Back to main site.The Ripple Effect and an Old Friend
Posted by Brendan | Filed under behind-the-scenes, musings and humor, new work
The Ripple Effect plays to a sold out premiere crowd
After premiering on January 2nd, our new feature documentary, The Ripple Effect, had two encore showings in Aspen, Colorado at the historic Wheeler Opera House this past weekend. The action sports film focuses on the various ways people pass on inspiration, from generation to generation, from sibling to sibling, and between friends. The film received and incredible reception, with both two packed shows.
For the FF crew, it was a great opporutnity to spend some time in the mountains, visit with old friends, and experience one of the great joys of filmmaking — actually getting to show your work to people who appreciate it.
One old friend we visted with was the artist Gino Hollander, one of the stars of a film we did a few years back called Mountain Town. Gino is in his mid-80s and has an incredible perspective on life and what makes it meaningful. After 20+ years in the Aspen valley, Gino and his incredibly charming wife Barbara are picking up sticks and heading to Ojai, California to start over. Apparently, the altitude and cold winters at 8,000 feet are just getting to be a bit too much for Gino.
Here is a man that fought and was wounded in World War II, had a successful career as a filmmaker, gave everything up to become an artist at 38, moved to Spain and lived abroad for 30 years, and then, at age 60+ moved back to Aspen and took up backcountry snowmobiling. And now, when most people are picking out grave plots, he’s at it again, reinventing his life and wringing every second out of the unforgiving minute.
A friend of mine, who met Gino this past weekend for the first time, remarked that Gino had, in the words of Paulo Coehlo an “elemental faith for life”. Read more of Berto’s deep thoughts here at his Joy Engine blog post.
An elemental faith for life…I like that. I like that, alot.