He wrote a very respectful letter about me influencing him to get off the couch and make things. His background was in music. He played drums for a band called Guttermouth for many years, and then he transitioned into directing music videos, commercials, and short films of his own. When I met him, he was gearing up to do his first feature. I've met many people in that camp who are going from short-form storytelling to long-form storytelling. He was very confident, ambitious, and certain of his abilities.
He's very good at ensembles in a way that I am not. He talked me through how the knife salesman character would talk to these different characters as if they were real. He would say, "Beau is this person who is dangerous." I saw that as so seasoned and sophisticated, and I just bought into it. He's very susceptible and very hypnotic.
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