Is this the Untitled Western project that's been kicking around the Asylum "to do" list for about two years? If so, glad to see it finally come to fruition. Also, how did principle photography turn out? I've been following the Asylum's twitter and it looked like production was going pretty rough on this one. Any behind the scenes info that you could share would be very cool. Glad to see you doing more writing, the I Am Omega script was pretty strong.
sharehey Case. yes, this is the formerly "untitled" western. it did take a while to get going, but it looks like it'll be pretty good. wasn't aware of a asylum twitter, but like anything, there's always some obstacles. mostly just doing rewrites to accomodate location changes, but it was all for the better. originally we had a big gunfight written for interiors because we didn't expect to have as much access to a real western town. but we got it, so i had to take the big gunfight from inside to outside, which turned out much more "western" if you know what i mean.
shareI watched this, and couldn't help thinking that there was a definite Clint Eastwood inspiration in Barry Van Dyke's acting. I'm curious as to how much Eastwood was a source of inspiration in the creation of this film.
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hi Dp. actually, knowing what a small budget we had, i strived for a feeling like the old spaghetti westerns Eastwood did - Fist Full of Dollars, For A Few Dollars More that had pretty low budgets (nowhere near as low as ours though, lol). so i wrote Barry's character like the character Eastwood played in those early films.
shareWell, It wasn't Seven Samurai by Akira Kurosawa, but it was darn good all the same! Nor was it The Magnificent Seven by John Sturges, but it was darn good all the same!! I liked it!
Also, I am a firm believer that LOW budget doesn't automatically equate LOW quality!!! (A good example of this is the movie Strictly Sexual). However, I would have like for there to be an actual romance at the end between the man and the woman. She, having lost so much, deserves to have some happiness.
Another thing, I think that for the time and period, they mentioned her rape a few times too many. It just seems to me that at that time, they would have been more reserved in the Public disclosure of such grim details.
It also seems to me that with that final campfire scene out on the prairie, you've set up the machinery for future sequels with the young heroine. If so, I look forward to seeing them.
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we did throw around the idea of having a romance develop, but thought it might take away from her sorrow and want of revenge. i think the mention of rape might have snuck out more than it should have, i agree. originally it was supposed to be something that wasn't appropriate to be discussed, but think we lost sight of that during filming, unfortunately. and the prairie campfire was there for the possibility of a sequel. thanks for your interest too, by the way.
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