last days

The last few days have been non-stop cycle of editing, burning DVDs, watching it on the big screen, making notes back for more editing. It's pretty exhilerating actually. I am in the very final stages before I lock picture and send it off for sound. Then it will basically be out of my hands for a few weeks.

I'm trying to remember (Bresson?) who talked about a film being born three times: once while it's being written, once while it's being shot and once while it's being edited. That has been amazingly true for this movie and I would even go so far as to add a fourth birth: the sound re-recording and mixing.

There are a few more weeks to go overall, but I am definitely feeling a mixture of bittesweet emotions. I am so glad this thing is almost freaking finished. On the other hand I don't really want to let it go. Sometimes when I watch the movie all I can see is missed opportunities, things we couldn't pull off due to not having any money, technical errors etc. But the next time I watch it, I completely love it and I'm totally amazed at how good it looks, how much I love the characters and how amazing and transforming the process of making this movie was.

Be on the lookout for more sappy introspective postings in the days to come.