A planned opening shot for the Inconvenient Car documentary is a sort of "history of transportation" shot. It is a tracking shot from a car or bike going down the Jones Falls Road, through the park, past the burned out railroad depot, past the trolley museum, with the train station on the other side of the creek, under a railroad bridge, past a bike shop, and up onto Charles Street in the heart of Baltimore.
I used to do this drive every day taking my son to school.
This was the route I took to go to the Charles Theater tonight where "I Used to Be Darker" was premiering. The film has actually already had a long run here in Baltimore, having had fundraisers, screenings at the MD Film Festival and other special events in its hometown. But this was the official theatrical open. I didn't know that Ned Oldham was in the film. He used to be our neighbor here in Roland Park.
The film looked very much like my life. The Roland Park environs, the music. It was thoughtful and paced, quirky in its rendering. There was one shot where a guy dives into a pool and the camera doesn't follow him as he swims, but stays static, showing the water, and just waits for him to come back. The cinematography was really good, they used a Arri camera, a digital one. Lots of interiors, shots of stairways, people standing on thresholds.
But to return to the drive down the Jones Falls-- there was a shot in an old trolley that sat out by the trolleycar museum. A pivotal scene, really.
After the screening Ned played a song on guitar, Matthew Porterfield spoke, the set designer and a couple of other guys were there to take questions.
Afterwards, my friend and I retired to the tapas restaurant adjacent to the theater for red wine. I saw John Waters heading up the street, probably to the Club Charles for the after party.
I used to do this drive every day taking my son to school.
This was the route I took to go to the Charles Theater tonight where "I Used to Be Darker" was premiering. The film has actually already had a long run here in Baltimore, having had fundraisers, screenings at the MD Film Festival and other special events in its hometown. But this was the official theatrical open. I didn't know that Ned Oldham was in the film. He used to be our neighbor here in Roland Park.
The film looked very much like my life. The Roland Park environs, the music. It was thoughtful and paced, quirky in its rendering. There was one shot where a guy dives into a pool and the camera doesn't follow him as he swims, but stays static, showing the water, and just waits for him to come back. The cinematography was really good, they used a Arri camera, a digital one. Lots of interiors, shots of stairways, people standing on thresholds.
But to return to the drive down the Jones Falls-- there was a shot in an old trolley that sat out by the trolleycar museum. A pivotal scene, really.
After the screening Ned played a song on guitar, Matthew Porterfield spoke, the set designer and a couple of other guys were there to take questions.
Afterwards, my friend and I retired to the tapas restaurant adjacent to the theater for red wine. I saw John Waters heading up the street, probably to the Club Charles for the after party.
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