Making Metamorphosis

This is one heck of a piece of filmmaking. I was fortunate enough to see it in San Rafael, CA last year- It blew me away! I was almost in tears at the end of the film. It had all of the elements that make a successful film- excellent camera work, excellent directing, flawless acting... The scoring is up there with anything Mr. John Williams could do- and could stand on its own merits on a soundtrack CD. Chris Brown's work has a depth seldom seen in today's films! The whole crew must have worked very very hard. It's an artistic piece that has commercial merit as well....I cannot wait until this is available on DVD (although, it won't do the big screen justice), its beautiful!! Cassavettes? Truffaut? There is definitely something about it....

I felt this film possessed all of the attributes you would normally find in works of very high esteem- it was a very well crafted tale, and actually gave much insight into the whole process of the craft itself while not abandoning the fact that the story remained very, very human. Nothing about the process was glossed over, but rather a realism was conveyed about how a REAL film family would, could, should, and often does work without all of the cheese you see in places like "Project Greenlight" or any other for- mass-consumption 'Viacom nightmares'. It is actually more reminiscent of "Day for Night"...only it feels much more real.

Truffaut would be proud if he were here to see this film- my only complaint (hence the 9) was that I did not get to meet the director, Christopher E. Brown, as he was not at the showing...otherwise this is the pinnacle of 'indy' filmmaking.