If you've got some bandwidth to spare, satisfy your inner geek by visiting FanFilms.com, your source for fan-made movies. The quality certainly varies, and there's a preponderance of Star Wars material, but some efforts are truly remarkable. I've barely scratched the surface, but the film that first brought me here is Grayson, and it's well worth a look. Made for $18,000 in 18 months and filmed mostly in the parking garage of the director's apartment complex, Grayson is a trailer for a film that doesn't exist. The premise is that Dick Grayson has quit the crime-fighting game, grown up, married former Batgirl Barbara Gordon and even had a daughter. But then Batman goes and gets himself killed, and Dick dons the old tights to get whodunnit. The trailer features appearances by Batgirl, Catwoman, The Joker, The Riddler, Penguin, Superman, Wonder Woman, and Green Lantern, and despite this kitchen-sinkism is quite a remarkable achievement for such a low budget effort. If I were a film student I'd be totally inspired.
Posted by Peter at August 27, 2004 04:52 PM