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It’s a road movie,
Charlie Brown
Andrew Dickson brings his film ‘Good Grief,’ made
on a small budget and toured independently, to Eugene
By Alix Kerl
Oregon Daily Emerald
Charlie Brown and his
friends are coming to Eu
gene in the independent
film “Good Grief.”
Filmmaker Andrew Dickson’s
“Good Grief,” whose characters are
loosely based on those of Charles
Schultz’s “Peanuts,” is about a
group of outcast high school Dun
geons-and-Dragons gamers who
take a road trip during their final
year of high school.
Dickson made his film during a
four-year period with no profes
sional actors and a budget the size
of a medium-sized film’s catering
expense. He then took it on tour.
The film will be shown 7:30 p.m.
Saturday at “My House,” on 1136
W. Fifth Ave., between Polk Street
and Blair Boulevard. Dickson’s
short film “Autographs.com,” a
combination of MTV’s “Jackass”
and Michael Moore’s “Roger &
Me,” will also be shown. The sug
gested donation is between $3 and
$5. The plot of “Good Grief’ is sim
ple: The film’s protagonist is
Chuck, a likable geek who can’t
find a girlfriend. Chuck’s friends,
including his buddy Magnus
(played by Burn Collector zine
writer Al Burian), decide to take a
road trip during spring break. The
trip, which starts as a chance to
find a treasure, winds up taking the
group through personal crisis, en
counters with rock ’n’ roll, romance
and self-discovery.
Dickson shot “Good Grief’ on 16
mm film, and it was produced en
tirely by volunteers. The sound
track and is laden with indie rock
including The Selby Tigers and The
Fucking Champs. Dickson showed
his first film short, “2-ply Comply,”
at several film festivals, but for his
newest film he decided to bypass
the film festival circuit. He gathered
a movie screen from a thrift store, a
projector, a PA, a movie camera to
play the film through and then set
off in his minivan to project his
film wherever it was dark. He
played the film at college campus
es, in basements, rock concert ven
ues and bookstores.
There’s a great history of touring
with film, Dickson said. At the turn
of the century, black filmmakers
would take their films from town to
town and set up tents because they
had nowhere else to show their
films, he said.
“What’s going on in film right
now is that all the tools are being
placed in filmmakers hands,” Dick
son said. “It’s almost easier to make
a film than buy all the instruments
for a band.”
Marc Moscato, an arts and ad
ministration graduate student who
organized the show, read about
Dickson’s film in a music magazine
and immediately wanted to book
him. Moscato said he respects Dick
son’s filmmaking and his circum
vention of normal film distribution.
Moscato said that it is hard for
independent artists to distribute
their works. “My House,” Mosca
to’s abode-turned-all-ages venue,
is a place where independent
filmmakers and musicians can
display their talents.
Turn to ‘Good Grief’, page 12
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