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message from filmmaker

posted 13 years ago by cmt-talkingpictures
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just wanted to let y'all know that i would be happy to answer any questions you might have regarding "LOVE & A 45". feel free to contact me on facebook at CLEMENT MCCARTY TALKINGTON or [email protected]. there are 3 "love" fb pages where people post pictures and videos and whatnot. the short "making-of-love" featurette that my sister made in 1993 is also available on my VIMEO channel. link listed below. most importantly, thanks for keeping our little "western psychedelic road opera" from completely disappearing into the black hole of forgotten cinema.

"LOVE & A .45" FEATURETTE LINK - http://www.vimeo.com/17087460

born on a greenlight,

c. m. "carty" talkington
writer/director "love & a .45"

[–] Eric-1226 13 years ago

Great movie, one of my all-time favorites. Dialogue just crackles! You should make more movies, man!

"Have you ever faced yourself in a mirror and gesticulated like a madman?… Until you do, you are nothing. And until you embrace the eternal nothingness of your existence, you will NOT BE FREE! Do you follow my lead?" – Love and a .45

[–] cmt-talkingpictures 13 years ago

eric -- i have just completed two new scripts "TACTICS" & "1977" and am hoping to be shooting one of them sometime this year. thanks for the kind words amigo! stay in touch. please "friend" me and the "love & a .45" pages on fb and i will keep you up to date. it also looks like i might have a tv show coming out this year called "FREAKSHOW". it follows the LAST TRAVELING SIDESHOW IN AMERICA. so stay tuned...

[–] Eric-1226 13 years ago

Thanks! Keep us posted. I'm not on FB, so maybe periodically re-visit here and keep your non-fb fans updated. Good luck with your future projects. I'll be looking forward to them.

"Beautiful evening. You can almost see the stars..." — J. Frank Parnell, "Repo Man"

[–] cmt-talkingpictures 13 years ago

roger wilco out eric. if you're interested you can subscribe to my vimeo channel. just go to vimeo.com and search CMT. you will see my black, orange, & yellow "cmt" logo. you can subscribe or become a contact. i post videos up there on occasion. there is an old "behind-the-scenes" short featurette my sister made on "love" that you might like. more stuff is coming so please stay tuned in.

[–] BlackVelvetGlove 13 years ago

Carty, I'm looking forward to seeing your new scripts on the screen. I loved Love and .45 and its spin on a psycho-crime drama-road trip. I know your scripts will have wit, and will be original and better than much of what's being churned out these days.

I'm also not a Facebook user, so here's to your updates elsewhere.

Deep inside, in your mind, you will find no reason; there's no rhyme — are you now?

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[–] chud87 13 years ago

Just Saw this flick the other day after years of meaning to and...I was blown away. My kind of film and I'm a movie buff. Put it this way. While viewing it, I had this extreme longing to occupy the setting of the film. No joke. That psychedelic stip bar featuring reverend horton heat is my literal idea of paradise. Seriously though I just really enjoyed the whole thing with it outlandish characters and witty banter. As a twenty three year old who's totally dissatisfied with the way things are nowadays and as a film fan/student it was really nice to watch something from back in the day that you just knew had actual substance and heart. I don't do facebook so thanks again. Oh and it got me thinking about hitting the road down to Texas, with Roky Erickson along for the ride.

"THIS ISN'T A HOTEL, IT'S A NUTHOUSE"!
- BASKET CASE

Jeffrey Combs will always be killer.

[–] cmt-talkingpictures 13 years ago

dear satanboy - thanks for the kinds words. feel free to contact me on the email i listed here. interestingly enough, my step-brother keven mcalester made a documentary on roky erickson called "you're gonna miss me". you should check it out. also if you visit my personal channel on vimeo. (just search CMT and i should come up.) there is a cool short "featurette" that my sister did about the making of "love & a .45". keep your eyes peeled because i am making a new film this year. i am back from the dead & ready to rock satanboy! cmt

[–] ddhix_2002 13 years ago

Hey there,

Just wanted to post on here and tell you how much my wife and I like Love & a 45. I saw this movie when I was about ten, with my older brother; it's been on my favorite list since.

My wife and I both appreciate how Texas based the film is. Any time a film is done in Texas, we enjoy the viewing. Your film is chock-full of Texas feel, complete with wide open spaces, small town feel, isolation, etc. We also like the allure of Mexico that most younger Texans have (or had) that your film demonstrates. It's interesting to say the least. We wish there were more Texas style films. Fortunately the Austin film industry is exploding right now, so hopefully we'll have more cool movies of the same style.

Anyway, thanks again for the film. Hope to see your next ones.

Dustin

[–] cmt-talkingpictures 13 years ago

thanks for the kind words dustin. i am glad that austin film is exploding. would love to be there shooting another film. one of my favorite places on the planet. stay in touch. cmt

[–] revilonessumsa 10 years ago

First of all, thanks for giving us this sadly unnoticed gem of a movie. I was lucky enough to see this film on the big screen at the fantasy film fest in germany. The audience had a ball and it was one of the most enjoyable films that year. I still revisit this film regulary. How big/small are the chances of this ever seeing a blu-ray release? Cheers.

[–] onurivis_couliek 9 years ago

thank you for such a great film .... i tell everyone "you gotta see love & a 45" ...
thanks for the making of clip also!!!

[–] johnbayer79 9 years ago

It's been a long time since I'd watched Love and a .45, I fondly remember renting it several times in the heyday of vhs rentals. I was lucky enough to snag a copy the other day and immediately upon starting it I was sucked into it. My gauge for if a movie is truly entertaining is how much I pay attention to it,if it's halfassed I might pick up my phone and get on IMDb or whatever but calls/texts/Fb alerts were going off and I was fully ignoring it. Hell one call was even my work calling me in to pick up an extra shift which I could use the dough but was too damn enthralled in .45. After finishing it I popped in here to read some comments.

In closing I'd like to thank C.M. for making this post so that fans can connect with him. You are one of my many inspirations to attempt to make my own movie. From one Texan to another thanks.