Robby Henson, Meeting A Director.
Although the meet up wasn't what I expected, I did have fun. Robby mostly focused on folklore and the research of his films instead of directing, which was a little bit disappointing. However, we did get to watch some of one of his films called, "Pharaoh's Army." Surprisingly, it was actually pretty decent. It was based during the Civil War. It was about this Union Army captain who comes to talk to this woman, named Sarah, about her husband, who is fighting for the Confederate Army. It sounds really lame, I realize, but it was actually pretty good from the clips I saw. It reminded me a little of True Grit, which I absolutely loved. It just had the old country feel to it like True Grit and the Union Army leader reminded me a lot of Jeff Bridges in True Grit. There were also some big names in the movie too. Chris Cooper, Patricia Clarkson, and Kris Kristofferson were all in it. Patricia Clarkson was actually really fabulous from the clips I saw.
I managed to find the movie on Hulu, surprisingly. I plan on watching it tonight and doing a full review of it.
Towards the end of the meet up, people were asking him questions about directing and the movie. He said that the whole editing process took a year and that he's currently working on a movie, which he's been making for ten years now. He also told us where the title of Pharaoh's Army came from. Apparently, the original title of the movie was, "Sinkhole." No one was a real big fan of the title but that's all he could come up with at the moment. And then, one day, while driving, he heard this song on the radio and it mentioned something about the Pharaoh's Army and he just decided it would be fitting for his movie. He also discussed how he built the cabin for the movie, some of the shots he did, etc.
It was an interesting time. Not exactly what I expected. I was a little disappointed but overall it was okay.
