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Tom Chaney

Tom Chaney

Movie character

Aug 21, 2026

14:28
Is it publicly? When you say commitment, define that for me.
14:35
It's a personal commitment, right? So it's like you just start saying, I'm going to make this film.
14:40
And people become attracted to that.
14:43
And then I literally would take the money I made in freelance, buy a roll of film.
14:50
And then we'd go out and I'd gather my gang and we'd shoot for one or two days.
14:54
Then I had to deal with Film Lab in Detroit, a film lab.
14:58
And I'd be like, look, I don't have a lot of money, but would you at least process it? Then when I get some more money, I'll come down, I'll pay for the work print and I'll pay you for processing it.

11 MINS LATER

26:19
And Stephen, happy to have you chime in on this one, too, because I'm just curious what happens next.
14:05
It's a personal
14:06
commitment, right? So it's like you just start saying, I'm going to make this film.
14:10
And people become attracted to that.
14:13
And then I literally would take the money I made in freelance, buy a roll of film, And then we'd go out and I'd gather my gang and we'd shoot for one or two days.
14:25
Then I had to deal with Film Lab in Detroit, a film lab.
14:28
And I'd be like, look, I don't have a lot of money, but would you at least process it? Then when I get some more money, I'll come down, I'll pay for the work print and I'll pay you for processing it.
14:36
So they were wonderful to me as an independent.

11 MINS LATER

25:49
And Stephen, happy to have you chime in on this one, too, because I'm just curious what happens next.

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