Today, I got a phone call from filmmaker Kevin Rafferty ("The Atomic Cafe"). I hadn't spoken to him in over ten years. He had just seen "I Am A Sex Addict" in New York. I had met him in Germany fifteen years ago, where some of the events depicted in the film take place, and he had recognized those events from the film.
Getting a phone call out of the blue from an old friend with whom one has lost touch is one of the great pleasures of being a working filmmaker. The last film of Kevin's that I saw was "Feed," his hilarious send-up of political candidates in the 1992 primaries. Kevin told me he's spent the past several years trying to make a film about the history of the United States in the last century using only footage from Hollywood films of the period. I would LOVE to see that film! Unfortunately, there have been money issues.
It's sad and crazy when a filmmaker as visionary as Kevin Rafferty can't get his films made. But it was great to hear his voice.
posted by Caveh Zahedi at
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