Fire-Wired Blog

Poster by Jolene Schultz Look, I'll be the first to say, Tiny Explosions crossed the line this time . Wag the Cat is right out of the gate offensive and too far. But every second after that immediate red line intro the film inches back into the gray zone. If for some reason you haven't watched Wag the Cat, the very first line in the film is something no one will repeat in public, at work, in front of children, at church, on a date, or pretty much anywhere else. Okay, enough tip toeing, the film starts with a blunt and vulgar joke about beastiality. It is a loaded immorality gun you've been shot with and you hate us for putting you in that situation . But you know how I know it's a good film, we won the only award you can give this film and still feel good about it, best acting ensemble. Wag the Cat features 11 roles and everyone delivered their best, equally carrying the weight perfectly. We won the best film at 48 for some very childish conceits but we absolutely na...

11 months ago Tiny Explosions produced Family Tree as part of filmracing.com 's 100 Hour Film Race, and after it's "festival run" here it is! Following the production and release of Red Flag , Hogan and I felt the sting to keep going . Not wait another year to make a short as we had been doing as of late. I love the 48 Hour Film Project as it allows all your collaborators to lock off a weekend, write-shoot-produce a short, and then see it on the big screen a couple weeks later. The 100 Hour Film Race is similar except you get double the time and it screens at the Film Racing home base in Atlanta, so the team didn't get a chance to see it on the big screen. And of course due to the pandemic, we never did.  So instead of just saying "Hey, we made that" and let it hit the internet –KER-SPLAT– I entered it in a bunch of Iowa film festivals. It was programmed in a handful, won an award in one, and even had an in-person screening at the Des Moines Undergr...