Many thanks to everyone who turned up jot just for Mancattan, but also our fellow "North West New Wave" film, Diary Of A Bad Lad.
Producer of Bad Lad, Jon Williams, recently dished out an acronym; D.I.W.O. (Do It With Others) This is much better as a school of thought surrounding our films than D.I.Y. as what we are all finding in the North West is that we are not alone in our individual filmic pursuits.
True, we may or may not have support from "official" bodies involved in film, but one thing we can count on is each other. Mancattan was only on at Salford because fellow indie film-makers wanted to see it, because festival organiser Steve Balshaw had seen it before and wanted it and it's inspirational theme in the festival, because film-makers from films such as Bad Lad would watch the film from a production history as difficult as our own and respect just how hard the whole thing was, and because it was a festival screening we had an audience informed on the nature of film who could and would watch our body of work as film fans and commentators.
I am more than pleased with the way it went down with the majority of the audience. Being a non friends/family screening, I believe we got an honest an enthusiastic response from the gathered throng, and I thank everyone who came up to myself and Phil after the film to say so (let us know who you are!)
A success. A critical and honest success. It goes a very long way to repairing the time inflicted wounds of Mancattans massive edit/production/publicity demands on my battered, tired and cynical psyche. Last night's screening and the reactions of colleagues and contemporaries in the world of film makes me think yes, it was worth it after all.
Roll on Thursday's screening at Nelson...
Col x
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