5 years ago this weekend, FROZEN world premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, UT. Hard to believe just how fast time has flown since then. Sundance 2010 still remains one of the best moments of my career and watching just how well FROZEN was received is still one of my greatest personal triumphs. It was such a joy to hear people in the audience (most of whom still didnt know what I looked like back then as HOLLISTON had not yet happened) say Three people in a chair? This will never work. right in front of me... and then watch so many of them become exhausted, emotionally devastated, sweaty lumps in their seats over the next 94 minutes. And I truly owe it all to my fantastic crew and my three fearless actors who never quit on me no matter how many times I may have broken them with what I put them through. Emma Bell, Shawn Ashmore, and Kevin Zegers are still three of my biggest heroes and the movie never would have worked without them. While early reviews show signs that next months DIGGING UP THE MARROW is going to give FROZEN a critical run for its money, FROZEN is still my best reviewed movie to date in the mainstream press worldwide. The more time that passes the more I hear from people who ski/snowboard how they heard complete strangers talking about the movie (or more specifically, fearfully saying that they dont want anyone in their group to mention it) while in line for the lift at various ski mountains. The MacGyvers of the world continue to debate what they would do and so many interviews I do (for completely different projects) wind up with the interviewer wanting to tell me their own stuck on a ski lift story. And lets not forget the absolute comedy of the now infamous review that slammed the film for the fact that the actors were so obviously on a green screen and not really in the elements and because the wolves were poorly computer generated. My actors (both human and canine) would still beg to differ with that critic. I love all of it. In the end, this simple yet insane idea struck a big chord and five years after its world premiere I can only look back and wonder what we were thinking putting ourselves through such a brutal shoot. (Its just three people in a chair, how hard can it be?) Thankfully I have a crew/family that just hasnt figured out how to say no to me yet. Without them I could never accomplish a goddamn thing. So as Sundance 2015 begins, I say Happy birthday FROZEN! Stay off the slopes, you guys. Skiing kills. - AG
Posted on: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 20:59:43 +0000
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