The Cinematic Draft
Time to call out the Praetorian Guards. Reinstate the cinematic draft. Use gentle suasion and extreme unction. Employ switches and witches. Use all fitting and mildly inappropriate means to fill our house for the World Premiere of PRESQUE ISLE at the CineArts Sequoia Theatre, Mill Valley, 7:15 on Friday, Oct. 5. Time to muster the Furies, the Sadducees, the Shango priestesses and the Archbishop of Canterbury’s swart acolytes to explicate text, bring down fire and brimstone, to bless and coerce, to praise and to curse, to supplicate and to advocate full attendance. We have three days to sell just under a hundred tickets. Our lines are open. We have three Austro-Hungarians with hearing aids and a quorum of deep Dixie cups to receive your calls. Buy your tickets now.
Tickets available at mvff.com or call 1 877-874-6833. In person- San Rafael Ticket Outlet, 1118 4th. St., San Rafael, CA or Mill Valley Ticket Outlet, Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce, 85 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley, CA
October 3rd, 2007 at 7:14 pm
Officially, manning my battle station.
October 3rd, 2007 at 7:49 pm
Hi Rob,
Can’t make it on Friday night but I’m looking forward toi going on the 11th. Best Wishes for you Premiere, Virginia
October 3rd, 2007 at 7:57 pm
Will get my butt over there! Looking forward to seeing the new creations.
October 4th, 2007 at 8:10 am
The guerrilla bands have the best deal. They get to wear those black gym suits and ski masks with eye holes. They can crawl in the mud and their Mommy Sergeants can’t tell them to wash their hands.
So see you rebels at the fracas! You’re my kind of fighters!
October 4th, 2007 at 11:05 am
Your missives sound like your films’ plots– string together lots of big words/actions and pretend it means something. Perhaps if you stopped hollering and posturing long enough–playing the underdog is getting old– and started paying attention to someone or thing besides yourself, you might actually be able to hear some valuable feedback.
October 4th, 2007 at 11:53 am
<p>Nony, I disagree with your perspective. Rob is extremely accessible, and he encourages others to share their feelings and thoughts, e.g., opening his ideas and writings to comments and discussions. His consistency and direction is refreshing, and I appreciate his views. Rob makes many sacrifices for his art, and not many can say they haven’t compromised. Thanks for the feedback.</p>
October 4th, 2007 at 2:18 pm
Hi Nony,
I’d like to hear your valuable feedback but I also appreciate your rant. I think it’s important to have opinions. No one can justify everything because in the end, nothing is sure. So let me know what’s on your mind.
Rob
October 4th, 2007 at 9:45 pm
Rob,
I have tried to purchase your films over the years by sending a check, luddite …that I am, I don’t want to use a credit card over the net. I have never received a response. ( I have a big list) A fellow artist and old highschool buddy.
Sarah Link
Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
November 1st, 2007 at 7:19 pm
My rant? I guess I should take that as a compliment from the King of Rants. Why can’t you just talk about *your* vision, *your* films, *your* art. Why is it necessary to continually engage in such scapegoating of others and their art or films? Does constantly criticizing and tearing them down make you feel better? Does it make *your* art more worthwhile?
November 2nd, 2007 at 1:21 am
Nony, Rob also commends movies, yet he doesn’t hesitate to share his objections or disagreements. This is a good thing, in my opinion.
It sounds like you are upset because you have different tastes.
November 2nd, 2007 at 12:35 pm
Hi Nony,
I was just trying to find out what you like, what kind of work you advocate. I’ve been writing for a lot of years about work I value and work I find wanting. So far I think I got your message about not liking what I say. But, apart from that, what do you have to offer? What work do you praise? As you seem to say, it’s easy to criticize. But beyond that, I make films, quite a few in the last few years. So I don’t just talk. I act on my beliefs. And I stand by my work. I’m trying to find out if you do the same.
November 16th, 2007 at 4:23 am
Hi Nony,
a great blessing in this life is having something to totally believe in and work for. not everybody gets a chance to find such passion. one that drives us and opens our eyes to whats important, to what really matters. i have to say that i agree with rob, because the glitters of the familliar reality which we are being fed, kind of blur our vision from the pale, unattractive truths. thing is with time we start believing that superficial reality is realy what is (like stepping in after being out in the sun for long), but if you stear long and hard enough, you begin to see.
i have worked with rob, and he has become my mentor ever since, he had provided me with space, and a chance to stear long and hard, and look for the bare truth behind things. that is not easy to achieve, unless you believe and stand up for that belief.
at the end of the day, not many people like bare truths, but there are those who appreciate the opportunity of finding them.
maybe if you stear long enough you will see beyond the words into what really is. maybe then you will understand why rob’s art is great art.
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