We’re going to Korea!
Well, figuratively. “Gimme Music, Gimme Shelter” has been accepted to the 4th annual Jecheon International Music & Film Festival August 14th-18th 2008. This marks the first time that any film of mine has played abroad. So, it’s actually kind of a milestone.
As far as I know, no other film I’ve been a part of has screened abroad… except for David Russo’s “I Am Not Van Gogh” in which I played, as David described it, the only visible human in the movie. A bit part really. More of an accident, truth be told, as he panned up the hill, his camera happened to see me standing where I had released the clock—
—Interesting story by the way, we were rolling a giant clock down the side of a mountain for a sequence that would later be played in reverse. My job was to hold the clock in position at the top of the hill. When all was ready, I released the clock and away it rolled, gravity pulling it downward through the brush and uneven mountain terrain, picking up speed and hopping over bumps until it crashed out of site into the ravine below with a thunderous smash that echoed through the trees.
After the clock disappeared, David, filming spontaneously, panned the camera up to the sky, then back down to the hillside where I was standing, hovering on my image for a moment. None of this was by design, although in the final edit it certainly appears intentional.
Come to find out later, the clock—which was really a giant cable spool decorated to look like a clock—had just barely missed our vehicle parked on the road at the bottom of the hill. In fact, had we parked where David had originally intended, the vehicle would have surely been smashed. It was his sister’s truck too. It just goes to show that you can never tell where time, when it’s really rolling, is going to strike.
But, I digress.
The point is, this international premier on the Korean peninsula is quite a pleasant surprise and I’m very proud and happy. My little-film-that-could is seeing a second life, much more than I thought it would.
More information on the festival here
Be well. Do good work. Stay in touch.
Cheers
Shawn
Congratulations Shawn!!!! Now you can tell people, “I’m huge in Korea” – hee hee
Oh, Shawnie, I’m so happy for you!! Rock out with your… well you know the rest. Congrats and here’s to your continuing success!
Shawn, I’m thrilled!!!! You are so talented!!! I admire you for following your dream! Love you lots!!!! Mom
congratulations, man! that is so frickin cool! i liked your existential clock story too.