There were some cost overruns. The major studio in Hollywood pulled its support in January. Some of the over five hours of footage shot by James Correa was lost due to contaminated computer files. A one month project had turned into a music version of Heaven’s Gate. Then, just as it was about to be released to independently run theatres, those theatres were shutdown.
Now, like a miracle on 34th Street, it’s finally here. And yes, it was worth the wait.
Watching this for the first time I was struck by how Correa managed to make a one man operation look like the work of a crew of at least three to four people. Next thing you know he’ll be responsible for the film/video version of roboumps. (For the non-baseball junkies that is a reference to robot umpires taking the place of humans on a baseball field because too many humans don’t seem to know what a strike zone looks like. Major League Baseball plans to experiment with it in a minor league where the humans aren’t good enough to know the difference anyway.)
Thanks to James for all the hard work and the countless hours he spent editing, prolonged even more by his continuous non-stop detours to listen yet again to Dylan’s “Murder Most Foul”.
Now that we’ve arrived at Shakespeare it’s time to dive in.
Thanks again for supporting Billy Bob Productions. A complete set list and performers will scrawl across the screen at the very end.
If music be the food of love, play on.
