I can’t believe it’s today already! How does one pack for 3 films festivals, 2 weeks in the South of France, a location scout through Ohio and a film shoot in Michigan anway? Supershuttle comes for me in just a bit and I don’t pity the driver who gets to help me with my load – DVDs, postcards, books, writing materials, half my wardrobe and far too many electronics, etc. Read the rest of this entry »
On the Road Again!
Posted in Diary of a DirectrixApril 29th, 2010 by Devi Snively (The Directrix)
trippin’ in the News!
Posted in Diary of a Directrix, NewsApril 27th, 2010 by Devi Snively (The Directrix)
Horrornews.net calls trippin‘ “A very cool, funny and tasty film from some really creative minds.” We’re also featured in this week’s Sunday edition of the South Bend Tribune and I’m quoted in the Chicago Tribune. Cool beans! (that was for you, Pops!)
Kenny & Devi’s House of Discipline
Posted in Diary of a DirectrixApril 26th, 2010 by Devi Snively (The Directrix)
The sweat is on at Chateau Feliz (the multi-cultural name of Kenny’s and my apartment complex.) Kenny’s buffing up for his role in our upcoming film and I’m getting bikini ready for Cannes. But our aspirations go well beyond mere vanity. A former ballerina, I positively thrive on discipline. It’s amazing how the less time I have to tackle a mound of work, the more I actually seem to get done. Even our “down time” seems to be work-related these days – writing, plotting, brainstorming new ideas. Read the rest of this entry »
Genre-confusion
Posted in Diary of a DirectrixApril 19th, 2010 by Devi Snively (The Directrix)
After years of gender confusion (my name and films often lead folks to assume I’m a guy), I now find I’m experiencing a genre crisis as well. I’ve just learned we’re about to screen at the L.A. Comedy Festival and I’m already chuckling. Exactly what are we anyway? Read the rest of this entry »
Company Move – Dorothy Returns to Kansas!
Posted in Diary of a Directrix, NewsApril 17th, 2010 by Devi Snively (The Directrix)
Okay, it’s official. After dealing with far too many pre-production wicked witches and winged monkeys here in L.A., I blurted out in a moment of frustration – “Man, at this rate, it would be cheaper to fly our cast back to the Midwest and shoot there…”
Silence followed, then realization. Read the rest of this entry »