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Review website Cinema Crazed just covered THE RED HOURS and here is an excerpt from the review; read the whole thing HERE.
"Fallon's film while not perfect is quite visually stunning and for the most part contains a wicked visual appeal toward it that garners some memorable scenes including some fast paced chase sequences, and stunning sweeping pans on our sexy actresses, all of whom are empowered more by Fallon's fetishistic visual flourishes and camera angles than their uniforms and hand held weapons."
"Fallon's film while not perfect is quite visually stunning and for the most part contains a wicked visual appeal toward it that garners some memorable scenes including some fast paced chase sequences, and stunning sweeping pans on our sexy actresses, all of whom are empowered more by Fallon's fetishistic visual flourishes and camera angles than their uniforms and hand held weapons."
Hey all; I decided to release my short film THE RED HOURS online (http://vimeo.com/16471163). Its been a long road with this no budget, mucho work opus and I loved every second of it. We had lots of obstacles to surmount during production for eight minutes of screen time (corrupted footage…ouch…, actors bailing at the last second, I sprained my ankle on set i.e. popped painkillers and kept hustling); the usual stuff that comes with a guerrilla shoot.
The film then went on to do the Festival circuit. The rough cut got booed by the Spanish Press in Sitges (another ouch but I lived…whistles in Spain mean boos BTW), was fairly enjoyed by the Sitges audiences at the second screening, it then won an award at the Ozzie Fest A Night of Horror and finally went to screen at Fantasia, at Cinefantasy International Film Festival in Brazil and at the Filmets Fest in Spain. I of course did not do this alone…like AT ALL. None of it would have happened without my wonderful cast who gave me their all (Deke Richards, Amy Wickenheiser and Heather Westwood…. yeah you); my striving co producer and DOP Donny Broussard and the fine folks of Louisiana who put up with my shit (you know who you are) for beer, pizza and handjobs.
Last but certainly not least big gracias to my editors Michael Nouryeh and Christian Viel; who put in big time and supported me in getting my drivel out and to sound mixer Benoit Babin for elevating what I had to a higher plane. The reaction to THE RED HOURS has been mixed so far, some love it, some hate it; all good. One reaction that stood out for me though was that many had NO IDEA what it was about. Which is fine, cause its supposed to be an artsy, symbolism heavy short mixed in with horror conventions. I guess I thought it was more obvious than it is. So that’s it. Tap the short below. I may sell 100 LIMITED EDITION DVD copies of the film around Christmas if I feel there is a demand for it. Time will tell… we’ll see. Peace! - John Fallon
The film then went on to do the Festival circuit. The rough cut got booed by the Spanish Press in Sitges (another ouch but I lived…whistles in Spain mean boos BTW), was fairly enjoyed by the Sitges audiences at the second screening, it then won an award at the Ozzie Fest A Night of Horror and finally went to screen at Fantasia, at Cinefantasy International Film Festival in Brazil and at the Filmets Fest in Spain. I of course did not do this alone…like AT ALL. None of it would have happened without my wonderful cast who gave me their all (Deke Richards, Amy Wickenheiser and Heather Westwood…. yeah you); my striving co producer and DOP Donny Broussard and the fine folks of Louisiana who put up with my shit (you know who you are) for beer, pizza and handjobs.
Last but certainly not least big gracias to my editors Michael Nouryeh and Christian Viel; who put in big time and supported me in getting my drivel out and to sound mixer Benoit Babin for elevating what I had to a higher plane. The reaction to THE RED HOURS has been mixed so far, some love it, some hate it; all good. One reaction that stood out for me though was that many had NO IDEA what it was about. Which is fine, cause its supposed to be an artsy, symbolism heavy short mixed in with horror conventions. I guess I thought it was more obvious than it is. So that’s it. Tap the short below. I may sell 100 LIMITED EDITION DVD copies of the film around Christmas if I feel there is a demand for it. Time will tell… we’ll see. Peace! - John Fallon
After its recent FANTASIA screening, I was calling it a day on my short film THE RED HOURS Festival run. Its gotta end sometimes, and I just want to slap it on DVD for sale and move the fuck on already. But looks like fate had other plans for it. The Red Hours has been selected in competition at the Cinefantasy International Film Festival (August 31st to September 12th) in Sao Paulo Brazil.
Brazil…hmmm… always wanted to go there. Food for thought. More news when I get some in terms of screening dates. The Red Hours aka the short even my mother doesn’t understand stars Deke Richards, Amy Wickenheiser and Heather Westwood. Donny Broussard produced with me. The flick was edited by Michael Nouryeh and Christian Viel and mixed by Benoit Babin.
Brazil…hmmm… always wanted to go there. Food for thought. More news when I get some in terms of screening dates. The Red Hours aka the short even my mother doesn’t understand stars Deke Richards, Amy Wickenheiser and Heather Westwood. Donny Broussard produced with me. The flick was edited by Michael Nouryeh and Christian Viel and mixed by Benoit Babin.
After a rough cut screened at Sitges 2008, a win at the One Night of Horror Fest in 2009 and a US premiere at Pollygrind 2010, our little flick The Red Hours comes home, yup the short will have its Canadian premiere at Montreal’s best: The Fantasia Film Festival (date and time TBA). Unless that Brazilian Fest I submitted it to accepts it, this will be the last Fest RH will screen at. After that I will make the little dittie available on DVD and for download. The Red Hours stars Deke Richards, Amy Wickenheiser and Heather Westwood. Donny Broussard produced with me. The flick was edited by Michael Nouryeh and Christian Viel and mixed by Benoit Babi
THE RED HOURS will have its US premiere at the Pollygrind Festival in Las Vegas on May 14, 2010; visit the site here for all the details.
The Red Hours is done with its sound mix and you can see its DVD SLEEVE in the site's MEDIA SECTION circa POSTERS subsection. More news soon!
The Red Hours is presently in its final stages of sound mixing. The film will be completed by the end of the year. Expect it to screen at more Festivals next year to then be finally released on DVD.
THE RED HOURS won the INDIE SPIRIT AWARD at the Australian Film Fest A NIGHT OF HORROR. Read John Fallon's Diary as to the Fest HERE.
THE RED HOURS will screen at the A NIGHT OF HORROR FILM FESTIVAL on April 2nd in Sidney, Australia. Writer/Director John Fallon and actor Deke Richards are slated to be in attendance.
We added a new clip from THE RED HOURS at its MYSPACE PAGE ( http://www.myspace.com/theredhours ) - check it out!
Its the same scene as the old clip but it has since been re-worked and now you get to see more of the bit as the clip is longer.
You can also check it out on YOUTUBE
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=-pWeG1Vr4-k
We're still in Post with the film but I predict that it will be done by the end of next week.
John Fallon
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