March 27, 2006
The Hottest State Almost up in Flames
My wife's latest project in the film world is as assistant editor on The Hottest State, written and directed by indie heart-throb actor Ethan Hawke. This weekend we were distressed to learn that Mr. Hawke's offices and post-production studio caught fire and were pretty much destroyed. (Among the many losses, one colleague there had a CD collection of thousands of titles.) Details of the fire on Gothamist.
In some small consolation, the night before the fire she decided to take all of the master tapes of the film home for safe keeping. That will save some time in the re-editing and expense had they otherwise needed to re-master from the negatives (which were, thankfully, also stored elsewhere).
My sympathies to Mr. Hawke and all others involved. We're still looking forward to a great film, although maybe a few weeks later than originally planned.
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