http://searchingforthewrongeyedjesus.com/# This may be an interesting piece of film to watch if you can find it. Shot in Concordia Parish & the South, it has scenes of Ferriday UPC which the reviewer, http://hardcountry.wordpress.com/2007/01/29/divine-guerrilla-scrapping-a-review-of-searching-for-the-wrong-eyed-jesus/ states: I think when you watch you’ll find it worth it. I don’t know if I agree
with Jim White that it’s a spiritual experience. If it is I think he’ll
have to write a Scripture to go with it. And then somebody at the
United Pentecostal Church we visit in the film will be sure and burn it
as heresy. Be sure and watch the trailer, the small quicktime loads pretty fast. http://searchingforthewrongeyedjesus.com/ . Lotus you may see Bubba Drane showing off his shooting skills in the short trailer, it sure looks like him to me.
I have to watch the trailer again since the image went by too quickly for me to decide, but i'm thinking probably since ... If you read the "About the Film" it mentions much was filmed in Ferriday, and a few clicks more, it talks about Slim's Lounge (a biker bar/juke joint), which is, of course, owned by Bubba. :)
there are a lot of interesting links, quite entertaining like this quote from one of the musicians page:
THIS IS THE OFFICIAL HANDSOME FAMILY HOME PAGE. MADE BY BRETT AND RENNIE. (that's why it looks kind of crappy, but hell please don't e-mail us with your sales pitch about how great you can make our website look. We like it crappy.)
you may see Bubba Drane showing off his shooting skills
that would be a yes on the shooter.
got the dvd in and watched it. well worth watching just to see who all you know, including glenn and hubert lee mcglothin.
they spend a fair bit of time filming in ferriday. you'll recognize big johns, the little flea market in town - i was soooo glad the door was locked when they got out there, it's just a mess in there! - blackie's old bar which is bubba's now, the one on the strip where our trailer and blackie's was parked out back. they film services at the upc, so you're gonna recognize folks there too.
lee and i watched it together and enjoyed it, not bec it's a great film but bec we recognized so many people and places. i left it with lee bec she sd jack would want to see it and you, byron, could pick it up on saturday when you are there, as you're planning a visit then.
be sure to watch the extra footage fm the menu. get the envelope and jacket fm them so you can mail it back to netflix! enjoy. :)
Lee sd go ahead and mail this back when you've finished viewing it. No need to hold onto it.
Mama has a doctor appt tomorrow at 2pm and we have plenty of errands to take care of. Been outdoors most of today working in yard. Mama loves having the bench out there so she can enjoy the outdoors! Thanks so much!
tejasmidget wrote on Mar 16, '07, edited on Mar 16, '07
SearchingfortheWrongEyedJesus
Warning: Southern curves ahead.
I found the movie interesting, with the images and music being quite familiar to me. (the music and song is kicking!) It made me realize just how southern I have become over the last thirty years, and how peculiar we must seem to the uninitiated. I can’t tell you how many buses just like these we see in this quasi docudrama that I’ve personally seen abandoned in the woods, how many of these bar scenes I’ve witnessed, or, for that matter, how very many of these church services I myself have attended. The seeming deprivation of the towns and citizens portrayed here may make one wonder if southern God is born out of poverty and desperation indeed. Jim White demonstrates it well with his analogous ice cream cone; religious fanatics, criminals, and artists being squeezed to the fringes of these small towns. He is right about one thing though, it is definitely alive, and something you can feel, probably one of the reasons that I choose to come here and stay when I didn’t have to, the other being that some of these simple folks are now my in-laws and some are now ex-laws, like the shooter on the motorbike (thanks Lotus!). I know many of these filmed individuals on a first name basis. Not everyone here talks like theas, with that long southern drawl. Of course, I may be the only exception, and for a very long time I didn’t think I fit in altogether, but, over the long haul, I have been accepted, and I love these people, and I couldn’t trade it now for a couple of million concrete city dwellers as neighbors. The religious behavior seen here is very real and even the sinners and backsliders pay homage to it. It is deeply ingrained, and if southern God is born of poverty and desperation, so is a love of life, and a respect for fellow man. Just think about how much more desperate and fanatic people of other geographic locations and beliefs can be.
“.....So far as I can see, nothing good in the world has ever been done by well-rounded people. The good work is done by people with jagged, broken edges, because those edges cut things and leave an imprint, a design." Harry Crews.
i finally watched it... last night. i enjoyed it. i found myself in it a lot.. the way that i grab a guitar and start playing to deal with my moods and such. The religious perspective on fanatics and more... really thought provoking.
Searching For The Wrong-Eyed Jesus premiered at the IDFA festival (International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam) in November 2003. In The Netherlands the movie was screened from 26 February 2004 onwards in cinemas participating in the Docuzone programme. The movie opened in the UK on 28 June 2004 and was broadcast by BBC 4 on 9 July 2004 and BBC 2 on 23 January 2006. Dutch TV station VPRO showed the movie on 4 December 2005. The documentary has been shown on various film festivals. It was released on DVD in the UK on 30 January 2006 by Plexi and stateside in March 2006 by Image Entertainment. The soundtrack came out on Luaka Bop in 2005.
Yep. It was a great documentary, although I suspect there are audiences which can not appreciate its candor. For me, it was a poignant presentation, made all the more so by the too familiar places and faces in the film. I sometimes felt as if I were there. In time, I will likely view it again, and once again feel myself transported into the timelessness of the Deep Southern mystique... to be home again.
tarvergen wrote on Jun 20, '07, edited on Jun 20, '07
it's on my to buy list, when i get around to it. would like to have it on hand for viewing and sharing, like when mag and james come. --- edited bec I apparently can't either can't spell the two letter word "to" or I can't tell the difference in usage for "to" vs "too" ... bah. -- p.s. ben, you'll enjoy. share with yr brother when it comes in!
Slim's, the bar featured in this video, no longer exists. It burned down. I've been meaning to post about this. The trailer behind it was burned to the ground also, nothing left to it but a pile of burnt rubble.
Slim's, the bar featured in this video, no longer exists. It burned down. I've been meaning to post about this. The trailer behind it was burned to the ground also, nothing left to it but a pile of burnt rubble.
yeah. makes you wonder.
slims was blackie's bar but since his death, bubba was running it. the trailer behind it was where blackie and wanda lived (we lived in a trailer behind it too, at one time), but again, bubba was in it at the time it burned.
they were having trouble finding a buyer. the whole fmy is still arguing over proceeds. wanda wants a share, her kids want their shares. and then there's brenda's boy, jut. brenda nor jut are happy abt priscilla dying before it all got settled. it's been ten years at least since blackie died and they are all still squabbling over this place, the warehouse where all the video games were stored (boys will remember), jake's place, brenda's house, and a few other properties.
I have just passed another milestone, my ninth year anniversary on my
present job. There was no fanfare, no bells, whistles, or confetti, not
even an acknowledgment of a goal seldom reached in the notoriously
revolving door of the hospitality business.
In my young and restless days, I would have strongly considered moving on
after five, so, how did this happen? Maturity, you say? Complacency?
Losing sight of a vision of always moving up and onward? I can tell you
now, those restless feelings are still there, but somehow, somewhere,
they are reshuffled to the back of the deck, to make room for the
different hand that has, more recently, been dealt. Impulse gives way
to reason, and desire yields to necessity.
If there is one bit of advice I have for the new generation, it is to make the most of the
spontaneity and vigor with which you envision life's challenges and
crossroads, for these are the moments that will define you as you
approach that "oh, so far off middle age".
Seldom is life so generous as to give you that second chance, which is in us all, to
start anew, and if by circumstance we do, we are not the same. There is
no fearless desire to run naked through the woods (although I've done
it a time or two at far, far, too old), there is no expediency to being
number one in the crowd. There is no longer "Me" and "Now". There is
however a different kind of boldness. I am not afraid of things that go
bump in the night. No longer do I fear hunger, or illness, or
unemployment, nor despair, because I have been visited by all these
things, and I have endured, and I know there will be tomorrow.
With our increasing age comes our greatest strength, and this is experience,
and the wisdom to pass it along to our children, and to theirs. In this
day and age there are many who may contemplate that there is no God,
or, there must be many Gods, but now, more than ever, I can fervently
say, and without a doubt, God bless my children, and keep them from
harms way, for where I lead them, they will follow.
-----byron c.
The
direst foe of courage is the fear itself, not the object of it, and the
man who can overcome his own terror is a hero and more.
- -- George MacDonald
"Go placidly amid the noise & haste & remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly & clearly; and listen to others, even the dull & ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud & aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain & bitter; for always there will be greater & lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially do not fein affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity & disenchantment it is perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue & loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a Child of the Universe, no less than the trees & the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the Universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors & aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul. With all its sham, drudgery & broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy." -Max Ehrmann ["Desiderata"]
you may see Bubba Drane showing off his shooting skills 
