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Re: Films for OTR - a brainstorm proposal
Thanks to everyone who responded to this thread. Chris Hahn, I found your
quick response to be particularly inspiring. On Wednesday, after I sent the
original message, I only had time to read Chris' reply before tornados took
out power here. So that night I sat down by candlelight and sort of
sketched out a story idea that started with those initial ideas. It still
needs a lot of work - I only have about 5 pages of script, and a very loose
outline, but it has been a fun idea to work with.
I don't anticipate the full thing to be narrated, but I have written a short
narration in the opening sequence to set up the story. I suppose you would
say it is a coming of age story set in the context of family legend and
conflict. Although subject to change, here is the narration to wet your
appetite:
(narration is over a sequence of a man and his children gathering moths by
the light of a small homemade light tent, in a midwestern field under a
brightly moonlit night)
July of 1969 was the month that Neil Armstrong landed on the moon. That
was the summer I learned that mystery and reality are one and the same, that
there is beauty in sadness, and that everyone, someday, will die. My
parents were the sole curators of Grey Ghost press, a small book press that
released limited runs of hand-bound books -- a small enterprise that, along
with our home and land, was inherited by my father from his father. My
mother was quiet, often speaking more through soft melodies on the piano
than with her own voice. My father was mysterious and whimsical, often
dabbling in a variety of exploratory hobbies. He would sometimes hold us on
his lap while he operated his HAM radio. On a brightly moonlit night he
would bounce his radio waves off of the moon. He would tell us that he
could radio heaven and we would listen as he tuned in the celestial voices
of distant and exotic languages. In the summer of 1969 he taught my sister
and I to capture moths with light and to release them to the moon like so
many miniature winged souls.
----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Hahn <chris at fumblefactory_com>
To: scott2b <scott2b at peoplepc_com>; OTR List <over-the-rhine at actwin_com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 2:49 PM
Subject: RE: Films for OTR - a brainstorm proposal
> that would be fun. I'd say it'd have to include:
>
> a dog named Willow
> an Imaginary Apple Orchard
> a house called Grey Ghost
> a boy whos father tape records the sounds of nature and plays them back
for
> his family at breakfast
> poety would be a key player, perhaps a mystery revealed through poetry
> a little blue river
> a radio that the child uses to send messages to heaven
> moths
> parents named Paul and Virginia
> a travelling guitar player named Jack
>
> for starters....
>
> ::chris::
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-over-the-rhine at actwin_com
> [mailto:owner-over-the-rhine at actwin_com]On Behalf Of scott2b
> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 1:18 PM
> To: OTR List
> Subject: Films for OTR - a brainstorm proposal
>
>
> Hello Rhinelanders,
>
> New to the list, I have been watching quietly for a while, and have
finally
> decided to throw my 2 cents into the pond (there is a pond somewhere in
the
> apple orchard, isn't there?). New to the list, but not new to Over the
> Rhine -- have been an admirer since 'Til We Have Faces.
>
> I didn't think this would happen, but I must start my plug (at the risk of
> alienating myself from what seems to be a common consensus here) with a
> brief defense of Heather Graham. PTA talks about her being underrated in
> his audio commentary to Boogie Nights - and from what I have seen I agree
> with him. Although, admittedly, I have seen relatively few of her roles
> (have not seen Rx Cowboy or 6 degrees)
>
> Well, as Melanie says: who like over the rhine? anyone? anyone?
> (Thanks for keeping us on track). So, I'd like to shift the subject a
> little, and bring together the subjects of film and OTR. As something of
an
> aspiring (read wannabe) writer/filmmaker, I have given some thought to
> incorporating some Over the Rhine influence into a film idea, but I have
not
> yet decided what direction to take this. So the brainstorm I propose for
> everyone is this: What sort of original film idea do you imagine could be
> related to OTR? It could be related by lyrics or mood or style - it could
> be a plot or theme or character, or simply a scene or setting. It can be
> inspired by any OTR song or group of songs. If I steal your idea, I
promise
> to give credit where credit is due, but really at this point this is just
an
> idea to prompt thought and discussion.
>
> By the way, I have enjoyed reading the many music recommendations here and
> digging for mp3 samples on the internet based on those recommendations.
So
> here is my own recent discovery that I will share, I have completely
fallen
> in love with the music of Lhasa de Sela. She has a very sensual
latin/gypsy
> sort of style. She sings in Spanish which I speak a fair amount of, but
> there are English translations in the liner notes for those of you who
> don't. And she cites Tom Waits among her influences, so you know she must
> be cool :)
>
> Peace,
> Scott
>
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