In my birthday post, I made some cryptic comments about new projects. It's time to introduce New Project #1: Entandem Productions, the new Fresno film company founded by my partner Christine Mitchell and myself.
The goal of Entandem is to create unabashedly smart films for smart people, with uncompromising standards of originality and quality. And if that wasn't ambitious enough, we want to build a successful independent film studio right here in Fresno, using San Joaquin Valley locations and talent.
Our first production will be a documentary about Fresno itself, and its past, present and probable future. Fresno is a paradox: a small town that's a big city, a backwater with an amazing arts scene, the fruit garden of the world set in a desert, a place that everyone is dying to leave, but everyone comes back to.
Our new documentary will try to capture Fresno in all its contradictions and complexity. We start filming tonight, at the Fresno Art Council's Horizon Awards, where we'll observe the movers and shakers of the Fresno art scene in their native habitat.
We'll be filming all this summer -- you can watch our progress by checking out the updates on Entandem's website and blog.
3 comments:
Jesus Tits, another blog.
Hey, one a month, it's all we ask...I guess.
Talk to your mother with that mouth, Stephen?
What are Jesus Tits, anyway? Anything like this? I hope so.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tyreseus/451639235/
so, um, like, yah... I was catching up with my younger brother about the NY scene, the potential of Rogue East:
(Peter) '..uh, good luck on that one, bud, that's going to be an uphill to get people to hand over venues, things are really tight if not closing down in a lot of ways, it's just not artist friendly...'
then he drops the bomb..
'...actually, what the buzz is, is how Fresno is going to be the third wave... yep, they're even talking about the Rogue and everything over here, and how that it's the last really affordable and decent place to break in your stuff, has a strong performer-artist base, lots of friendly venues, and affordable housing and all that... you guys are about to boom...'
(me) '...you're kidding.'
(Peter) '...nope, that's what I'm hearing this ways... the trend is now shifting away from places like NYC and S.F. and towards Fresno...'
...it's true...this place IS the bermuda triangle...
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