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- Subscribe - Contact Us - Rate Card - Place an Ad Valley&State Backpage O&E Sports Archives Classifieds Faith&Beliefs Obituaries Revels August 30, 2004 Twyman filming in Ashland By Chris Honor� Tidings Reviewer The lights, camera and action of a filmmaking is making itself at home in the Railroad District for a few days. James Twyman directs extras on the set of his newest movie "Into Me See=Intimacy" at the Peerless Hotel on Friday. Shooting for the movie is expected to be completed in just five days. Andrew Mariman| Ashland Daily Tidings Emissary Productions, a local film company, began shooting its second feature-length film in Ashland Friday. The company, part of the growing community of spiritual cinema filmmakers, will use the streets and shops downtown for its settings as well as the Peerless Hotel. The title of the film, "Into Me See=Intimacy," was written, produced, and is slated to be directed by James Twyman. The movie is a narrative about two couples, and is essentially character and dialogue driven. The film begins by initially focusing on one couple who have reunited after being apart for six years. They meet for coffee and then meander through along the streets of Ashland while sharing their views on intimacy, falling in love, and wondering who it is they fell in love with. And though the impression, at least initially, is that you are following just one couple, another couple appears at some point in the film and, according to Twyman, the film takes an interesting new direction. Twyman commented that the film, written last July, will be shot in just five days. "The reason we can do that is we are staging it largely as a play, hence the technicalities are kept to a minimum." He predicts that "Into Me See" will be ready by October and then premiered at the Santa Fe Film Festival in December. Explaining the difference between spiritual cinema and a standard Hollywood feature, Twyman makes the distinction between a spiritually-based film and a religious film. "A religious film tells you what to believe. A spiritual film is one that lets you find out for yourself what is in your heart. It doesn't tell you what to believe. Rather it inspires you and makes you feel good." The spiritual cinema genre is something that is just coming into its own, Twyman said. "Indigo," which he co-wrote and produced, and which opened last year, would be considered a spiritual film. "It wasn't dogmatic, and doesn't have any religious overtones and yet it is something that inspires the heart," he said. "Indigo" was the winner of the Audience Choice award at the Santa Fe Film Festival. It will be released nationally in January of 2005. Einav Adir, associate producer for "Into Me See," said spiritual cinema has the element of "bringing powerful messages that inspire growth and evolution, movies that not only entertain us, but leave us thinking, 'How can I be a better human being?'" Twyman has written a number of books and conducted seminars as part of his work with The Beloved Community, based in Ashland. The author and director said that movies are an effective way of communicating about spiritual things with a different audience. "Film is a medium we all resonate with," he said. "Films have a way of looking beyond the boundaries. The books are in a sense preaching to the choir. But films have a way of looking beyond the boundaries and you can reach a far wider audience. We obviously want to inspire as many people as possible." DailyTidings.com Home Page Valley&State | Backpage | O&E | Sports | Archives | Weather | Classifieds Columnists | Faith&Beliefs | Obituaries | Revels | Subscribe | Contact Us Copyright 2004 Ashland Daily Tidings and Ottaway Newspapers All Rights Reserved Click Here Site Search: .:Advertisements:. RESOURCES - Mail Tribune News - ODOT Road Cams