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\u201cNot everything goes as planned\u201d is a truism that applies to all aspects of our lives and forever looms over the filmmaking process. Production snags and project shutdowns have famously hobbled more than a few Hollywood<\/strong> endeavors, yet they can derail no matter what the scope or budget may be. To wit, a couple of years ago I did my part in embellishing the tale<\/a><\/span> of MY BEST FRIEND\u2019S BIRTHDAY<\/strong>, Quentin Tarantino<\/strong> and Craig Hamann<\/strong>\u2019s \u201clost first film\u201d attempted prior to RESERVOIR DOGS<\/strong>. In my contribution for Andrew J. Rausch<\/strong>\u2019s book on the same, I drew a parallel between their learning experience and the evidence left behind by many of us dabblers and hard-working dreamers. We all want to flourish and succeed, and we all can falter for reasons both operatic and mundane. It often means being honest at a critical juncture and asking the loaded question, \u201cTo shelve or not to shelve?\u201d<\/p>\n The right answer is not always attractive and a decision made is not absolutely permanent. For one area resident, the present day is<\/em> the correct time to reverse the call on an older project he had stowed away after its completion, and discerning viewers can now add it to their own video shelves. Released on Blu-ray and DVD the week of Monday, May 3<\/strong>, by Burning Bulb Media Group<\/strong><\/a><\/span> of Bridgeport, West Virginia<\/strong>, the black-and-white feature DISSOLUTION<\/strong> is a meditation on loss and grief where the supernatural lingers in nearly every frame. It is the first full-length effort by Jeff Kacmarynski<\/strong> of Sub-Basement Films<\/strong> in Champaign<\/strong>, originally lensed 20 years ago in the stark and snowy Utah<\/strong> wilderness, and relies on a dreamlike structure for its lo-fi effectiveness.<\/p>\n \u201cAt the time I made [DISSOLUTION<\/strong>], most film festivals wanted movies on film,\u201d explains Kacmarynski to C-U Blogfidential<\/span><\/strong> in a recent conversation, \u201cand this was shot on digital video cassettes and edited on [a personal computer]. Affording a film transfer was out of the question.\u201d Family and friends were able to take in the fruits of his team\u2019s efforts on VHS, at the least, and found a haunting parable of \u201cbe careful what you wish for.\u201d A divorced music agent named Paul Anderson (Mike Brown<\/strong>) moves back to the mountainous region near a forest where his son Joey (Scotty Fidel<\/strong>) allegedly died four years earlier. After Paul sees a television report about the vanishing of another child, teenage Candace (Daniel Rasmussen<\/strong>), his anguish and irrational visions intensify. A skeptical detective, Sharon Stowley (Carol M. Rice<\/strong>), will soon share with Paul the horrible truth about recurring cult activity in the region that may be related.<\/p>\n ~~~~~<\/p>\n