New Window

We got our test window last week and did the install this morning in the kitchen. It's a Jeld-Wen tilt pack double hung. Do it yourself using a rail system and the existing jamb. You lose a little window area on the sides but none top or bottom. Took about an hour to put in place. Now to paint and order some more for the bedrooms.

Reflection on Reflections

I've been going through a pile of old netflixes from the last month and came across John Huston's "Reflections in a Golden Eye. I'm not sure if I liked it or not but the look is amazing. All sepia toned except for a hint of red and green, supposedly the audiences of 1967 could not handle the look and a regular Technicolor version was released as well. Amazing night time work with a lightning storm at the end that is truly beautiful. Trying to find some reviews of the film brought about my own feelings..... "horribly miscast", "turgid erotica", "contradictory beauty" but somehow the reviews then veer into "the finest piece of work he [Huston] ever committed" and "Reflections" is a better film than we had any right to expect". Uneasy to watch but oddly satisfying afterwards.

4th

Love this time lapse video of the neighborhood's slightly illegal fireworks festival......
Watch it here

Misc. Ohio/Kentucky Pics

Just some other remembrances from the job last week.

The Continental

Local resident August allowed us to use his vintage Continental for a scene and to even appear in the shot, casually leaning against it as he must have done years ago.

Butcher Holler

We finished the shoot yesterday in the small Kentucky hamlet of Butcher Holler. Noted for being the birth place of country music stars/ sisters Loretta Lynn and Crystal Gayle. The current proprietress of the market is the enticingly named Madonna Webb. Along side the peach Nehi are artifacts and dresses of the singers' lives. Not to mention a huge stuffed turkey keeping an eye on all shoppers. Excellent key grip Andy built a speed rail rig for Tristan to shoot some young bicyclists out the back of a pick up.

Military Museum

Portsmouth also has a small but beautifully maintained military museum. The owner Mike is a veteran and collector who has put together a personal, regional as well as international in scope exhibit. I was blown away by the WW1 trench art..... how artists used the discarded shells from the front lines.