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Guerilla productions, the independent movie group I work with is, announcing an
open casting call for Flesh of My Flesh, the new feature film being produced by the company. Anyone interested in attending should visit the Flesh of My Flesh web site for script sides and details. The open auditions will be held Open auditions for all roles will be held at The Mission Theater & Pub, at 1624 N.W. Glisan, Portland, OR 97209 on Saturday, November 6, 2004, from 9:00am to 11:00am.

Flesh of my flesh is described as:

Guerrilla Productions’ second feature film, an action-adventure set in the near future, where mankind is only now starting to realize that they were never meant for the top of the food chain.

A poll conducted by Total Film Magazine in the UK asked readers to vote for the year’s top screen villain. The audience of nearly 10,000 people selected President Bush for his frightening part in Fahrenheit 9/11 over renown bad guys Leatherface (Texas Chainsaw Massacre) and Gollum (Lord of the Rings).

Source: CNN.com.

I have for some time now held to the belief that the most important thing to getting a movie made is a good script and the gusto to go out and make it. I believe that Primer (2004) proves that point quite well.

Made for only $7,000 Primer is a rich and complex story of two engineers who try to make it rich by inventing a new gravity subjugating machine but instead end up producing an effective time machine. Once the shock of their discovery has started to wear in the two start experimenting with sending themselves back in time by a day to play the stock market and in doing so start to unravel the nature of reality generating near time paradoxes and changing the reality of events that have already occurred. On a single watching the movie is hard to follow though with a bit of forewarning of the events to come and a lot of attention an astute audience can note important events for later discussion and clarification. In interviews writer/director/producer/editor/cinematographer/composer/star Shane Carruth states that even under detailed scrutiny the movie contains no plot holes or contradictions.

Primer serves as a model and inspiration for low budget independent filmmaking. The movie took 3 years to make, most of which was spent by Carruth in preparing, editing and composing. Set in borrowed locations the science fiction tale always looks perfectly real and honest proving that big budgets and special effects are not necessary components for effective story telling. What is required is an engaging script and a desire by the filmmakers to see their vision realized. The movie was awarded the Grand Jury Price at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival and is not only quite deserving of the laurels but also very much worth finding and seeing, whether you are an aspiring filmmaker looking for inspiration or just looking for a good movie to spend the evening.