{"id":766,"date":"2009-05-26T00:59:37","date_gmt":"2009-05-26T06:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=766"},"modified":"2014-09-06T14:57:44","modified_gmt":"2014-09-06T20:57:44","slug":"seen-any-may-days-lately-c-u","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=766","title":{"rendered":"Seen any May days lately, C-U?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>\u201cWha\u2019 happened?\u201d<\/em> \u2013 Mike LaFontaine (<strong>Fred Willard<\/strong>), oblivious that he is the punchline instead of his joke,\u00a0in <strong>A MIGHTY WIND<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~~~~~<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">May has pretty much blown right by the <strong>Secret MICRO-FILM Headquarters<\/strong>, that\u2019s wha&#8217; happened! We apologize for experiencing non-technical difficulties that resulted in the temporary absence of fresh <strong>C-U Blogfidential<\/strong> postings. Unlike last summer, <em>this<\/em> summer promises a deluge of filmy activity at the top of the season and <strong>CUBlog<\/strong> plans to dive in headfirst just for you, dearest reader!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Watch right here as your humble editor fishes out the key evidence after investigating the sets of at least four \u2026 yes, <em>four<\/em> \u2026 overlapping productions: <strong>LEADING LADIES<\/strong>, the dance-drama that officially begins its month-long <strong>Champaign-Urbana<\/strong> shoot tomorrow, <strong>Tuesday, May 26<\/strong>; <strong>STILETTOS<\/strong>, a Webisode Mafia thriller that launched in April and will shoot weekends through the end of June; <strong>RAGSTONE AVENUE<\/strong>, a coming-of-age low-budget feature that will begin shooting in <strong>Bloomington-Normal<\/strong> in a few weeks; and the ever-wily <strong>WEREWOLF CEMETERY Issue 4<\/strong>, which would have resumed local shenanigans earlier today were it not for saturated grounds, flooded locations, and teeming mosquitoes out for blood \u2013 human <em>or<\/em> lupine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Believe it or not, a <em>fifth<\/em> project also began production two weeks ago and <strong>CUBlog<\/strong> understood that it was to be kept on the downlow \u2013 <a title=\"Ed Glaser gives filmmaking advice :: The News-Gazette\" href=\"http:\/\/www.news-gazette.com\/news\/entertainment\/2009\/05\/24\/filmmaker_on_microbudget_uses_persistence_help_of_friends\" target=\"_blank\">but we found <em>this<\/em> yesterday<\/a>. It doesn\u2019t exactly spoil the surprise even though additional material in the print edition of <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The News-Gazette<\/span><\/strong> comes close to doing just that. Perspiring filmmakers should still take the time to read <strong>Ed Glaser<\/strong>\u2019s advice; much of it is well-worn but worth repeating today in this Digital Age.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So, keep your peepers trained on <strong>C-U Blogfidential<\/strong> for near-daily additions as we spill a lot of catch-up, including posts on the aforementioned local films, updates on additional local films that wrapped some time ago, approaching submission deadlines, an <strong>Ebertfest 2009<\/strong> overview, the elusive <strong>HOOPESTON<\/strong> interview feature, a recap of our springtime adventures including the first-ever <strong>C-U Confidential Local Movie Show<\/strong>, and a note about this weekend\u2019s untimely passing of a musical <em>w\u00fcnderkind<\/em> in our midst.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">~ Jason Pankoke<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>p.s.<\/em> To all those awaiting pictures and\/or magazines, please extend us a little patience (and a lovely secretary) as we claw through the work at hand. <em>Danke<\/em>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re still here for you. 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