Euan Kerr Movie Natters and the new title

Euan Kerr of MPR's Movie Natters helped us realize that a better title for our film existed wthin our original title. Check out his very cool blog. We really like the comments too!

Things are going well on the edit. We fit in a few hours of editing this morning. We're working on Frances Glessner Lee story. She's such mystery...

Production Still from Of Dolls and Murder

The details in the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death are so incredible that I am still fascinated with them - even after all these years of working on this film. This hammer (with blood) is from Parsonage - a dead girl was found in a vacant parsonage. Is this the murder weapon? Will the Medical Examiner's report say that the cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head? It's interesting how much we can assume just by the existence of a bloody hammer. Will science save us from our own assumptions?

Youtube, John Waters and Facebook

We cut together a preview clip for Of Dolls and Murder with John Waters' achingly perfect narration. Check it out.

You can also find Of Dolls and Murder on facebook.
(is our new title growing on you yet?)

I hope your weekend is wonderful!

Play with us?

Do you really want another boring blog about how we are still editing the film? I didn't think so. Would you rather look at these freaky dolls instead?

Making a documentary film that revolves around dolls makes for interesting conversations. For example. a friend and I were talking about that unshakable feeling that dolls might just spring to life in some creepy way - like a head swivel or that they might flash a maniacal smile. But what's creepier than a doll that springs to life? One that dies some horrible death?

Perhaps the charm of the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death (the dollhouse crime scenes) is that they blur reality, as well as fantasy.

DocUdog!

DocUdog, Sunshine Marks is wagging for what's right!

Hey Twin Cities documentary filmmakers and aspiring filmmakers - Docuclub is back!

This friday night (Nov 21, 2008) marks the return of MN Docuclub at IFP MN.
Happy Hour (many folks brings food or drink to share) from 5 - 6pm. And then it's docs galore until 9pm (ish).

Please come and show your support of the indie doc community while meeting and mingling with local filmmakers and aspiring filmmakers.

Want to know more? Check out: www.moonpost.com/docuclub

I'm looking forward to seeing you there!

(Sunshine will be there in spirit, barking us on.)

Everything has changed!!!

obama the cowboy
Originally uploaded by Mr. Wright

I'm so happy I could cry. Isn't this a great photo?

Good Press!

Hey-

Susan's been receiving some good local press in Minnesota this week. Check out the Star Tribune:

http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/taste/27808089.html?elr=KArks7PYDiaK7DUoaK7D_V_eDc87DUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU

And Minnesota Women in Film and Television:

http://www.mnwift.org/


Very cool.