Hi Folks, Jett here:
I’m humbled, excited and grateful all at once. ‘Operation Save The Film Talk’ has been a success – and it’s all down to you! Thank you so much to all the people who coughed up the cash to keep us going – and to those who helped out with donations of time: evangelizing for TFT on Facebook, Twitter and all the rest of the webinets.
When Gareth and I started this thing we had no idea what we were doing; we’d just met and noticed right away that our conversations about movies were something special.
I was experimenting with the podcast form at the time so it seemed natural that we start recording our talks and putting them out there for whoever wanted to listen. Three years later we were still at it but found that the amount of time spent producing the show and website was taking an ever increasing amount of time and money. We needed folks to step up and help out till we could figure out a model to make this work, and you did. So thanks again to all of you – you read a lot about ‘the long tail’, the collapse of traditional media, fan-supported bands, etc. – but it’s one thing to read about it and another to actually do it.
Anyhew, I digress – the point is the hobby has become something else for me – a vocation – and it’s all down to you guys for listening and supporting it. With that in mind I want to give a special mention to a couple o’ folks:
Matthew Hutchinson – our very first monetary supporter and the code guy behind ‘Operation Save The Film Talk’ – Matt you went above and beyond and Gareth and I are so appreciative. Also I’d like to mention Kiley MacLeod and Matt Ford and who wanted to contribute so much more than I thought possible that we had to create a new level of membership – The Cameron!, (what the perks are of being a Cameron Member I have no idea – a project for the new year).
Speaking of perks – now that we’re continuing I’ll sort out getting the promised ‘bonus material’ to all the members – we’ve got bloopers, unaired eps and interviews in the archives – some of which probably shouldn’t see the light of day – but screw it – it’s The Film Talk! If we can’t do what we want with the show than what’s the point? (and heck – let’s dole out some special material right now – here’s the opener for the now unavailable Episode 11, (back when the show was still called ‘Film Talk’):
Film Talk at the Dublin Road Movie House, Belfast
Ok, that’s it for now – at the risk of being even more repetitive, thank you again – I just don’t have the words – I’ll leave that to Gareth whom I’m sure will write a brilliant TFT fan appreciation when he gets back from his much deserved honeymoon -
Yours in cinema, Jett































