Sunday, December 9, 2007

Premiere Screening

The Family Tie
New York Premiere Screening
7:30 PM Weds, Dec 12
Hope Lounge
10 Hope St., Williamsburg BK


SO yeah, been running on all cylinders pushing out the word about the "premiere" screening for FT next Weds. It's hard to tell if any of it will be effective at getting people out - the overall response to my marketing thus far has been pretty disappointing. Maybe it was the timing - I felt having the movie launch on Thanksgiving had a nice ring of irony to it, but perhaps people have enough family ties to deal already on that family-heavy holiday. This is not to say that NO ONE has seen the film or watched it online, but I was hoping for just a little more reaction, response, interest, whatever. Again, perhaps it's just a matter of time for FT to find it's audience, but I think it's more like a matter of when the audience will find IT!

But yeah - that's part of it - FT hasn't really played to an audience at all yet save for an informal screening here and there over the years. And when it does play, it seems to play well, though I'd have to be pretty delusional to think that everyone's going to get it or even like it at all - it's a niche sort of taste, and one that is most likely acquired.

Ultimately, my fear is that if the audience never does find my movie, am i going to look back on this exhaustive project as a complete waste of time, a colossal failure? My guess is no, but it will still be hard not to feel slightly dispirited if the years of effort and passion I put into this end up ultimately only playing to an audience of one.

So on that positive note, please come to the screening and make let's make it an audience of two! Major kudos to Reza Kahn for pulling some strings and making it happen at Hope Lounge - Thanks dude!