You look very familiar

Cassie has been really excited about the 48 Hour Film Project for awhile now, and I finally got to see what it is all about at the Riverview Theater tonight. Cassie Neu, Executive Producer, and Towle Neu, Director, made a short film entitled "Independence" last weekend. The project is a competition/festival in which filmmakers are given the same character, prop, and line of dialogue and create a 7 minute film in only 48 hours! This year's Minneapolis films had to incorporate the following: Mr. or Ms. Perkinson (Substitute teacher), a fish, and the line "You look very familiar." Tonight about 10 films were shown. Several involved a goldfish in a bowl and/or a substitute teacher in a classroom, but even so, they were very clever. "Independence" was a very creative film about a substitute teacher being abducted by a small-town cult. My favorite part was the cameo by Romeo Neu (the Bernese Mountain dog). I hope to see many more Neu productions in the future!

Update: click here to watch "Independence".