive now- political and preachy.
I am not against politics in films- no matter what side you fall in but in the end your politics should be convincing.
mlesemann
We watched "Barry" season 3, episode 3 ("All the Sauce") last night and the scene with the detonator & tech support was one of my favorite things in a long time. Absolutely hysterical and totally relatable.
Nate North
Nate North
That was some great writing! "It sounds like we got it fixed, is there anything else we can help you with?" I also liked - "who do you think should be the next spiderman?" response "I don't know, Ben Mendelsohn"
mlesemann
mlesemann
Yup! Absolutely.
Feutus Lapdance
I like Robert Eggers.... did not like the North man after the 30 minute mark. Trailer was better then the movie.
ShortFilmSensei
ShortFilmSensei
i thought it was his more tame, by the book film out of the others. I didn't really like it the first watch, loved it the second.
Feutus Lapdance
Feutus Lapdance
I should give it another watch in a few years. Perhaps I was way to excited for this one....
mlesemann
Happiness is finding out that one of your actors got nominated for a TONY award this week! One of the great things about making indie movies in the NYC area is the access to wonderful theater actors, Deirdre O'Connell was in our DETOURS cast & was nominated for Best Actress for her one woman show Dana H. She also was truly a pleasure to work with. Didi 1.png :)
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