Moving On

The production of Crux Extrema II has officially began on Wednesday in a rather slow and relaxed way, the way Jac likes to work these days. Making a ton of movies had that effect on him. He no longer gets stressed out during production, unless third parties are creating the stress, which happens from time to time. But it gets easier when he’s working with very few people, in this case three. Dani, Mila and himself. The second day will be only two people and it will remain like that for the rest of the production.

At the same time, the post production of Crux Extrema I is advancing. The footage is already in place and the selection of shots is going very fast. At last count, there are at least 3 hours and 20 minutes of footage to choose from. It was a lot more, but 15 min of film is already in rough cut, and another 30 minutes of screen time have already been selected. One hour and a half is still pre selected raw footage to be cut down. The idea is to have either an hour or a 90 minutes film, it will depend on how well the footage works.

@Reine Margot. Thanks for mentioning ‘the Conqueror Worm’ (UK title ‘Witchfinder General’), it sent me down a most enjoyable rabbit hole. That and ‘the Devils’ were staples of my childhood, yet I never added it to my collection growing up as there were so many different edits and I wanted the most complete example. In a time where a brief internet search can make it possible, there’s really no excuse. Good to read of your upcoming screenings, and I hope it brings greater opportunity for growth.

One film, very dear to Jac’s heart, one that captured his imagination in those early sadistic pre adolescent days, was Angelique Et Le Sultan. The poster alone was enough to lure him in to the theatre where it was playing. That film is one of a three part series of films with beautiful Michele Mercier in the role of Angelique. A film very much ahead of its time, with great nudity shots and extremely playful. By the time Jac saw this film he had already decided that he wanted to make films. After seeing it he decided that it was the kind of film he would love to do.

Perhaps he was inspired by that film when he was shooting a very low budget, two person cast and crew, three part movie The Perils of Jane In The Green Inferno. There are some shot in that film that seem to come from some of those classic movies.