#final frames series

"Mike" This is the eighth piece in my Final Frames series. The ending to the Blair Witch Project still makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. For several nights I was working on this all by myself, late into the night and it was a bit unnerving to be totally honest. I know this movie has been parodied and ridiculed so much over the years, but it captured my imagination when it came out and still does to this day.

"Marry and Reproduce" . The fifth piece in my Final Frames series, adapting the goofy final moments of They Live into this single bird's eye view shot. This was originally meant to be a part of my first batch of pieces that debuted at Gallery 1988's "30 Years Later" show earlier this year, but it wasn't finished in time.

"Like a Schnook " This is the thirteenth piece in my Final Frames series. I wanted to try something a little different with this one because how could you show the final Henry Hill shot without pairing it with that "Great Train Robbery" shot?

"One " This is the twelfth piece in my Final Frames series. I've been wary of doing super recent movies, because the likelihood of spoiling an ending for someone is obviously much higher, but luckily the beautiful final shot of Barry Jenkins's Moonlight is spoiler-safe. Seeing this in the Cinerama theater in Seattle was one of my most moving theater experiences of 2017. Indelible in the best way.

"Wild Thing" This is the ninth piece in my Final Frames series. Jonathan Demme's 1986 film, Something Wild is a very special movie to me. It's half romcom, half thriller, and overflowing with Demme's loving, humanist perspective. This final moment featuring an impromptu cover of Wild Thing by Jamaican-born reggae singer, Sister Carol, is one of the ultimate pick-me-ups.

"Why Don't We Just Wait Here a While" This is the seventh piece in my Final Frames series. What is even left to say about John Carpenter's The Thing? Its popularity has grown to such a degree it's become part of the bedrock of not just the horror genre, but filmmaking in general. It's a movie that's been a part of my life as long as I can remember being conscious of movies, and this ending is one of the all-time greats. It's as grim as they come but SO satisfying. They did all they could. Nothing left to do but share a drink as the fires burn.  

"How will we make it?"  

"Maybe we shouldn't."