So someone emailed last night to say they watched the last movie I wrote and directed. I haven't done much since then in film--I acted in a bit of a shit show of a feature the year after it (that almost ended in blood and revolt) but really, the book series has taken off so I don't have much time to work on movies. But goddamn, if I don't miss it when someone reminds me about how Certainly Never turned out.
I miss running a film set. I miss working with actors. I miss being on camera, too, though not quite as much. Anyway, figured I'd share the online version of the film again for kicks. I love this little movie so much. I wish it went somewhere. I hope sometimes that the Indestructibles takes off enough that someone will, y'know, backdate my creative life a bit and help Certainly Never get out into the world. Happiest and roughest part of my life, making that movie. When creatively everything was going right and personally I was losing my last great love.
Everything happens for a reason, right? I'm sure. While the movie might have been about love and infidelity and being lost and now I write superheroes, there's still a vein of sadness to it all. The latest book is certainly the darkest of the series so far, looking at our failures and what we should have done differently.