What to Say on a Day Like Today

There are, even in the lives of the most prolific of filmmakers, few days in one's life when your film opens.  And even in the case of an "I think I can, I think I can" indie like ours, where the film opens today in New York City, Friday in Los Angeles and then in waves around the country, a day like today is truly like crossing a finish line.  Maybe even more so, in that the finish line is one that could only be reached by the hard work of a number of people who literally willed a theatrical release into existence.

So thanks to Connie and Greg at Balcony for truly believing in the film, Jared at Sidetrack for staying on top of it these many months, Van, Josh, Ever and all at Barsuk for going beyond their work on our soundtrack and helping to spread the word for the film, Nancy and Elizabeth for being able representatives to our friends in the press and all those who have written about the film and all those who have booked the film to screen in their towns.

Thanks to my amazing crew for giving their all to this project - my cinematographer Wyatt Troll, photographer Charles Peterson, composers Steve Fisk and Ben Gibbard, music supervisor Linda Cohen and Wade Harpootlian and Dave SImmons at Tomorrow's Brightest Minds.

My eternal thanks to Michael Azerrad for trusting in this vision for the film, for handing to me something that was so precious to him.  It's one of the great honors of my life, truly.

And, finally, to my esteemed partner and producer Shirley Moyers.  Her handiwork is in each moment in the film, each location, each frame.  Our biggest challenge in arriving in the state of Washington - and making a film about Kurt Cobain no less - was the scope and the scale, shooting in literally hundreds of locations to collect the images that you will see flickering before you.  And only a great producer like Shirley could see that challenge, look at our limited budget and schedule, and dive in undeterred.  It would have been impossible to make this film without her.

There are updates over at About A Blog, including new reviews and article links, so feel free to wander over and take a look.  And thanks to you, in advance, for coming out, seeing the film, bringing friends.  Your support both online and off means a great deal.

Recaps on this week, with photos, coming in the next few days...

Comments

[Sean Flynn]

Big congratulations, AJ! You've made a beautiful and original film. I hope the movie-going masses appreciate it as much as festival audiences have.

[DaveKCMO]

congratulations!

[Paul]

Congrats, AJ!

[laureen]

Hope the opening in NY has been great. I'm a French journalist, I was in Seattle, Olympia, Portland, etc. last week and I'm writing something about your movie in Libération (one of the 3 most important national daily newspapers in France). Could you just tell me two things: is the movie about to be released in France some day? What is your first name ? It's really urgent for me and important for the French audience to hear about your film, so thanks a lot in advance. Good luck.

[Steve]

Congrats... Can't wait to finally see it! I'm trying to extend a trip to STL to catch it at the Tivoli.