(The Last Blunder is a humorous weekly serial detailing the making of a true independent filmmaking catastrophe.  I hope all of you who read along find it entertaining and can relate to it to some degree.  The names of the participants have been changed. Any comments, suggestions, compliments, or criticisms can be sent to damianATkaverasfilmDOTcom. Enjoy!)

The Last Blunder: Chapter 1 by Damian K. Lahey

It was 2001 and The Last Blunder was to be my third film produced in Wilmington, NC.  The previous films had turned out sub-par at best.  The director of The Last Blunder was a Balthazar Spankenstein, whom I’d been introduced to during one of the aforementioned productions.  “Spanky”, as his friends not so affectionately referred to him, had been trying to get this film made for twelve years.  His expansive investment package for the film was the template we all used for our own shows.  He’d originally wanted to raise 500,000 dollars for the film but had only managed to scramble together 170,000.  Inspired by our films, he decided to go ahead and make it.  It was time for him to get his hands bloody and get in the trenches with the rest of us indie gorilla filmmakers!

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