Bryan Loves You Shuts Out the Press

Just plain weird if you ask me!  Wait nobody ever asks me anything...

Ah, but you forget that we have a small circle of writers that we always trust; Goon and Horror-Movies.ca scribes included.

In fact -- here's some info that I'm only writing here, albeit very preliminary info at that. Was in touch with the higher-ups at Shoreline over the past few days and they're targeting 3 fests in particular at which to World Premiere "Bryan". They all take place in Oct.. So this week I've been working on getting Shoreline all of the materials they need from me to present the movie to these fest committees. 

That gag order release you dug up (good job, btw) is meant for 90something% of media. I'm on the boards here and I think of it more as a group of friends than "doing business", so not to worry. Y'all will know what's up with "Bryan" (which is my life these days and has been for the past ... oh 2, 3 yrs). Just the way that I am, tho, is I don't like saying names until something is finalized (which is why I don't wanna list the fests Shoreline is aiming at). Just like during preprod we don't release info on actors who *might* be included in the picture. Because if they drop out, to me, it would be embarrassing to say "whoops, nevermind, not gonna happen." Altho one actor in particular who *was* real close to being in the picture was Ken Foree (which I've mentioned on these boards before). The only reason why I mention Ken is because he's such a nice guy and I really feel like he'll be in the next one. Aren't many actors I'm confident enough about to talk like that.

And that's da latest ...

Fans = only thing that matters.

Thank you for posting this update on the current situation regarding Bryan Loves You.

Bloody dagger ... please. Let's keep it horror-appropriate, eh?

Thanks, guys. And Meh, I hear ya. But there's a hugely important idea beside the sales/rentals/etc. from fans. I think writers write things (movies, songs, poems, etc.) to connect with people. So yeah, while it would be nice to eventually make money off making movies, the imperative thing is that you're connecting with people. Like for me, music and movies have always been there for me and those are what I've related to mostly thru the years. (I'm a huge fan myself of so many movies/music.) And so if you're the creator, you do it because you want people to relate to what you've made.

I've never bought that bullshit "I make movies (or songs) for myself" line that some artists use. You make them for an audience. And if you're making them for yourself, you shouldn't be distributing them in the commercial marketplace; you should be showing them to yourself only. Granted, when you make something, it's with your taste -- but you better hope you have a taste of what at least a segment of the public wants. If you make something and people aren't moved by it, if they don't care about it, if they don't feel anything while watching ... what's the point?

In short: you feel like anyone who gets your movie gets you. And hence the connection. The ultimate outsider-looking-in gratification. And that to me is why zee fans are the most important part of the art.

Yeah, it's good to hear we're not shut out.  Thanks for keeping in touch, BLY!

thats why i got it cause the bastards have no love for our much larger sister site MoviesOnline.ca

That's totally cool, WC. Anybody can ask anything -- any question is respectable. I'm sure every prod has its reasons for releasing or not releasing a soundtrack.

With "Bryan", it's hard to say because much like the cinematography, our sound design is very unconventional. Because the movie is supposed to be ... er ... IS real, one watching is not supposed to think it's a movie. So all music (there's plenty of it) is blended into the scene and it's all created by our composer (Dan Newman or as he likes to be credited by the badass "P. Daniel Newman" ). Whether there's even enough elongated tracks by Dan for a CD, tough to say. My guess is "no" but I might be wrong.

I do love picking bands/songs to be placed in movies (it was one of my fave parts of making my first movie "Take Out"), but to me it's always more appropriate in a comedy or action or drama. To me, outside music isn't necessarily *scary*, and that's the main drive of a horror. Of course there are examples that contradict that theory. But at least for "Bryan", we wanted to keep it real, so all music is "score" (think "Star Wars" -- all music in those is score, too).