This past Saturday night, I went to Atlanta's historic Plaza Theater for the Buried Alive Horror Film Festival to participate in the filmmaker Q&A part of the show ("Blood Witch" and "Slay Ride" both played as part of the festival program). Our stuff has played this festival a few times over the years, but this was the first time so many of the people involved with making the local stuff were on hand to formally discuss their work with the audience afterward. Not only were all the shorts good, but the filmmakers were really nice people who actively wanted to talk with one another and not just about their own shit. One of the movies was made by guys who work at Adult Swim (I still haven't taken up Jay Edwards on his offer to give me a tour over at Williams Street), and they seemed truly interested in Gonzoriffic (I should have told them about my ideal job, which is doing cartoon voices!). The guy who did the awesome digital FX on one of the other films made a point to come up to me and offer his services for free, should I require any.

It was a great experience. I wish some of the cast had been able to go, as audiences tend to prefer asking questions to the performers (or just seeing "movie stars"), but I'm just happy to have been invited at all. Atlanta is my home town and is where my dream of making movies first began, so it always means something to me to have my stuff shown to audiences there.

So right now the big thing is our upcoming show at Athens Ciné. This will be our third set of midnight screenings, and the first time I've ever tried doing an exhibit of my photography. I selected all the prints last night, and I'm proud of how they look. Just nervous about it because it's not as easy as just hanging them on a wall in a room. The gallery will be in Ciné's "lab" area, a huge space that can be arranged to accommodate pretty much any kind of performance or event. I have to make adequate use of it.

Monica's film "Fox Holes" is also going to premiere at the show (which is now less than 2 weeks away), and we're going to complete shooting tonight. So far, the movie runs about 24 minutes, which is cool because "Erotic Couch" is like 40, which is longer than I'd anticipated. Should work out fine. My plan is to finalize sound fx and music and have the final cut (or at least the cut for the premiere) done by this coming Sunday. I'll author the DVD for the show and deliver it to the theater Monday to have the projectionist check it out. Can't forget to send out the press release this week and to book a slot to promote on the college radio station. Done all of this before a few times, but it never gets any less stressful having to remember everything.

Here's the flier Rachael designed for the show:


And here's how the theater marquee poster looks:


To say I'm excited wouldn't even begin to describe how I feel. I've had a larger outpouring of interest and support for this event than any other in Gonzoriffic history, and I attribute that 100% to the fact that I maintain relationships with these people throughout the year regardless of whether I even know we're doing another show or not. I'm real and I appreciate you. And I know just saying it isn't enough. So the love I've received in kind, the help Gonzoriffic is getting, is a reward for not being a self-absorbed prick the rest of the time. I want to share this with them, and I hope they have a great time.