Resurrect Dead

So, this afternoon I was feeling a little down and Robin suggested that we go to the movies tonight. We decided that we'd go see something at the Ambler Theater since I have some gift cards there that Robin's parents got me for Christmas. Anyway, we looked up what was playing and were toying with going to see either The Artist, or The Iron Lady. Then I looked a little further down the list and realized that there was a documentary playing there - today only - that I'd really wanted to see since I came across the trailer a few months back. The film is called "Resurrect Dead" and it was in Sundance where it did pretty well. The bonus of this trip was that the director of the film, Jon Foy, was going to be there and was going to do a Q&A after the screening. So we decided to go.

The film was interesting - in short, it's about the appearance of these mysterious tiles in the streets of cities all over the U.S. and South America. They've been showing up for over two decades, and nobody knew who put them there. The tiles refer to a man named Toynbee and the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, and the notion of resurrecting the dead on Jupiter. In any case, the film follows a group of guys who are somewhat obsessed with solving the mystery of these tiles and who made them. I liked the film overall. I felt that in a few places there were some pacing problems and some choices that I might not have made, but overall I was sucked into the story and found it really engaging.

Afterwards there was a Q&A, and it was pretty standard stuff, except for the one guy who raised his hand and told the director that he actually knew one of the guys considered by the film to be a main suspect. He also said that he had originally planned to see a different movie, but saw this was playing when he got to the theater and changed his mind. So that was pretty crazy. Afterwards, Robin made me swear that I would introduce myself to Mr. Foy, and tell him that I, too, am a local filmmaker and give him a card. She's good at pushing me to do that kind of stuff. I'm terrible at networking. In any case, we hung around and I did just that. We talked for a few minutes about filmmaking and his film, and he was a very pleasant guy. He took my card and put it in his wallet, so mission accomplished. Whether I will ever hear from him again I have no idea, but I did something that was difficult for me to do, and I'm proud of that.

Then we stopped at McDonald's on the way home (bleh - but it was cheap and fast) and now here I am writing this up. All in all it was a very enjoyable evening. If you get the chance go see "Resurrect Dead", or get it on dvd. It's worth a look.

Later!

Check out the trailer for "Resurrect Dead":

Resurrect Dead Trailer from Resurrect Dead on Vimeo.