Guerilla Drive-Ins in the News

Things have been slow this season for the Renegade Picture Show but that doesn't mean that we're done. On the contrary, we have plans for more shows and are working on some new ideas. It's just been a matter of finding the time to do the next show.

The "Projectionist" (i.e. Me) has been working on his own film in addition to everything else that life brings. Who knows, maybe the film *might* even make the Guerilla Drive-In circuit one day.

So don't lose hope...we'll be back soon enough.

In the meantime, I wanted to share some news with you about a recent drive-in start-up in the Northeast. They're dealing with some of the same stuff we've had to contend with - for those of you that know the history of RPS you know what I'm talking about. Here's a couple of recent stories on them...

Fosters.com - Dover NH, Rochester NH, Portsmouth NH, Laconia NH, Sanford ME

Fosters.com - Dover NH, Rochester NH, Portsmouth NH, Laconia NH, Sanford ME

LATE Show Report from 4/18/09, RPS #16

So the third season of Renegade Picture show has begun - this time with a "Dumb" (if not Dumber) movie. We had a GREAT turnout for the show and everyone had a great time. The weather was perfect - a great way to start the season.

Sometimes I feel a little bad about turning down the music and starting the show because it interrupts the social atmosphere - everyone is moving about, chatting it up and just enjoying hanging out together. But once the pre-show footage gets going everyone seems to remember - ah, yes we are here for this - and they get comfortable and start to watch.

Aside from a couple of technical glitches (i.e. losing power halfway through the show and having my laptop DVD player freeze-up at the VERY end of the film - that killed me by the way) everything went pretty well. I've realized I'm sort of a perfectionist when it comes to syncing everything together and making it appear seamless. I guess I have an expectation for that performance aspect of the show - a part which maybe you don't see but I feel it is there because I'm trying to make the experience look and feel a certain way. I think therein lies the "art" part of the show. I was about to go off on a tangent here but I'll save that discussion for a separate post.

For the time being we'll just leave the show report at that. Next show will be soon - I know we're running out of days in May and my intention was to do at least one show this month but we've had an incredible amount of rain - that in combination with my absurdly busy schedule. Rest assured, we will have a show or two in June.

By the way, who else here is a David Lynch fan?