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This movie is unique. That is probably the best way to describe it. All of my life, I have been a big fan of action, monster and dinosaur movies. These are my kind of films. So, you may ask yourself, why on earth would I make a drama; and on top of that, a chick-flick? Budget, ladies and gentlemen...budget.
Actually, that's not true. This movie, whether people like it or not, is unique in the fact that the final project, (what the viewer sees) is still the vision I had way back in the beginning. This has never happened to me before. And I doubt many directors have this happen. At least not often.
This movie came to me as a vision at a place that is very dear to me in central Oregon. I was listenening to a friend of mine singing a song and staring into a camp fire (no, I was not stoned) and I witnessed the ending of what is now THE MOURNING AFTER. The images were powerful, and I asked Rachel (apparantly my muse) to please sing that song again, (Pink Floyd's WISH YOU WERE HERE) and this time I closed my eyes. It came back...ten-fold. I later told her that I new what my next project would be. She asked me what it was about, and I replied, 'I don't know, but I know how it ends.'
Anyway, if you get a chance to see the film, I hope you enjoy it. We all had a lot of fun making my vision come true, and I could not have done it without Rachel Byronlaw, (my muse) and the amazing people who stepped forward to be my actors. (too many to name) And last, but not least, the wonderful music world that resides in Portland, inclluding Lara Michell, John Weinland, Amber Nelson, and Tony Smiley. Thank you all, for all you've done.
Jaysen Dunnavant-- writer/director
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