John Harden

@giantspecks

Film writer/director & visual artist living in the SF Bay Area. Please excuse/enjoy any profanity.  Making movies:

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John Harden@giantspecks· 24d

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.

Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn riding hobby-horses in a promotional still for HOLIDAY (1938)

John Harden@giantspecks· 26d

Today human stress-ball me was forced to switch to DaVinci Resolve right in the middle of a video project, because Final Cut 7 is getting squirrelly on my ancient iMac. Apprehension ebbing, as DaVinci's interface for editing is remarkably Final Cut-like. #indiefilm

Screenshot of editing software interface

John Harden@giantspecks· 27d

Post a movie that doesn’t get enough love but should SING STREET

John Harden@giantspecks· 27d

I’m on vacation

The view from my floaty, in my pool, I’m holding a rum and fruit juice beverage cup, and gazing up at bamboo palm tree trees, and behind that the redwoods by the 101 freeway

John Harden@giantspecks· 28d

Chris is feeling it. Two new episodes of Yelling About Movies drop this Friday 🎥 #movies

John Harden@giantspecks· 29d

Digital footprints: this week on Yelling About Movies we follow the data wherever it leads with ENEMY OF THE STATE (1998, D. Tony Scott) and BLACKHAT (2015, D. Michael Mann). Two episodes of Yelling About Movies drop this Friday #YabtM 🎥 #filmsky

John Harden@giantspecks· Jul 12

epitaph for a two-faced piece of shit

A tweet from Lindsay Graham from 2016 “if we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed, and we will deserve it”

John Harden@giantspecks· Jul 7

This week we revisit our review of A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT (2014, D. Ana Lily Amirpour), and a special sidebar episode where Tadd and a friend discuss THE PUNISHER (2004, D. Jonathan Hensleigh). Both from 2022. Two episodes re-drop this Friday! #SummerReruns 🎥 #filmsky

John Harden@giantspecks· Jul 6

DNA, man

John Harden@giantspecks· Jul 3

Happy Return of the Living Dead Day, to those who observe

A collage of images from "Return of the Living Dead" (1985) including the poster (2 zombies standing by a headstone with the movie title on it)

John Harden@giantspecks· Jun 30

*LOCATION NEEDED!* Searching for a mid-century modern house, preferably in the North SF Bay Area. Two days max, one actor & minimal crew/gear. We can pay a use fee. Currently our shoot dates are planned for early August. #indiefilm #BayArea #plsshare

Interior view of a mid-century modern home: exposed wood beams, lots of glass.

John Harden@giantspecks· Jun 30

This week we dip into the vast Yelling™ archives to find nearly infinite bullets and one very bad bear. Episodes drop this Friday. 🎥 #filmsky #movies

John Harden@giantspecks· Jun 25

Revisiting this gorgeous thing today, swoon #NowPlaying #currentlyListening #music #instrumentalMusic

A pale blue line drawing, the album cover artwork for A Winged Victory for the Sullen's eponymous first LP. Has a naked lady on it.

John Harden@giantspecks· Jun 22

This week we dip into the vast Yelling™ archives and find one very strange girl, and ants. Lots and lots of ants. Episodes drop this Friday. 🎥 #filmsky #Movies

John Harden@giantspecks· Jun 21

Bumper sticker on a silver pickup that says “Keep Honking! I'm Listening to Alice Coltranes 1971 Meteoric Sensation “Universal Consciousness”

John Harden@giantspecks· Jun 16

This week we dip into the vast Yelling™ archives and find three women and a captain. Episodes drop this Friday. #YabtM 🎥 #filmsky

John Harden@giantspecks· Jun 13

The FedEx logo, designed by Lindon Leader in 1994. Everyone knows about the hidden arrow, right?

John Harden@giantspecks· Jun 12

For some reason this makes me think of that scene in “The Stand“ where Randall Flagg tries to levitate and can only get 1/4 inch off the ground

John Harden@giantspecks· Jun 12

I don't know if the movie will be any good but that's a damn solid poster design. #movie #PowerBallad

Movie poster for "Power Ballad" with Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas, "from the director of "Once" and "Sing Street." On a bright red background, an energetic photo of a man in a leather jacket and sunglasses aggressively swinging an electric guitar as if he's about to smash it to the ground

John Harden@giantspecks· Jun 9

This week we dip into the vast Yelling™ archives for another look at Sergei Eisenstein's classic BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN (1925) and Peter Greenaway's take on what Sergei got up to in Mexico, EISENSTEIN IN GUANJUATO (2015). 🎥 #filmsky #film

John Harden@giantspecks· Jun 9

First 5 songs on your playlist #music

John Harden@giantspecks· Jun 9

I see that people are flashing their headers. Here's mine, a reminder to love mankind #StarTrek 🖖

From the TOS episode “The Naked Time” Spockin an Enterprise corridor regards a bulkhead with red painted graffiti reading “love mankind”

John Harden@giantspecks· Jun 4

Not to mention their twisted relationship

Some skilled genius created a vintage "romance" comic book cover based on Season 2 Andor, when Dedra and Syril were shacking up - the cover shows Dedra looking down at Syril, fully clothed and prone on the bed, sulking

John Harden@giantspecks· Jun 4

Yellow "Backrooms" hallway, but there's a hole smashed through one wall shaped like the Kool-Aid man

John Harden@giantspecks· Jun 3

Ah, more about me, me, me #grantapplication #indiefilm /end

Applicant Context: Provide a brief statement about your artistic practice and the nature of your work.
I've been telling stories with words and pictures since I was old enough to
hold a crayon. I've been writing, directing and editing films since middle
school. In college I studied communications, including film history and
production, radio production, and journalism. I was part of the college
newspaper staff and that was my entrée to the world of graphic design,
publishing, marketing, and copywriting—how this independent filmmaker
has been paying the bills his entire adult life. The common thread is always,
always communication.
I am a humanist, a realist, an eyes-open optimist, and a romantic. A life-
long fan of the science fiction genre, I often include elements of the
fantastic in my stories, stories which may start in the brain, but land in the
heart.

John Harden@giantspecks· Jun 3

Answering the dreaded "why now" question. Feel like I aced this part, actually. I do feel a little exposed, posting this kind of stuff. But, I've said I wanted to make this film in public. So I shouldn't just post about the victories. Plus I don't have *that* many followers so wtf right? #indiefilm

Explain how project pushes the artistic boundaries of your creative process.
Undertaking a film production is committing to thousands of hours of labor. To reach the bar where the commitment is worthwhile, a script has to meet 3 criteria: it has to be achievable, it has to represent an evolution for me as an artist, and it has to be a story that is compelling to me.
ORIGINAL COPY was a breakthrough script in that I was able to articulate in 14 pages, a grand idea that had been gestating for many years.
A societal revolution is rendered in a few short strokes, with understated humor. It ends on an ambiguous note I hope will leave people pondering how humans organize themselves and envisioning the possibility of change. Thus it meets my 1st and 3rd criteria: it is achievable technically, and it is a story I’m burning to tell.
That leaves my 2nd criterion, that the production represent artistic growth. As screenwriting, ORIGINAL COPY goes for broke: a layered, non-linear structure cross-cuts between locations and jumps through time. The script will present me with directing and technical challenges the likes of which I’ve never tackled before.
In terms of my artistic career, I’m quite aware of the realities: attention from festivals and the film industry often hinges on casting name talent. My next goal is to write and direct a feature film. At age 63 there is a feeling of now-or-never to this project for me, and my intention is that this project position me for that next step.

John Harden@giantspecks· Jun 3

Here's the "project description" part of my grant application. I did redact some casting news, which I plan to drop later... you might be able to guess the name I can neither confirm nor deny ;) #indiefilm #indiefilms

1. Project Description: Describe the artistic innovation project for
which you are seeking funding

A: Concept:
What happens to the world when everything is free? In ORIGINAL COPY
a brilliant tech CEO creates a consumer appliance that can perfectly
duplicate any object—as we learn, even the Mona Lisa. The device
collapses global commerce and the very idea of wealth itself, forcing
humanity to confront what originality, purpose, and value mean in a world
where scarcity no longer exists.
Piecing together interviews, still photos and "archival" footage, ORIGINAL
COPY will play like a documentary of future events.

Stage of Development:
Script at current draft is 14 pages. Projected running time will be 13-18
minutes. Cast and crew will be compensated for their participation and the
film will be produced under the SAG (Screen Actors Guild) Short Film
Agreement. The film is in pre-production and roles are currently being cast.

Collaborators:
Veteran actor and voice-over talent [REDACTED] is already attached as
narrator. His voice, instantly familiar, will impart a gravitas and "PBS"
authenticity to our mockumentary.
We also have Adam Davenport, an accomplished casting director and
acting teacher based in New York City, onboard to help assemble our on-
screen cast.
Behind the camera, experienced Sonoma County-based crew (camera,
sound, lighting, production design, etc.) have committed to the project.

John Harden@giantspecks· Jun 2

It is funny! Two new episodes of Yelling About Movies drop this Friday. 🎥 #film #Letterboxd

John Harden@giantspecks· Jun 2

Also today we sent out our query email to try and secure a dream location, the Eames Ranch in rural Petaluma 🤞🤞 #indiefilms #film 🎥