After receiving my Cinema degree, it quickly became apparent that I needed to work to survive. No time was allowed to work on the projects I wanted to work on. There was laundry to do, errands to run, jobs to Read more
The narration sessions for the film proved to be much more work than expected. Of course, I put way more on my plate than I should have… but I knew I wanted to get as much material as possible to Read more
Have you ever noticed that? When one claims they are not crazy, society automatically assumes that person must be a raging lunatic. Sometimes it seems as if one has to defend their sanity instead of prove their point. In the Read more
Perhaps the most notorious story to come out of the Peoria State Hospital is the story of a man known as, Manual Bookbinder, who was later nicknamed, “Old Book”. When Book first came to the asylum in 1902, he was Read more
The cemeteries are the ones similar to the movies… but these are not as they seem and even more original than one could ever imagine. Endless rows of stone, listing a faded number assigned to that of the forgotten and Read more
Out of the dozens of reasons I decided to make this film, the Bowen building is one of them. The City of Bartonville has fought owner, Richard Weiss, from saving the building for years. Abandoned, there it has sat decaying Read more
A simple notion easier said than done. Production is impossible without Pre-Production. Naturally, beginning this documentary, I found difficulty in settling on a solid starting point. “There’s so much to research, so much to say,” I would tell myself. Many Read more
When making any film, you’re bound to Murphy’s Law. What can go wrong, will go wrong. This applies even more so when making a documentary during late autumn in central Illinois. Most likely, the weather would be horrid. Shooting completely on Read more