FRIENDS COMMENTS ON $1 INCIDENT-ROUGH CUT

COMMENTS BY FRIENDS ON ROUGH CUT OF ONE DOLLAR INCIDENT


Hey Jonathan,
Vintage Jonathan Postal. Great . I went to see David
Lynch 2 months ago. He was talking about his film
Inland Empire. Try to rent it out, You would love it.
It has Laure Dern.
I really like. Can't wait to work together.
Frank


Well hello again. I infer from watching the clip that you are back in Memphis. How is it treating you? And how is it going back to school after so many years?

I watched the clip. I am going to assume you want a very truthful opinion of the clip, so I will endeavor to comply. I love, but then I have always loved, your dark imagery. The lighting and style are perfect. The thing I found rather jarring, or at least it took away from the mood was the poor delivery of lines from the bus driver. The bus driver looks good, but his performance ruined the rest of the clip for me as his inability to act stamped the idea in my mind that this was an "acted" film piece as opposed to something that could suspend my disbelief.
The young man and the thief were beautiful though. I loved the colours and angles and lighting, but the bus driver... whoa.

So, will we be addressing you as Dr. Postal? And what school are you attending. For some reason I seem to remember there was an art school in the park by a museum.

I am so glad to hear from you again and know that you are settled.

Love,
Tanya.

Hi Jonathan,

Thanks for the photo compliment; you are responsible for at least two of those pictures. I gave you credit, if you didn't notice.

The video is good. I like the actors. They seem pretty solid. However, I had an audio problem. I saved it to my computer and that helped because on the first viewing,
I couldn't hear a lot of the dialogue. The bus driver was loud enough but not the guy nor the mugger. After the second viewing, I could hear everything, like I said after I saved it to my computer and listened to it through a different medium.

Did you write the dialogue? The incident reminded me of one I had in the French Quarter when I was 21. It was much briefer as a man just grabbed me to mug me and then said, "I'm sorry; I thought you were somebody else." He obviously recognized me as a neighbor, i.e., someone who could identify him. It was one of those only perks some locals get, I guess.

I miss you and am glad to know you are still exploring creative endeavors.

Love,
Kristin


hmmm, a naive kid in the 'bad' part of memphis;
really enjoyed the dialogue of the criminal and the bus driver.
I liked it, it's 'southern gothic' without the horrible outcome. "southern gothic lite"
hope this helps.
-me