ROCK BOTTOM LIFE IMITATES ART

Photo by Mike Prokopetz

Surreal is an understatement. After a quiet day, Glen (co-writer of Rock Bottom) and I are again besieged. Like Jake and Alex in the movie, the shoot out begins again. We are armed with stills, video cameras and binoculars. The weather and the story’s again taken a turn for the worst.

Lightning flashes, winds pick up, waves crash, helicopters drone. Three choppers with buckets rush across the lake to put out a new fire. Two behind us hover over cherry orchards drying the cherries after a wicked storm. Both, in this area of fruit and fire, are equally important.

CTV has set up camp in our driveway, directly over our house. They have realized what we have known all along... that we have the BEST view on the action.

A water-bomber crashed into the lake in front of our beach-house today…the pilot made it out with cuts and bruises…the plane did not.  One of our heroes is downed. What will happen next? Stay tuned as Rock Bottom rockets towards pre-production!