Author: Dollars & Sense

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Hello all. Here is a rough look at what my doc may look like. I have a lot more footage + interview + b-roll and I don’t even know how I’m going to sequence the documentary, but nevertheless, enjoy!

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This is the last documentary I saw in theaters. The World Before Your Feet is a documentary about a guy, a self sustaining homeless, walking across every square inch of New York City available to him. What started off as ridiculous ended up very inspiring and heartfelt. I actually teared up in the theater at one point. This dude did a Reddit AMA and answered one of my questions.

Question:

Hey! I saw your movie! Great movie! It’s wild to think you’ve walked down my block at some point. When is your favorite season to walk? If you don’t have a preferred season, what kind of unique characteristic does each season bring to your walk?

Thank you!

Answer:

Yes, early on I realized I would walk by the house of every person who lives in NYC. That idea blew me away!

In terms of my own personal weather preferences, I love the fall. Cool and dry. Summer is a killer for me, way more than winter. It brings the unique and wonderful characteristics of profuse sweating and chafing. It sounds cheesy, but watching life spring up from the seemingly barren earth is a profoundly moving part of a long spring walk. And the peace and solitude of walking in the frigid cold in the depths of winter is far more soothing and meditative than I had previously realized.

But it’s important for me to see the city in all seasons, regardless of how much I enjoy the weather. Sometimes I almost like the most unpleasant days best, because they underline how much I love what I’m doing. If I feel really good at the end of a day of shitty weather, it must be all due to the walking!

 

Afghan Cycles:

 

 

I saw this about a month ago, and was beyond moved. It combines two of some of my favorite things, bicycles and social progression. It also made me tear.

MAD TIGER!

This is the documentary I just finished watching a few moments ago.

It needs no introduction.

Also made me tear.

I want to do my documentary on the Central Park Minstrel. He’s a bit of an urban legend. He’s a musician that dresses in medieval clothing and plays a LUTE and dedicates himself to never breaking character and going around Central Park and singing in rhyme. I don’t know how to find this guy, so I’m hitting Reddit forums, and keeping an ear to the ground to see if I can locate him. Since this project is time sensitive I’m giving myself a week (I’ve already been looking for a week) and if I don’t find him I’ll do something else.  I have a few other ideas, but some of them may be similar to other projects I’ve done so I’m hoping to get a bit of inspiration today.

I would like to do something that is a bit of a love letter to winter in New York City. I would like to shoot in various locations/landmarks including The Met, The Chinese New Year festival this coming Sunday, ect. set to Miles Davis’ “So What” from the album “Kind of Blue”.

If I need something a bit more focused, some friends of mine are playing a show at Ottos Shrunken Head on the 23rd, I think it would be interesting to document it in chronological order, in black and white, set to a jazz or classical backdrop, since that is very far from the music they play.

I also want to document an evening at Bill’s Place, a legendary jazz speakeasy in Harlem, but I’m waiting on hearing back from them if it would even be o.k. to film.