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From the Kingdom to the Colonies, Tintori Holds Court

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Happy Mardi Gras, very late! The vibe here in Nola was as euphoric as a Tracey Porter interception. We hope your gris gris was greasy and you got your bead on like a chief.

February has been a cross-continental month for Ray Tintori. First, he broke free of New Orleans for Mr. Jefferson’s Academy in the Appalachians, the University of my home commonwealth, Virginia. Yes, the Court now has scholastic cred: Prof. Tintori was on campus to serve as pedagogue for a one-week crash course in filmmaking for UVA undergrads. Wahoo-wa! You can get the full story here.

Jeff Delauter as PosterBoy

A few weeks later, Ray traversed the Atlantic to be on hand for the Court 13 Retrospective at the Glasgow Film Festival, entitled THIS IS NOT A BOAT: The Improbable Story of Court 13, which featured the long awaited United Kingdom premiere of “Glory at Sea.”

A mere seven year career thus far and already we get a retrospective? Are we the John Cazale of indie film? Do the Scots think we’re all going to die suddenly of bone cancer? Either way, we’re very humbled, and appreciate kind words like these:

GLORY AT SEA is the collective’s most ambitious project; the culmination of trial and error, several unwanted breaks due to funding issues, five month’s work and the generosity of a ruined city. It is evidence that Court 13 have a vision, and while many would stumble at the first impossible hurdle, this collective have a way of achieving their goals.This perseverance is more than simply a means to an end – it is the ethos of the Court… Just as Werner Herzog famously dragged a real ship over a mountain to create FITZCARRALDO (1982), the actions of Court 13 echo the actions of their characters in GLORY AT SEA, adding layers of meaning and strength to this already powerful and resonant short.

Also the culmination of trial and error: on-site blogger Paul Gallagher finally caught up with Ray after the retrospective to talk the future of the Court; you can read that post here.

Now Ray is back in Saints-land, where we win football games with our hands and not our feet. WHO DAT!