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hiss  ·  4321 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Have you ever been in a play, on television or in a movie?

We wrote/shot this for a friend's MFA assignment. There's a final cut that runs about half an hour but aside from submitting it to a few festivals we haven't done much with it. The film won awards from the school but that's kind of like having your grandma tell you you're handsome.

http://vimeo.com/53564608

Most of my involvement in friends' productions has been behind the scenes. I acted a bit in middle school but wasn't into it much at the time. Even when we shot this, I wasn't completely sold on the idea of 'acting' and struggled with it, a bit, which was kind of the point of doing the thing 'about' me. It started as a question - can I make a movie about you? The answer was 'no'. Let's make a movie about that, then.

I think I'm more drawn to acting now if only because the idea of ditching my personal issues and taking on the life of someone else is appealing. A friend (the bald one) suggested it. We'd like to do some weird parlor theater.