2 Years or so ago I moved to New York to chase down a dream of mine. Eight months or so ago I wrote a script with Travis Legge for the same reasons. 2 Days ago a group of dream catchers and myself finished shooting that script and creating the first real full forward step in the realization of all of my ambitions.
With the help of a few very generous investors and a few idealistic supporters with a few bucks to spare we made a movie. We made a romantic comedy that is not only hilarious but has a very real and relevant soul. We made a romantic comedy without an A name (though fuck that Suzi Loraine and Amanda Elizabeth Sawyer are as A list as it gets) and without 200k to cushion us if we fell.
We brought breath to a story that is poignant to the romantic predicament a lot of 20 somethings are in. We did all of this with a gaggle of nay sayers behind us telling us how much we would have to change the way we do things to get this made, telling us how improbable it was. In fact the only ally we seemed to have outside of our cast and crew was the city of New York who seemed to bend over backwards to help us get exactly what we needed.
From a couple bar owners who cared enough for the ambitions of their employee to provide us a back drop for half of the film, to a surprisingly cooperative subway and a few parks that lent us their landscapes. Right down to the lighting that was sometimes conjured out of thin air by our over worked and underpaid crew and sometimes was simply handed to us by the city.
I don’t know what will come of this once it is all said and done but I did learn a few things. When you feel like you are working on something special, you probably are. When everything is falling into place it is okay to not look gift horses in mouths and run with your good fortune. Sometimes, if you believe in something, regardless of the odds, you can make something big, something beautiful, something meaningful happen with sheer force of will and a “because fuck you thats why” attitude.
We did it Dry Spell cast and crew and I owe you all a great debt for chasing the dream with us and for bringing every inch of your talents and passion to breathe life into our story.
I love you all
KH-
