The State of Things
Last night I was watching " Frozen River " the indie film starring Melissa Chessington Leo in a breath taking performance of a single women raising two boys. I was a bit saddened to see that she did not get the academy award for her performance in the film. I hope to see her someday again real soon in another film. But this is not really about the film "frozen River" or Melissa Chessington Leo performance. Instead it's about indie film in general. There are so many other people out there who have more experience in this train of thought then I do, but since I did make a film, and have tried to get it shown I figured I could add my voice to all those other voices. As many of you who know I'm not a fan of the " mumblecore " films. In fact I just don't see how these films make any money at all. I see films like Susan Buice's and Arin Crumley's film " Four Eyed Monsters " and admire the work they put into that particular film. I e...