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I must admit that the concept of this film was a bit weak.
I wanted to make a statement that the inventions that we were living with
were accelerating our lives to the point where our physical bodies were aging
much faster due to all these new advancements. The film centered around an
elevator which sped you to the top of a tall hotel in downtown Seattle. I
mistakenly thought that I could just walk in with my actor (Roger Junk) and
start shooting my film in the lobby. When we tried to do this, we were approached
by the hotel security and asked to leave. Seems they are nervous about having
pictures of guests together with 'others'..... Some sort of privacy thing.....
I told my father about my problem who then said that he would ask around town
to see if he could get me permission. He was able to pull it off, but the
only time I could do it was after midnight and I could not use any bright
lights! This was going to be a problem. The film stock could not handle the
dark lobby or the dim light in the elevator. I decided to shoot it anyway
since I had already shot all the rest of the film and didn't want to throw
away all that footage. I completed the film, but it is very dark at the end.
In fact it is so dark that it is hard to get what is happening in the elevator
and the end of the film..... Someday I'll have to digitally copy it and see
if I can lighten the shots. Someday.....
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