Merry Xmas 2010

A Curious Reminder

I was surprised to discover that THIS little movie had not been uploaded to the main fort yet. Out of the 800 or so uploads already in situ on the giant NRP website, this old favorite from 1974 has managed to somehow be overlooked and forgotten and left to putrify elsewhere totally unseen. Until now of course.

As it is with all these old homemade films, it's a case of complete coincidence that it exists at all. A snowy Sunday afternoon, a couple of new rolls of super-8 film to kill, and a typical come-as-you-are attitude with my friends on the street outside. It all resulted in this 'once and it's done' wintertime recording. I can't recall if we ever engaged in such foolish, snow related, tom foolery ever again, but if we did, we certainly didn't have the cameras rolling to capture it as we did on this day.

The most surprising thing about re-watching this old footage is to stop and realize that although it's 30+ years later - and greatly diminished from his original condition he may be - the snowman we built that day, with his haircomb smile and jaunty hat, continues to stand proudly in the same spot to this day, remaining a curious reminder of our youthful time in Blazerville. A time that we can revisit in person anytime we want.