Bryan Moore

Getting older is such a strange thing to wrap your head around sometimes.

Last night was the first public screening and Blu-ray release party for a film called “Dark Romances” that I made with some friends 40 years ago! It was a horror anthology that we shot in the late 80s and although it had a small VHS release back in the day, I’d largely forgotten about it.

I wrote and directed the “Cardinal Sin” episode of this anthology when I was 23 years old. I made lifelong friendships on that project and it was truly an era in the LA filmmaking scene that no longer exists. I was initially ambivalent about showing up for the Q&A as I had put this chapter of my life largely behind me but once I got there, I was really glad to keep an open mind and see some old friends which truly warmed my heart. We were all so much younger then and it was really mind blowing to see such a happy and full audience who had only heard about this obscure film, but I realized that it was now their cool discovery and it belonged to them, not living in my mind as a dusty, dim memory.

A big shout out has to go out to Daniel Del Pozzo of @culture_shockreleasing for rescuing this pioneering video feature from obscurity and oblivion. Thanks also to @whammyanalogmedia which is a great micro cinema in the heart of LA and to the lovely @stevensbrinke who is always a pleasure to see!

So great to see my old pals John, Barry and Pat. Hard to believe that this film is a “thing” 40 years later… ❤️

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