Natalia Cordova-Buckley Instagram – As some of you know, THE PORTRAIT, got stolen on the very last day of filming. As we wrapped our final scene we found out that the majority of our raw material was gone.
The next day we walked the streets where the hard drives had been taken looking for it in complete disbelief that our collective work had vanished.
In the days that followed I came across a Werner Herzog’s quote
”Money doesn’t make films, you just do it…”
I immediately thought of our process on this film because money had nothing to do with it.
We made it in 21 days with a very thin budget BUT with the most hardworking filmmakers. This video is of them.
To THE PORTRAIT team,
My head keeps playing the movie behind the film. In the silence of set, I keep seeing every single one of you do what you do so well. I can still hear the sounds of something being created around me. What joy I felt during those moments as I watched you all, like a clock, work endlessly to conceive the world we actors were to inhabit.
I can see your faces and name each and everyone of you with such warmth in my heart.
How blessed I feel to have been witness to your work and passion.
Only WE will know.
No witnesses but us to ever claim our magic or our madness.
That feeling will never leave me.
Thank you for all that you gave.
For your time, care, expertise, talent and love for this medium.
It was taken from us but it found it’s way back home…and now it’s time to let it go…AGAIN…
It’s not ours, it never really was.
THE PORTRAIT premiers tomorrow Friday December 8th.
🎬 Simon Ross @simon.ross2
✍🏽 David Griffith
🎶 Original score @alexanderwellsstudio
🎥💡 @photoflood_
🎨 @fipsi_s_a @pang_artworks
1st AD: @travlasalle
2nd AD: @raspbjam
1st AC: Ivan Acero
2nd AC: Christina Robles
Camera PA: @_maydo
Gaffer: Garrett Moore
KG: @kaleidokev
Production Design: @lawrencethebrit
Costume Designer: @cocoarigal
Makeup: @camercado6
Sound: @mattwkendrick | Posted on 08/Dec/2023 05:21:27
