attending the opening night film screening of one of Australia's foremost festivals, I began ranting again (this seems to be a recurring issue with me). I told everyone who asked exactly what I thought of the film, and very quickly people stopped asking. "If that film had been dragged to life by the sheer determination of the filmmakers then I would give them a standing ovation. But to create such uninspired and poorly produced crap when you have money and support being handed to you is a joke." Believe it or not my wife got a little sick of hearing this over and again, particularly when I began to add "I could make a better film than that with my eyes shut." And so she told me what she thought of my opinions, "Do it. Stop complaining and do it." "A challenge" I thought. Gee, has my wife regretted saying that. And so began our epic battle against the overwhelming forces of money, logistics and encroaching insanity to make a big little film called Bound By Blue. Alrighty. Who thinks that making a 70 minute film with no money isn't challenging enough? Seriously. That's the way I think. So, as ever, I decided to make it more complicated; everybody makes a no-budget movie about 2 guys in a room. If everybody does it I'll do something different... how about lots of actors? And heaps of location? But not the inside of some student's dorm room. What about big, fancy and