River Phoenix Movie Trailer of the Day:Dark Blood was supposed to be the independent surprise of 1993. Instead, it is the last, unfinished work of River Phoenix; production came to a standstill when he diedoutside L.A.’s Viper Room, with three weeks of shooting remaining.
Now, nearly 20 years later, director George Sluizer has found a way to finish the film — he and editor Michiel Reichwein have been hard at work since March. They just need a little crowdfunding for post-production, and they’ve launched a Kickstarter-esque website to drum up money.
Here’s Dark Blood’s synopsis, in case you need a little persuading:
Dealing with nuclear testing and its long-lasting deadly effects, the story portrays Boy, a young widower living in the desert at a nuclear testing site. Living as a hermit, he waits for the end of the world carving Katchina dolls that he believes have magical powers. While traveling on a “second” honeymoon across the Arizona desert, the car of the Hollywood jet-set couple (Pryce & Davis) breaks down. They are rescued by Boy, who holds them prisoners because he desires the woman and wants to create a better world with her.
Sluizer is planning for a world premiere of Dark Blood at the Dutch Film Festival in September.
“There’s no such thing as a painless lesson. They just don’t exist. Sacrifices are necessary. You can’t gain anything without losing something first. Although, if you can endure that pain and walk away from it, you’ll find that you now have a heart strong enough to over come any obstacle. Yeah. A heart made Fullmetal.”
ALL OF MY FEELS
6 months
Oh, and today I’m celebrating my first half year with the best guy in the universe for me, so I’m pretty much the happiest I could ever be at this moment :) Sure, it might be raining after the best weather for the long weekend I’ve ever seen, and my stomach might be killing me, and I might be exhausted and working and blah, but none of that can bring me down right now.
