" " " A to Z with Meryl and Me: Lions for Lambs ... could have had a better title

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Lions for Lambs ... could have had a better title

I'm aware that this movie was no box office smash.  There were, however, a lot of scenes that I found moving.  The plot involves a family whose son has committed an accidental crime.  They spend time hiding evidence, and coming to grips with the truth and the consequences of telling it. 

As I watch these films, I find myself drawn to certain scenes but backing off because there are too many characters or it involves 3 locations or overall the complexity of the logistics seem too great.  I would like to watch with nothing in the back of my mind instead of thinking of costumes, locations, hairstyles, accents, crew members and casting but that's part of the love project.  So much goes into the making of a film and even to reproduce or create your own version of a single scene, there's a ton involved.  I just want every scene to be the best.  The last thing I want is for a viewer to be distracted by nuances that are missing due to no budget and lack of resources.  Hmm, I will make this work, just watch. 

I plan to put a preproduction video up very soon to keep this interesting.  It's time to start building an audience so that the people involved have someone to play to ... now that would be great.

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