A Favourite Quote of Mine...

Dusting Off An Old Film

Do you know that, years ago, I wrote and directed a short film, shot on 35mm? Back in 1992 shooting on "thirty-five" was a big deal. Now we have smartphones with higher resolution...

Do you know that I was, in a sense, "discovered" by John Board... a producer who worked closely with Cronenberg? John was willing to finish it, but because of circumstances beyond his control, we were unable to do that.

How did it not get finished? It's a long story which I'm not going to dwell on.

But I am going to get it out there, now. I think it's time has come. I'm dusting it off... what I have left of  it (just a video transfer of an answer print)... I'll be editing it and then I'll post it on Youtube shortly.

Here's a bit of the first shot...

Tuk Lai: A Wargame

Tuk Lai is a documentary about some friends playing a double-blind wargame - a semi-fictional military scenario set in Vietnam, 1967.

Filmed in 1997, it's one part realistic operational simulation, one part silly toy soldier fun... with a generous dose of black humour added... and a new rock and roll soundtrack, guys!

Watch as Steve and Peter, the Viet Cong players, attempt to infiltrate and destroy an American firebase, commanded by Orion and Jon, while I (Tim "XFunc" Carter) pull gamemaster duty.