Regina's First Filmmaking Blog
Submitted by reginacrosby on Mon, 11/02/2009 - 10:18am
October 30, 2009
Ten nights ago, I celebrated the release of my first film, TEENAGE DIRTBAG. I drank champagne.
Two nights ago, I dreamed I was driving in the daylight on a steep, winding road that had been entirely covered in snow. There was no longer any sign of the pavement, just pure white snow. I was filled with fear at every corner, but somehow, I navigated my way up this hill. I didn’t consider stopping, but even in my deepest conscience, I knew not to go too fast, or I would lose control of the car.
Still dreaming, I made a call on my cell phone to tell my husband that it would be awhile, as I could not see where I was going. When I got off the phone, I found the white snow had changed into equally white sand, with the same powdery feel, but just a little less slippery. I relaxed a little bit. White sand as far as they eye could see, but to my wonderment, I was still able to follow the narrow curves. It was like I had been there before, and knew the way.
I didn’t remember this dream until later that morning. It popped in my head the way non-scary, non-sexual dreams do: vivid but harmless. I can still see the white sand now. But where was I going? Was I alone in the car? How did it end? I don’t remember dreaming the answers to any of those questions, so I don’t know. What I do know is that it seemed like a glaringly obvious metaphor for my life in the past, the present, and more than likely, the future. I’ve never read one book on dream analysis, but I think I’ve got this one pegged.
Today, somebody close to me told me they are tired of hearing about the movie, and that making films is my deal, not theirs. Today, my distributor told me Sam’s Club ordered 5,000 copies of the DVD, which are on the shelves for sale right now. Today, I am writing my first blog, and I should have something worthwhile to say, some wisdom to impart. I do not. I am not even sure if I have been keeping the correct tense throughout this wandering, run-on thought.
The saying ‘you could fill a book with the things I don’t know’ applies here. Indeed, it’s an endless book with expansive, white, facetless pages, stretching out before me. So, let’s navigate it, shall we? Let’s fill the book (in this case blog,) with a careful account of all the things I don’t know, and maybe in the end it will produce knowledge. Maybe we will find out where it is we are going. At the very least, you and I, my fellow writer/filmmaker/dreamer, will know we are not alone in the car.
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Congrats on getting picked up by cable
Hi Regina,
Just wanted to say congrats on getting your movie picked up by cable. Was just flipping through the channels this weekend and I stumbled across your movie on Starz4. When I saw it, I did a double take cause the movie looked familiar until a couple of seconds later it hit me that this was your movie.
So congrats. Hope they play it a lot.
Hi!
Hi! I'm from Sweden. I loved Teenage Dirtbag! Really loved the intense feeling in it. Will you be doing a sequel or something ? It could be interesting :)
This is a pretty shameful request, but... there's this novel I read called Demon in my view. It kinda has the same feeling Teenage Dirtbag had, but without a "sad" ending... it's more of a "so what happens next?"... so I kinda wish.. if you someday could make this novel into a movie? I think it would turn out good :) anyway...
Loved your movie! <3
Laura
I Love Poland!
Hello Kasia,
Wonderful to hear from fans in Poland!! I am happy to answer your question. First, we are in the process of bringing Teenage Dirtbag to the rest of the world, and hope to have distribution there soon. But it is a slow process (which I'll be blogging about next), and I don't want you to have to wait. Unfortunately, Ebay is full of bootleggers (people who unlawfully burn copies of the movie and sell them), which is of course stealing from us (more to blog about). The best place to buy a the film is Amazon, and Amazon UK ships to almost every country in the world! LINK: www.amazon.co.uk/Teenage-Dirtbag-DVD-Michael-Bradley/dp/B002665I94/ref=sr_1_2 This way you know you will be getting an honest copy, that will be guaranteed high quality, plus they have a great return policy if anything should be wrong with your DVD. Thank you so much for checking out OC Screenwriters. Please stay in touch and let us know how you like the film!
Regina
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Hello!
I've been looking forward to watching your film for a very long time now and I believe it has had it's release in the US on 20th of october and became very popular straight away! Just watching the trailer gives you the impresion it's going to be an amazing, emotional film. I believe your fans truly love the film. The thing is that I'm from Poland and the fans here are also very curious about the movie so it would be great to know if the movie will get to Europe, if it's worth to wait or should I just purchase it on ebay?
All your fans from Poland are waiting for your answer eagerly
Best regards!
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Regina,
You blog like you make film - with wonderment, breathless anticipation, and good humor. Welcome aboard - OC Screenwriters is honored to have you.
Mark