I’m in SF to pick up the ceiling and a slew of gear.
Jonny flies in today. Monday, he and Skye and I will pick up a Budget truck.
Then all over the Bay Area picking up items:

Douglas and Sturgess to get 4″ pink foam to use installing the ceiling
Carson’s studio to pick up the ceiling panels and Carson’s tools and Elise’s hotdog machine
Adi’s to pick up a popcorn maker
Kathryn’s to pick up the usher outfits
Skye’s to pick up some of his possessions (we’re helping him move South)
Terry’s to pick up the hoodies and concession stand and menu light boxes
Alex’s to pick up a ton of production gear.

We’re convoying down in Skye’s truck, Alex’s car and the Budget truck.
If you’re on I-5 and see a little green Ford truck driven by a bald guy with a handlebar mustache following close behind a 26′ Budget truck, that’s us, so honk and show us some love.

Today Elise and I looked at rough cuts.
I AM SO FRAKKING HAPPY!
Yeah, the crew on this project are blowing my mind.

Last week I hung out with my friends Chuck and Barbara. They both work in the film industry in Hollywood. Chuck’s a producer and while we talked he mentioned that it’s a given that you always make three films on your way to release:
1) the film on paper - the script
2) the film you shoot - that is, the footage that ends up getting shot and which inevitably differs from the script
3) the film you release - that is, the film that is made from the footag in post-production and which differs from both the script and the film the director, cast and crew were making.
I liked this idea, and the idea that it is a truism in Hollywood, because I feel it is one of the points Disembody is designed to bring to light about art.

It’s been an incredibly busy week, but I hope you’ll all forgive me if I haven’t documented it as well as I should have here. We’re getting really close and I’m finding it harder to frame and organise what’s happening in a legible manner for the blog.

I can tell you we are all incredibly excited. And everyone is working around the clock at this point to get this thing ready to start. Which is pretty amazing.
Incredibly excited and incredibly nervous.
Skye and Alex have both taken up smoking cigarettes again, due to nerves they tell me.
I hear other stories of sinful regression, as well. As we approach the opening and then kick off of the project, exhaustion and nerves are taking a high toll.
I couldn’t be happier.
For my part, the vice I’ve returned to is listening to Gary Numan and Franco Battiato pretty much around the clock.