In this blog you will find content about the making of our independent feature film Mismo...
our journey — and the film's — as we navigate the world of distribution...
our musings as storytellers and filmmakers...
and our new project Pitchin' Papaya, the name of which is still up for debate.

Gino prefers simply Papaya while I like Pitchin' because it rhymes with bitchin'...
and bitch to me means "being in total control, honey"...
While the four hard-core saleswomen in our story may not be in total control, they're certainly no pushovers.

As hard as we try, we have yet to come up with an elevator pitch for Mismo...
Not so with Papaya which is an all-female Glengarry Glenn Ross.

Lorraine & Gino

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

coming full circle...

thank you... thank you... thank you... for the outpouring of support on monday... feels like a rite of passage to share the journey's gift (the film) with those who played a direct role.. it's a great rounding out...

from start to finish... you helped us make it happen... you stepped up to play a character's role... you stepped up to crew... you stepped up with a location... you stepped up with a donation... you stepped up with emotional support... in the end, it was all this wonderful energy together that helped take an idea and make it a communal reality...

seeing your faces in the crowd... the questions you asked me... the vibrations of the applause... it means a lot...

we wish to think that when we make a movie that we are in charge... sure... we create characters... we develop plot lines... we put the characters in conflict... we see transformation within the time frame of the movie...

but when it's all said, the journey of the characters parallels that of the filmmakers too... on all journeys the characters change... they transform...

we like change... it reflects the adaptive aspect of our humanity... it's our effort to fit harmoniously into the big picture...

and on all journeys, characters have their aides... nobody completes the heroic journey without the help of others...

we too couldn't have completed the movie without you... you aided us... particularly when our backs were against the wall...

now as we move into the next phase of the journey... finding ways to share the gift with a larger audience... this too will see new aides...

to all those that have (and continue to) send their energy... we ask that you help us with the next phase too...

gifting the film to others amounts to the ultimate 'rounding out'... and fulfillment of the mismo journey...

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