Photos From Our First Screening
We were amazed by the turn out and the support we had at our St. Louis Debut. When we arrived there was a line around the block! We came very close to selling out the theater. Our friend Jeffrey Fort provided little squeezy bricks and brick cupcakes! It was a blast and the film was very well received. Photos below.
read moreNew Trailer!
Now that the film is done, we had time to put together a new trailer for it. Next will be a redesign of this website and other promotional materials … almost as much work as making the movie! Here is the new trailer, if you like it please share with your friends, or on your blog or social site of your choice. Don’t forget our premiere at the St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase next Month: August 14th at the Tivoli Theatre at 4:30...
read moreWhat Brick Thieves Do …
St. Louis brick thieves made national news a couple of weeks back when the New York Times published this piece by Malcomb Gay. Of course this story is nothing new to us. Brick thieving is a big part of this project. It would be hard to do a film about St. Louis brick and not touch on this subject. It’s a devastating problem in some parts of the city. We told you earlier in this project that we spoke to Alderman Sam Moore and he is probably one of the few City officials who has long taken this problem seriously. The causes and lack of attention are complicated as most urban...
read moreRecent Press: St. Louis Magazine and Where We Are …
We’ve been remiss on keeping updates on this blog. We’re sorry about that. We’re trying to wrap up the final bits of the film before we go full bore into post production. However we did get some nice press in the September issue of St. Louis Magazine. So thanks so much to Stefene Russell for writing this really nice piece. So about our progress with the film. We’re a little behind or not depending on how you look at it. Our original goal (which was fairly ambitious) was to have the film completed by next month (October 15) in order for it to be screened in the St....
read moreOfficial Trailer
Here is the official trailer for the film. Appearing in the trailer (in order of appearance are) Larry Giles, NiNi Harris, Toby Weiss, and Michael Allen. This probably won’t be the only trailer we’ll release so stay tuned for more. We may even re cut this trailer as time goes...
read moreCome See a Sneak Peek Trailer this Weekend
Right now, at this very moment, I’m busy trying to cut together a short two minute clip to screen this weekend at the Soulard Stable Hootenanny. Since I’ve last posted here we have recorded some music for the sound track with Pokey LaFarge and Mat Wilson (whom you might know from the Rum Drum Ramblers) and shot quite a bit of b-roll around town. So anyway if you want a tiny little peek at what we have done so far come to the event this weekend otherwise watch this space and you might get to see it in a week or two. This event is a fundraiser for the friends of the San Luis...
read moreAbout Brick By Chance and Fortune
St. Louis is a city with a rich heritage of brick architecture. Home to some of the largest and most innovative clay working companies of the nineteenth century, you can still see some of the finest examples of brick work ever produced all over the city and region. Today the city's brick heritage is under threat by neglect, brick theft and urban renewal.
