July 1, 2009
(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! Click blogs.indiewire.com for the whole story.
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