Lucas McNelly @lmcnelly is the award-winning filmmaker behind UP COUNTRY, BLANC DE BLANC, and GRAVIDA. Maybe you've heard of him. Maybe you haven't.
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There's more to assembling a crew at the last minute than buying beer, but it sure helps.
You've got two weeks to shoot and edit a feature-length film, but you've got no story. What to do?
Three filmmakers attempt to make feature-length films in a mere two weeks. Yes, they're insane.
We need more filmmakers like Keith Snyder.
There isn't anything here that isn't easily fixable with experience.
Meaney could rather easily become an interesting music video director.
"gravida invites us to ponder the complexity of the choices we make, the unreliability of human connections."
It comes off as Custer's vacation video.
For the most part Richards gets it, and who's to say those hiccups aren't just budgetary limitations?
Lowery's talent is undeniable, his grasp of the medium innate. He is, beyond question, a filmmaker worth watching.