I'm a movie fan. More importantly, I'm a story fan. I think some of those best told using film and video are of the handheld, viral, down and dirty variety. Someone captures footage with their phone or camcorder. It may look like a bunch of really big squares when you blow it up bigger than a thumbnail, but it tells a great story. However...
There is something intriguing, mysterious, elusive about the big screen. And if you live in MN, the opportunity to be part of or touch the outer hem of the garment of a Hollywood film doesn't come along too often. And sometimes you just have to make it happen.
Nicole, our new Video Guru for the comm. team at the EFCA, got an inside tip that the Coen brothers were shooting their upcoming film A Serious Man, somewhere in Bloomington. So, I called Nick, he picked us up and we were off to find Joel and Ethan and their 'low-budget' crew filming a 1960's scene of growing up in St. Louis Park. It took us about 35 minutes, weaving in and out of side streets, but we finally found it-6 blocks from the office. It was like driving into another era: several blocks of 1960's cars lining the street, windows all made to look pristine on every house, lawns way too green for September in MN and the presence of other hunters like us. The block was available to drive or walk through because they weren't shooting anything (it was raining earlier in the day so we assume they either shot another scene or otherwise).
Brushes with fame are always fun--but it's still the story that matters.
