I'm really pleased that those of you that have seen it have enjoyed it. I took a swing at finding a broadcast home, but came up empty. In fact, the two places that I thought might be the most interested were downright rude, not just to me, but to my agents at CAA who were baffled by the resistance to even call them back. When TGC finally did return, they said they just weren't in the documentary business and passed. I looked into buying the time on TGC, but it was cost prohibitive in lousy time slots. I've gone the Film Festival route with the film being an Official Selection at The Bend Film Festival and The Macau Digital Film Festival. It won the Juried Prize for Best Documentary at Macau.
While I continue to play out some Film Festival scenarios, and maybe a Broadcast home where there has been a recent regime change, I felt that sitting on this film any longer was wrong and people who love architecture should be seeing this. It's really a special thing to get to hear Tom Doak, Jim Urbina and Mike Keiser discuss what they do and how they do it, while in the primes of their design careers. One of the main drivers in me wanting to do this was for the historical record of these gentlemen. Can you imagine how we would all feel if we were able to hear MacKenzie talking about his process, or just talking off the top of his head about a certain design detail? Everyday I was with these gentlemen, and with George Bahto and Brad Klein, I could not believe my great fortune that I was there to record these historic musings, and I felt a big burden to get this right and find a way to tell a compelling story. You all tell me, but I think I did.
Regarding the $10 price tag, I asked Mr. Keiser his thoughts on price, and he consulted his team and they felt this was the right price for their patrons, so I said fine by me.