The other day someone contributed, without being solicited, to A Life’s Work! So first and foremost, thank you, L.C. for your very generous donation. A small gift to show my appreciation will be arriving in your mailbox soon! And remember, when you head over to your accountant this April, that contribution was tax deductible!
“There are no small parts, only small actors.” So said Constantin Sergeyevich Stanislavski. Similarly, there are no small contributions when it comes to helping out A Life’s Work, only small … small … I don’t know what, but small something other than contributions. Because no contribution is too small and every cent given via the New York Foundation for the Arts, the film’s sponsor, goes to the making of the film.
And every cent is valued, not because it’s money, but because the giver and I enter into a contract of sorts: the giver says, “Mr. Filmmaker, I believe in you and your project and I want to be part of it, take this donation and put it toward your film.” And my part of the bargain is using that gift wisely and finishing the film. Which I will do. It’s a straight-up deal, freaky secret handshakes optional.
So please consider supporting the film with a small contribution. You’ll become part of something big, you’ll be a patron of the arts, you’ll get all sorts of thank-you stuff in the mail from me, and you’ll have my eternal gratitude.
And here’s a fun fact: if you give $10, you will essentially have funded ten frames of the finished film. $29 and you’ve funded one second. That’s kind of cool to think about, isn’t it?