Connor O. McIntyre

thosevanishedyears: “I, as a filmmaker, treat my works as I do...

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:29:47 -0500

“I, as a filmmaker, treat my works as I do my own sons or daugthers. I don’t care if people are fond of them or despise them, as long as I created them with my best intentions and efforts. If these offspring of mine cannot live in their own country for whatever reason, let them be free. There is no reason to mutilate them in fear of the system. Otherwise there is no reason for one to continue making art.”

- Apichatpong Weerasethakul (x)

Met him once when he came to talk at my university.

sisypheanmovie: Image lock! Colorization well under way. We’re...

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:34:28 -0400

sisypheanmovie:

Image lock! Colorization well under way. We’re trying to give the film a specific look, something beyond the basic capture of the camera. What we’ve done so far looks really great and there’s only a few more things left to change. Also on the agenda would be fixing a few titles, editing the credits, and exporting the damn thing out of final cut. The movie is pretty big and has slowed my computer down significantly. In the same sense that a horse who is run to far will eventually die, this computer may be on the last legs of its journey.

I’m really happy with the way the film turned out. Exactly the feel I wanted to achieve. There’s something strange about it, not quite a western, almost noirish. It’s a film lost in time with characters who wear the clothes of a western.

It is the biggest project I’ve ever done, and it hasn’t been easy. I’ve thrown myself into this for the last chunk of my life, and I feel it’s paid off in grand degrees. I’m glad I dove in and went for it rather than coping out and making something “safer.” Sometimes you gotta eat the whale.

sisypheanmovie: Teaser trailer I cut together this morning....

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 17:15:26 -0500

sisypheanmovie:

Teaser trailer I cut together this morning. Nothing too crazy, and used music that won’t be in the film but fit for the trailer.

The song is Theme de Gerbier - Eric Demarsan from Army of Shadows (Jean-Pierre Melville)

First teaser for my new movie!

sisypheanmovie: More stills from set from the weekend prior,...

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:04:40 -0500

sisypheanmovie:

More stills from set from the weekend prior, stills from this weekend to come.

sisypheanmovie: A few more…

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:04:30 -0500

sisypheanmovie:

A few more…

sisypheanmovie: Production Stills: Day One and Two. Thanks to...

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:20:20 -0500

sisypheanmovie:

Production Stills: Day One and Two. Thanks to John Regalado.

More.

sisypheanmovie: More from the first two days. Production...

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:20:08 -0500

sisypheanmovie:

More from the first two days.

Production stills from the new flick.

one more

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:19:42 -0500

one more

another, but wait…

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:19:32 -0500

another, but wait…

and…

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:19:18 -0500

and…

another

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:19:07 -0500

another

From my new movie

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:18:57 -0500

From my new movie

thedailywhat: Reimagination of the Day: In his ongoing poster...

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:04:27 -0500

thedailywhat:

Reimagination of the Day: In his ongoing poster series “Movies from an Alternate Universe,” illustrator Peter Stults imagines what it might look like if modern-day movies were made during previous Hollywood eras. “Who would be in it? Who would direct it? So here we are.”

Check out the rest here.

[mefi.]

Kickass Calvin and Hobbes send up.

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:54:10 -0500

Kickass Calvin and Hobbes send up.

What I’ve Been Watch: Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord...

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:43:50 -0500

What I’ve Been Watch: Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1974. (Julian Jarrod 2009).

Charles Bradley: The World (Is Going Up in Flames).

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:32:28 -0500

Charles Bradley: The World (Is Going Up in Flames).

As cool as it gets.

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:17:51 -0500

As cool as it gets.

The 1st draft of the poster I’m creating for my next short...

Sat, 29 Oct 2011 00:18:00 -0400

The 1st draft of the poster I’m creating for my next short film. It’s a western titled “Sisyphean.” Lots of blood, some cool characters, and bit of that religion-y business mixed in with the mythology of the old west. If all goes according to plan should be one rootin’ tootin’ gun shootin’ hallucination.

My little sister is creating some music for the film on her violin. So far she’s got two close to completed songs and they’re titled Sisyphus Rising, and The Silence of Sisyphus. Very excited.

And before the question is asked my main character’s name is not Sisyphus. I can hammer in a metaphor all day long but that would be me smashing my thumb with a metaphorical mallet.

My dad has pitched in as well building a grand macguffin for the film. A box made of twisted wood held together with twine that he titled “The Apocalypse Box.”

For those of you with pesky money on your hands and you’re looking for a place to toss it, I’ll be setting up a kickstarter project page for the film in the next couple of weeks or so. Incentives for cash, some good stuff (I hope). I’ll be setting up a tumblr for the film’s production as well. Hopefully everything falls into place.

“And who would

the traveled man become? Lived on

in songs and homebound hums? But

between the life of the dying

trees, is a man, his box, and the

fear he flees.”

thefinalimage: Elephant, 2011 (dir. Connor McIntyre) (see...

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:41:18 -0400

thefinalimage:

Elephant, 2011 (dir. Connor McIntyre) (see movie, 15:51)

Short Film Sunday - Judge’s Pick

My short film’s final image is on The Final Image blog. Cool!

"The old man swung his head back and forth. The way of the transgressor is hard. God made this world,..."

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 22:23:12 -0400

“The old man swung his head back and forth. The way of the transgressor is hard. God made this world, but he didn’t make it to suit everybody, did he?
I dont believe he much had me in mind.
Aye, said the old man. But where does a man come by his notions. What world’s he seen that he liked better?
I can think of better places and better ways.
Can ye make it be?
No”

- Blood Meridian, Cormac McCarthy (via zucherman)