The First Submission...

Last night was another long one - got to bed at 4 after checking through the whole final version of the movie, sound and picture.   It was so good!  I really felt proud of how far along it has come and I love it.  Jeanmarie is luminous in the role - I am so happy (and have absolutely no doubt) that she will finally get the recognition she deserves as a top tier acting talent.

There were, of course, a bunch of little things that have to be fixed but it is ready for Justin to burn a DVD to take over to Rachel Rosen, programming director of the Los Angeles Film Festival........!

We are going to delay taking the film to Shirley Harlen to make the 100 copies until Wednesday, when we have hopefully made the tweaks we want to and the film is finalized.

I noticed a couple of things in the sound, too, that bothered me today - I think Peter and I were so exhausted at the end there that we didn't know which end was up!  There aren't many but one is right at the beginning (a level change that I think is extreme) so I want to take care of it... We'll see if Peter has the time.

One of the things that has been both so difficult and so wonderful about making this film is that, having little or no financial resources, everyone has been dedicating their talent and time for next to nothing if not completely gratis.  This really moves me and I am so deeply grateful to everyone; but by the same token, people have to make a living and so when a paying job comes along, the film has to take a backseat until the person can re-dedicate their time to it.  Hence the protracted and convoluted Post Production period...

Alright then - just got a few hours of sleep and I'm off to Justin's to pick up the first DVD submission - a historic moment in "A Single Woman"s path to greatness!