Lullaby Hangs Out in Nola

After a great weekend of screenings/panel in New Orleans, the Zeitgeist Multi Disciplinary Arts Center (http://www.zeitgeistinc.net/) has decided to hold LULLABY over for another week. We play tonight at 7:30 and then August 16-20 at 9:30. Right on.

Also, I did my first ever remote Q&A Monday night with the Arena Theatre Film Club (http://www.arenatheater.org/FilmClub.htm) in Point Arena, CA. Was pretty awesome and a glimpse at what I'm sure will be more the norm as we move into the Skype Age.

Other things of interest:

a. Today's article in the NYT (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/business/media/13independent.html?_r=1&emc=eta1)

b. Loved doing this weekend's panel on Louisiana independent filmmaking with Zach Godshall (LOW AND BEHOLD) and New Orleans filmmaker/publicist extraordinaire John Alfone. Probably the best panel I've been on yet. Would love to do it again somewhere.

New Orleans

Headed back to New Orleans this weekend. Lullaby will be screening as part of a film panel/screening showcasing Louisiana independent filmmaking. The event is at the Big Top Arts Space located at 1632 Clio Street and begins at 5PM on Saturday, July 18th.

It should be a very interesting day.

New Lullaby Key Art

Digging Lullaby's new key art (DVD probably coming in the next 6-8 wks):

Latest Update

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THE LAST LULLABY UPDATE
May 31, 2009

Thank you all for taking time to register for our updates. This is a quick update. Today, I will only cover one topic:

- Lullaby Tour


Lullaby Tour

Things continue to go well. We had a great week at the Robinson Film Center and have some very exciting stops ahead of us. I'm still not sure where will be after our week in San Jose. But, I am considering a few other cities and will let you know as soon as I have some more information.

I just wanted to share our schedule again with everyone:

1. 6/5-6/14 Brooklyn International Film Festival

Tickets are now on sale at http://www.wbff.org/films/detail.asp?fid=959. We screen Sunday, June 7th at 9PM and Monday, June 8th at 8PM. I will be there for both of our screenings.

2. 6/5-6/11 Des Moines, IA at the Fleur Cinema

3. 6/12-6/18 San Jose, CA at the Camera Cinemas 3

If you know anyone in any of these cities, please let them know that we will be in town. I will be in attendance for the Friday evening screenings and all day Saturday for the screenings in Des Moines and San Jose.

We have also generated a couple of more fantastic articles that I wanted to share:

http://www.starksilvercreek.com/2009/05/film-review-the-last-lullaby-delivers-director-jeffrey-goodman-tom-sizemore-film-noire.html

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/last_lullaby/articles/1822416/if_more_movies_were_as_well_designed_and_realized_going_to_the_theater_would_be_dramatically_more_satisfying_new_filmmakers_should_look_at_it_as_a_paradigm_on_how_movies_should_be_made

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My very best,

Jeffrey Goodman
Director
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The Last Lullaby Happenings

A lot is happening right now as we prepare for our theatrical release in May.

We are finally getting around to cutting a trailer. Hopefully, we'll have something in the next 4-6 weeks.

We're also going to make some LULLABY merchandise. As fans or supporters, I'm curious what sort of merchandise you would like to see? Early ideas include t-shirts, hats, maybe corkscrews.

Hope everyone is starting off to a great week. Happy early Mardi Gras!

Jeffrey

The Last Lullaby Update

All right everyone, this is my first time blogging so bear with me as I figure it all out. Just wanted to mention a few things:

1. I'm now blogging once a week for MovieMaker magazine. The blog publishes every Friday, and you can find it at this link http://www.moviemaker.com/blog/category/adventures_in_self_releasing/

2. We had a great festival in Oxford. They added a second screening of the film on Sunday, and we received, among other reviews, this excellent piece in the local paper:
http://www.thelocalvoice.net/LocalVoice-PDFs/TLV-73-web.pdf (see page 11)

Next festival is Cinequest in San Jose, CA (we screen there March 7th and 8th.) We received this fantastic review today http://www.bohemian.com/metro/02.18.09/film-cinequest-0907.html

3. I have just started twittering. Would love for you all of you to follow along and let me know what you'd like to hear about. You can find me here http://twitter.com/chaillotfilms

4. Am doing a lot of speaking engagements and social events in and around the Shreveport-Bossier area as we prepare for our theatrical release in May. If you're not already, would love for all of you to join our Facebook group
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=36795896621

Lullaby is growing. And I can't thank everyone enough for their support.

See you soon.

J

Oxford Film Festival

Can't wait to be at the festival! Financed and shot entirely in and around Shreveport, LA, Oxford's definitely going to feel like a hometown fest for us.

Here's a little youtube clip that should give you all a little of the feel for the film:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRX6oHD0KfE

In the meantime, here's also a slightly different synopsis that we sometimes use:

Can we make movies slower and quieter and still make them riveting? That’s the question at the heart of Lullaby? This beautifully shot contemporary film noir takes the genre and spins it off into subtle and meditative directions. Co-written by the creator of The Road to Perdition and starring Tom Sizemore (Saving Private Ryan, Heat) and Sasha Alexander (NCIS, daughter-in-law of Sophia Loren), some have deemed Lullaby the “sweet hitman movie”. The delicate performances and the alarming action make for a great date night. And its atmospheric, brooding tone creates an extremely nervy ride. It’s more emotional than most films in the genre. And while there’s a good share of violence, what really drives Lullaby is character.

Jeffrey Goodman
Director
THE LAST LULLABY
http://www.thelastlullaby.com/

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