Despedida | 09.30.06 We finished shooting Jay Keitel's new feature, Despedida, yesterday. The film follows the dissolution of three desert rats' friendship, and I'm happy to say that the production went very well. Check out my production photos to get an early taste.

I produced the film, and it was the first feature that we (Jay Keitel, Apolonia Panagopoulos, and I) shot as an official company (Independent Movie Supply Co.). Though we've been working together for going on two and a half years, this might have been our most difficult, most accomplished, and in some ways, most rewarding project together, in part because of working with some old and new friends who accomplished so much with so little. I'm confident that this is the best film we've made so far. It's quite exciting, and I hope it is the first of many good films and great experiences that we share as we produce work together and with others as IMSCo grows. - j.r.
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