Exclusive Soundtrack for The Horrors of the Sunflowers

Our exciting summer vampire/zombie flick made with kids from Mr Quill's small village in Bulgaria is out! The Horrors of the Sunflowers. And also, available for free, is the music Mr Olaf Mary & I made for the soundtrack. Click here if you require to download the mp3s.



As an EP, it's only about five minutes long. Of course, to complete the album, you'd also need Barış Manço's "Alla Beni Pulla Beni", the centerpiece of the film, which you could download from iTunes here.

Here's the film itself, if you haven't seen it! Not available on NetFlix nor at any hot festivals, only on youtubes & our weblogs. Help out with the Bulgarian student film project, more information about that here.

First Lost & Forgotten Short Film: The Horrors of the Sunflowers!

It's here! Our summer project, to make a zombie/vampire flick with Bulgarian children, is UP.
Spread it around the youtubes, world. Is that Robert Redford on the phone? Five Stars!

(If it's running slow on your computer, turn the HD off.)
The blurb from Mr Quill's All Forgotten Blog:

The moment you've been waiting for has finally arrived. The blockbuster hit of the summer is available for free right here! It features the brilliant acting and improvisational skills of the children of the Big Little. The music of Olaf Mary, S. Sandrigon, and Barış Manço provides the perfect backdrop. The cinematography of Graine Proinseas tells the story the way it must be told. The Big Little is proud to present...

THE HORRORS OF THE SUNFLOWERS

In all seriousness, if you like what you see and want to see more of it, I highly encourage you to support my project here:

https://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=resources.donors.contribute.projDetail&projdesc=313-129

This will be my last utterly shameless plug. As I've stated elsewhere in the blog, the idea is to create a media center for the students of the Big Little. The money will be used to purchase a camera and computer. I will teach the kids how to use them and to make their own films. My aim is both to provide them with new skills and to hopefully stir up some of that dormant creativity that I catch sublime glimpses of from time to time. Send the movie to your friends. Ask them for money. Seriously, tiny contributions are more than appreciated. One, five, ten dollars. It'll get us there. Enjoy the movie.

Eat & drink like happy idiots! life & love without reasons...

Correspondences: Bulgarous Movie Production Discussion Part III

PART THREE from the Production Planning Committee, the Board of Lost of It, about our Bulgarian Movie project. I'm not worried about giving away details of the film, because, of course, it's bound to continue to evolve far beyond these initial discussions.

from	"Grainne Proinseas" _____@gmail.com
to		"S. Sandrigon" _@itwaslost.org
cc		"J____ Quill" ______@gmail.com, "Olaf Mary" _____@gmail.com
date		Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 3:43 PM
subject		Re: Big Little Industry
signed-by		gmail.com

lets make a movie with exciting motown inspired musical numbers in turkish or bulgarian or both. the kids can write the lyrics with quill's help. the musical numbers will be fast paced and exciting. there will also be some action including, fields, girls, monsters, vampires, zombies, etc. many of which evil creatures should probably be played by guest actor james welsch, who wants to be cast as a superhero despite the fact that he is an evil nevadan. there will also be slowness to satisfy liam's desire and my desire for slowness and non-showbizzy images and events. the slowness can be the scenes of normal life and non-acting kids and people that we will be shooting anyway, which will be artfully cut into the exciting showbizzy movie in post production. lets keep our options open. lets also be open to suggestions from the girls and fields.

from	"Grainne Proinseas" _____@gmail.com
to		"S. Sandrigon" _@itwaslost.org
cc		"J____ Quill" ______@gmail.com, "Olaf Mary" _____@gmail.com
date		Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 3:44 PM
subject		Re: Big Little Industry
signed-by		gmail.com

I forgot to mention choreographed dance numbers. all girls are awesome at that.

from	"S. Sandrigon" _@itwaslost.org
to		"Grainne Proinseas" _____@gmail.com
cc		"J____ Quill" ______@gmail.com, "Olaf Mary" _____@gmail.com
date		Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 4:27 PM
subject		Re: Big Little Industry
mailed-by		gmail.com

Amigos.

I think we're on to something with giving the girls a lot of power. Kids come up with better ideas than adults. James, perhaps you should form a special summer project - how about call it the #1 Big Little Girls Motion Picture Production Project, or, #1GGGMPPP for short.
And for the next month that club could plot & write a movie with their FORMIDABLE ENGLISH SKILLS, taught by Mr Quill (you may remember me from such previous summer projects as Hippie Club & Ultimate Frisbee Club), patriotic pride, knowledge of local vampire lore, & young female creativity. I would be interested in being cast as the vampire. Great freaking Jesus what's a Nevadan vampire doing in the bostons of northern bulgarious? This caper can only be resolved with fields full of little girls & slow camera shots of daily life.
What do you think, Mr Quill, would the PC let you do a #1GGGMPPP? You may be the hero of the peace corps if this project flies? Reject my idea if it is a horrible idea. You're fucking asleep right now anyway!

Adios, AMIGOS.

from	"J____ Quill" ______@gmail.com
to		"S. Sandrigon" _@itwaslost.org
cc		"Grainne Proinseas" _____@gmail.com, "Olaf Mary" _____@gmail.com
date		Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 9:20 AM
subject		Re: Big Little Industry
signed-by		gmail.com

I'm forming a group of planning students. I'm thinking the planning will go back and forth.

Apparently there's a local legend about a woman who was dying and told her husband that 50 people would die in the week after her death and he would be first. And it happened. Maybe a starting point? Add vampires, pod people, and zombies and I think we have a movie.

from	"Grainne Proinseas" _____@gmail.com
to		"J____ Quill" ______@gmail.com
cc		"S. Sandrigon" _@itwaslost.org "Olaf Mary" _____@gmail.com
date		Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 1:48 PM
subject		Re: Big Little Industry
signed-by		gmail.com

this is a great start, but I think it should be adapted so there aren't any husbands. it should be (for example) a girl who is dying as a result of an encounter with a creepy american zombie hitchhiker played by james welsch, who warns her friends when she is on her deathbed that she will come back as a zombie and eat their brains- that she will need to come back and eat 20 brains and deliver the other 30 brains to the american zombie- perhaps she gives them a clue as to how they can avoid their fate- there is enough human in her still that she wants to save them-
maybe the secret to driving zombie-dom off is song and dance---?
we must, after all, incorporate musical numbers. maybe we can have a johnny vs. the devil musical standoff between a little bulgarian girl and the nevadan vampire who wants to eat her brain, and who demands that the first little girl (now returned as his zombie minion) sing backup to his perfectly produced tune that the little girl doesn't (or does she?) have a chance against....



this just gets better and better



grainne

If you came in mid-Conversation, part One of these e-mails is HERE,
followed by part MIDDLE.

Correspondences: Bulgarous Movie Production Discussion Part II

CONTINUED from Yesterday, transcript of our brainstorming e-mails for our Bulgarian movie - - - - -

"I am proposing that during the time in the Big Little we utilize our resources and make a film. I would like to make a film with the available child actors at our disposal. Do we have ideas for bi or tri - lingual films?"
-Mr Quill

(P.S. The artwork on the left is from Chadwick Crawford's goddamnthisisreal.blogspot.com.)

And now,

from	"Olaf Mary" _____@gmail.com
to		"J____ Quill" ______@gmail.com, "Grainne Proinseas" _____@gmail.com, "S. Sandrigon" _@itwaslost.org
date		Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 10:50 AM
subject		Re: Big Little Industry
signed-by		gmail.com

I like really slow movies.

from	"S. Sandrigon" _@itwaslost.org
to		Olaf Mary _____@gmail.com
cc		"J____ Quill" ______@gmail.com, "Grainne Proinseas" _____@gmail.com
date		Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 10:58 AM
subject		Re: Big Little Industry
mailed-by		gmail.com

Amigos.

We're fucking Americans man. We don't want a slow-paced french film in stupid fucking black & white. We want ACTION & SUPERHEROS. I veto Liam's suggestion to make a slow-paced movie.

Adios, AMIGOS.

from	"J____ Quill" ______@gmail.com
to		"S. Sandrigon" _@itwaslost.org
cc		Olaf Mary _____@gmail.com, "Grainne Proinseas" _____@gmail.com
date		Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 11:01 AM
subject		Re: Big Little Industry
signed-by		gmail.com

Resources: Lots of fields. Lots of girls.

I'm thinking Invasion of the Body Snatchers meets Stepford Wives. I've never actually seen the latter.

from	"S. Sandrigon" _@itwaslost.org
to		"J____ Quill" ______@gmail.com
cc		Olaf Mary _____@gmail.com, "Grainne Proinseas" _____@gmail.com
date		Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 11:07 AM
subject		Re: Big Little Industry
mailed-by		gmail.com

You neglected one vital resource:

FOUR AMERICAN ACTORS WITH SUPER POWER.

It'll be sort of the Dirty Dozen meets 8½, neither of which I've seen. With a bit of The Wiz thrown in. I'll get to work writing some motown tunes for it stat, asap, stat.

Adios, AMIGOS.

from	Olaf Mary _____@gmail.com
to		"S. Sandrigon" _@itwaslost.org
date		Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 11:56 AM
subject		Re: Big Little Industry
signed-by		gmail.com

i like fields and girls. and slow movies with FAST parts. or fast movies with SLOW parts. Mobs of girls and fields should make a great movie. hows about girls that GROW out of the fields?

Here's the beginning of the discussion if you're coming in late...


PART THREE & (for now) FINAL, coming, probably, TOMORROW.

Correspondences: Bulgarous Movie Production Discussion Part I

In the interest of FULL TRANSPARENCY regarding the smoke-filled room deliberations of the itwaslost.org board, I will make public this correspondence about a possible MOVIE to be shot during our Blog Reunion in Bulgarious Bulgarity. Since the project will no doubt evolve even further from these earlier discussions, publishing our first ideas should give nothing away. The conversation composed many e-mails, so I will spread it over a few posts.

from "J____ Quill" ______@gmail.com to "Grainne Proinseas" ______@gmail.com, "Olaf Mary Mohammad" ____@gmail.com, "S. Sandrigon" _@itwaslost.org date Sun, May 31, 2009 at 11:08 PM subject Big Little Industry mailed-by gmail.com

Dear sirs,

Considering the time that you will be spending here and considering activities. I am proposing that during the time in the Big Little we utilize our resources and make a film. I would like to make a film with the available child actors at our disposal. Do we have ideas for bi or tri - lingual films? I am going to work on recruiting the kids here, but wondering what we have the way of concepts. I figure some writing can be done before you get here, most of it on the fly, either way producing things is good. Perhaps something with music and film? There is much to be harnessed. Thoughts?

James

from "J____ Quill" _____@gmail.com to "Grainne Proinseas" ______@gmail.com, "Olaf Mary Mohammad" ____@gmail.com, "S. Sandrigon" _@itwaslost.org date Sun, May 31, 2009 at 11:16 PM subject Re: Big Little Industry mailed-by gmail.com

Also, Grace... could you be convinced to bring your camera? Shooting with mine would not be adequate. I don't think you need to worry too much about gypsies.

from	"Grainne Proinseas" _____@gmail.com
to		"J____ Quill" _____@gmail.com
cc		"Olaf Mary Mohammad" ____@gmail.com, "S. Sandrigon" _@itwaslost.org
date		Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 10:16 AM
subject		Re: Big Little Industry
mailed-by		gmail.com

I think this is an excellent idea, and I was already planning on bringing my new HDflip with me...not a professional movie camera by any means, but it gets the job done, and the stuff I've been getting out of it is HD and actually looks really nice. the audio is better than i ever would have expected with such a small camera. I'm sure with your camera and mine we can set up some good 2 camera setups, too...make it more fun in post production, more to work with...haha
I actually just spent the weekend on a freelance gig where i was facilitating high-school film-making (about a racially motivated murder that happened in these kids town on long island) and discovered that I totally love working with kids to make movies. I'm sure it will be even better in bulgaria with a slightly younger crowd. between us brainstorming and providing direction towards non-conventional ideas, providing technical support, and kids improvising and just generally being absurd because of their age, we should come up with something good.

i also think incorporation of music is a great idea- maybe some of it could be music-video kinda things?- esp. since we will have mary and sandrigon and the instruments they bring....

g

--
"Let no-one be discouraged by the belief that there is nothing one man or one woman can do against the enormous array of the world's ills- against misery and ignorance, injustice and violence...few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation. It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centres of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance."
- Robert F. Kennedy

from "S. Sandrigon" _@itwaslost.org to "Grainne Proinseas" _____@gmail.com cc "J____ Quill" _____@gmail.com "Olaf Mary Mohammad" ____@gmail.com date Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 10:36 AM subject Re: Big Little Industry mailed-by gmail.com

Amigos.

Do they like superheros? I have an idea, (not at all inspired by the fact I'm re-reading the essential x-men.)
Big Little: a strange monster starts attacking it from the watermelon patches.
AMERICAN SUPERHEROS come to help.
Kids end up saving the superheros trying to save the day.

We'll keep the CGI down to a minimum.

Adios, AMIGOS.

Continue reading for the exciting continuation...
And PART THREE also.