I had a real productive meeting yesterday in Concord with Matt Newton, head of the New Hampshire Film Office. For about two hours Matt and I brainstormed various ideas and strategies regarding how independent filmmaking can advance and become more of a fixture in New Hampshire.

I’ve known Matt since 1997 when he worked as a sound mixer on our feature Old Man Dogs. He graduated from the Film Production program at Keene State College and subsequently worked for C.2K Entertainment in Los Angeles, CA. In 2003 Matt returned to New Hampshire to teach film production at Keene State College. Matt currently lives in Concord with his wife, Lisa and their one-year-old daughter, Emily.

Among the many topics discussed were the continued DVD distribution of Dangerous Crosswinds, production logistics as relates to Death & Glory/future projects, and our upcoming Digital Filmmaking Workshop. I thought the meeting went especially well and I look forward to meeting with Matt again soon to keep this dialogue moving forward.

A follow-up on the previous post on Chrissie Hynde. Today’s Boston Globe is running a review of the Pretenders concert from this past Friday night at the Avalon in Boston.

An excerpt: “When Hynde received only minimal response after mentioning her animal rights activism and thanking those in the crowd who stood with her, she brayed, “I know most of you [expletive] aren’t interested, [expletive] you!”

I think my phrasing might be a “little” different than Chrissie’s but that’s still the kind of “no holds bar” attitude that we’d be wise to remember as we approach Death & Glory…

A friend of mine recently commented on the content of Death & Glory by describing it as “the world’s oldest addiction”. I’d love to use that quote on our poster…

Along these lines, here’s a simple but powerful quote from the always frank Chrissie Hynde in today’s Boston Globe:

“Every single day of my life I’m walking around in horror at the general acceptance of slaughterhouse practices.”