Re: Passage Through: A Ritual

From: Cari Machet (email suppressed)
Date: Mon Sep 25 2006 - 15:44:32 PDT


On 9/25/06, J. Mabe <email suppressed> wrote:
>
> A great screening of "Passage Through: A Ritual" last
> night. Only two people other than me in attendance –
> but one person drove two hours to come out – so I have
> definitely found the right audience, now I just need
> to figure out how to grow the audience while holding
> on the right audience.
>
> A few thoughts/questions about the film:
>
> 1. The film gave me no ground to stand on. With each
> image, I thought something might start to cohere, but
> I'm still at a loss.
>
> 2. Is the film supposed to be experienced as a film?
> Or is the film supposed to be simply experienced? Is
> this a film with "A Ritual" in the title or was this
> truly intended to be A Ritual? I suspect the latter.

all of the above i think

>
> Two thoughts on renting films prints:
> 1. Gosh, it's expensive. I think I might have to cut
> back to once every two months.

ask for a deal
ask filmmakers to submit work

2. Insurance costs from UPS are ridiculous – a scam.
> Don't worry FMC – I insured the print for $800 like it
> said – but golly!

usps insurance costs less

what did u name the screening series?

c

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