Boys of Summer Book - Entry #115

You can see the complete film "Boys of Summer" for free by clicking here. 

100% proceeds go to the Michael J Fox Foundation. 

December 1, 2004 - Bob

Las Vegas, NV

I got an official notice from Sundance today that though they appreciated the opportunity to watch my film, “Boys of Summer” it did not make the final cut for their film festival. That’s odd, seeing as how I NEVER SENT THEM A TAPE. 

I got this same form rejection from Sundance last year when I actually did submit, “Luckey Quarter”. So, this begs the question: how does one know that anyone is actually even watching these films at all if you get the same rejection slip whether you sent them a tape or not?

What is that smell?

December 23, 2004 - Dad

Walnut Creek, CA

I received an e-mail from Bob with some web sites describing alternative approaches to treating PD. One of the sites was for the Parkinson Recovery Project (PRP). I found out from the PRP web site that their approach combined Yin Tui Na and acupuncture. They also had a warning that they could not accept anyone for treatment who was on or had been on anti-Parkinson medication.

What was most interesting about their program was the concept of recovery form PD. My neurologist assured me that there is no cure for PD. He says there is only more and stronger medication and, eventually, deep brain surgery.

Boys of Summer Book - Entry #112

You can see the complete film "Boys of Summer" for free by clicking here. 

100% proceeds go to the Michael J Fox Foundation. 

September 23, 2004 - Bob

Las Vegas, NV

I realized something tonight: I'm not Superman. Much as I might like to think of myself as capable of doing just about anything, I am bound to the same restrictions of time, need for sleep and other basic rules of humanity as everyone else.

What I'm saying is, the rough cut will not be going out to Sundance tomorrow. I could send what I have...but I'm not going to threaten the integrity of the project -- it's not fair to everyone (myself included) who has worked so hard to get it to the place it is.

As I was beginning to cut (truthfully, I thought it was going to be more of a polish -- ha ha) the movie tonight, I suddenly realized that it was nowhere close to the movie I see in my head. This is a common flaw of mine -- I see something very clearly in my head and can't get it to look like that in the physical plane for others to see. The ability to do just that, according to David Koepp, is what makes a great director. 

I have done it before -- the gunslinger video looks a lot like what I imagined as do many parts of Luckey Quarter. "the long road home" looks less like what I imagined but more like what I allowed it to be. I like the way that sounds. The main difference with a flick like "the long road home" was I gave it a loooooong gestation period in editing. We re-shot the ending, we screened it several times. It's still not perfect, but it is done.

“Boys of Summer” is sooooo just beginning it's not even funny. 

And right now, with the fatigue I feel and staring at the clock the way I am (...time takes on such a strange demeanor when I'm overtired), I feel like it's time to just let it go. I'm going to New York in the morning for the two excellent interviews for Boys of Summer and the Stephen King film festival. 

It will be nice to get on that plane and let this part of things go. 

I tried my damnedest and it just wasn't good enough this time.

Everything for a reason. 

Texas 5, Oakland 4

WP: J. Nelson (1-2)   LP: O. Dotel (4-2)

The unthinkable just happened to the A’s: Dropping three to a division rival at this stage of the season?