Dream Out Loud - A Subterranean Odyssey

Dream Out Loud - A Subterranean Odyssey A surrealistic and visionary documentary film about the epic road trip of a boy and his dog travelin This isn't a fairy tale, this is reality, this is life.

DREAM OUT LOUD

PART ONE - A DOCUMENTARY JOURNEY

The true story of an aging man (Don Alex) and his loyal canine partner (Mitzi Sue), together on an epic Journey thru the western states, from the harrowing depths of homeless despair stuck in a dangerous clandestine campsite next to the otherwise beautiful Snake River (located at the Ontario, Oregon border), thru the frustrations of trial and error

desperate living situations in Idaho (and the ending of several longtime friendships when the "friends" turned out of the "fair weather" variety), thru Nevada (where an unexpected confrontation with family members over their negligent lack of care almost cost Mitzi her life right in front of Don's eyes, then did cost Don two nightmarish weeks of undeserved jail time, then cost him most of those family members, whom he disowned and left behind in the not-so-gold dust of Carson City forever), and then onwards to Los Angeles, to try and make Don's lifelong Dream of living near LA and getting into filmmaking a Reality. If he succeeds, then it will hopefully show others that you can make your Dreams come true, no matter what your life and financial circumstances, if you desire them badly enough. PART TWO - A SUBTERRANEAN ODYSSEY

After his arrival in LA, Don will have Mitzi set up with a reliable dogsitter, and then the second part of the film will begin, a surreal and often experimental-ish audiovisual Odyssey around and thru the Big City, to locations both famous and infamous, light and dark, past and present, as Don dreams out loud to many visually stunning events and with many fascinating individuals that he meets on his path, from underground filmmakers to cult rock musicians to sexual therapy communes (!) to modern day Charles Manson followers to the ever present danger of The Big One striking California at any time (with Don and Mitzi right in the middle of it), this segment will make "Dream Out Loud" much more than just some sort of vapid "Lassie Goes to L.A" feel-good film for the whole family. Don's odyssey will often be stark and chilling, edgy and disturbing, perhaps even rather dangerous at times. PART THREE - BORDERLINE

The final scenes of the film will show Don and Mitzi traveling to Playas del Tijuana, where the US / Mexico border ends abruptly with the fenceline literally trailing off downwards into the Pacific Ocean. For the day, Don and Mitzi will wander around the US side, talking to people on BOTH sides of the fence (and hopefully being allowed by the border patrol to let children from Mexico reach thru that fence and pet Mitzi for some nice ironic shots), and sitting, watching, pondering the irony of being at this specific place just as Trump assumes the presidency and implements his controversial immigration plan that is sure to change the face of the border forever. Finally, at twilight magic hour, Don and Mitzi peer over the border into Mexico, having reached the end of the Journey and the Odyssey, ready to start the new life that they have struggled for years to discover. As the camera zooms in slowly on them, the ambient backing music intentionally sounds similar to the sweet final notes of the Apocalypse Now soundtrack, then as it fades out and Don's face fills the image, staring wistfully but hopefully as he thinks about the long road behind them, the whispered words in a voice over: "the Dream, the Dream", then Don looks towards the camera, smiles enigmatically, and turns away as the image fades out to black. End Credits. Thanks for watching! :)

DREAM OUT LOUD
COMING IN 2017!

I rarely post about my personal life on FB, but this one is big for anyone who has kept up on my postings for the last f...
11/10/2017

I rarely post about my personal life on FB, but this one is big for anyone who has kept up on my postings for the last few years.

Mitzi Sue is in the last stages, and about to peacefully exit. At the age of 13-14, I knew it was coming soon. Needless to say, this ends production on the documentary concept. 😣

I wont be posting as much for a while, obviously Im going to be living life much differently now.

UPDATEI have suspended our cinematic journey until 2018, so that we both can rest up, and so that I can plan for next ye...
10/28/2017

UPDATE

I have suspended our cinematic journey until 2018, so that we both can rest up, and so that I can plan for next year's activities. I am currently living near Nampa, ID, and will be staying here through the winter.

Keep an eye on my main FB page for further details. Don and Mitzi are both alive and well. Next year, the Documentary Journey will continue!

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I just rewatched it again after reading this, for the first time in years. I had no idea how much of my life for almost ...
09/22/2017

I just rewatched it again after reading this, for the first time in years. I had no idea how much of my life for almost two decades has been influenced by this brilliant, one of a kind film. How I went to Hollywood last year with the same kind of naive wonder and amazement as Betty (and left disillusioned, like many do). How I started creating a documentary film called DREAM Out Loud, based on a U2 lyric, but perhaps subconsciously, much more. How I thought of that idea seemingly out of nowhere one morning, while living homeless on the shore of a Deep River (the Snake) in Ontario (Oregon). Hmmm ... My life is ... Interesting. :)

A BBC poll last year called David Lynch's Mulholland Drive the greatest film of the 21st century. This prompted one writer to take a deep dive...

A comment left this morning on my Dream Out Loud page:I am touched by your dream and admire your drive to see it through...
04/26/2017

A comment left this morning on my Dream Out Loud page:

I am touched by your dream and admire your drive to see it through. I have long wished for either. This deficit of mine does not necessarily leave me with any overt feeling of emptiness, and yet I see the potential in how the eventual realization of one's dream as well as the passion to initiate its fulfillment in earnest can by contrast show me just how empty has been my soul.

Perhaps even this distant observation, this awareness that my own eventual metamorphosis is possible, could be the start of my own significant journey. But hope alone does not bring about change. However, you have inspired me by your example to move beyond only hope. I look forward to the film you will one day present to the world. And through your story thus far, you have already altered this stranger slightly. Causing me to finally raise my head and look at myself and my surroundings with new eyes. With a new perspective. In this way, and even by this blog, I believe a part of you is immortal.

DREAM OUT LOUD A Documentary Journey A Subterranean Odyssey Don Alex Subterranean Cinema 2017 My name is Don Alex. I am a 53 year old man, with a very charismatic and lovable 13 year old Black Lab …

Don and Mitzi - Road Dogs Forever!  😍
04/19/2017

Don and Mitzi - Road Dogs Forever! 😍

To anyone from the Boise area who is seeing this page for the first time, and who has met Mitzi and me around town in th...
04/19/2017

To anyone from the Boise area who is seeing this page for the first time, and who has met Mitzi and me around town in the last couple of weeks, now you know the rest of our story. I have only told a very few select people about it so far. The word will be spreading fast now.

Yes, I am about to create a real documentary film about us. I have been planning it for over a year. It will start at the Canadian border, end at the Mexican border, with the entire coast of the western US in between. I am working on financing it, and I have no doubt that it will be happening very soon.

Keep an eye on our cinematic journey! We wont disappoint you! πŸ€“

DREAM OUT LOUD: A SUBTERRANEAN ODYSSEY
Don Alex - Subterranean Cinema - arriving in 2017

04/13/2017

This is Bryan Lass from Meridian, ID. He is going to be taking some amazing DRONE video footage for my film - like with it flying past me n Mitzi at the park, by the river, by the lake (the ancient lake baby), on a mountaintop, on top of the world (Ma).

I am going to be creating at least two "preview trailers" for DREAM OUT LOUD in the next couple of weeks, and his visual contributions are going to kick them even further into the stratosphere.

Send him a Friend request, or just Follow his postings, and keep an eye open for his eye-popping imagery in my upcoming Cinematic extravaganza.

Don Alex sez, check it out! :-D

04/12/2017

"Do not go gentle into that good night, old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light." (Dylan Thomas)

"Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world." (Harriet Tubman)

"Keep your heart open to dreams. For as long as there is a dream, there is hope, and as long as there is hope, there is joy in living." (Unknown Author)

"Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality; man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true." (Napoleon Hill)

"Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now." (Goethe)

"When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds. Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties, and talents become alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be." (Patanjali)

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined. As you simplify your life, the Laws of the universe will be simpler. Solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, and weakness will not be weakness." (Henry David Thoreau)

"Take your dream, attach it to a star, and never lose it. If you lose it, you are a dead duck. You've lost your enthusiasm; you've settled for something less. This will never do. Fight like hell for your dream and get it. If you do, life will be a very beautiful, wonderful and exciting thing. You cannot compromise with people; you cannot compromise with yourself, or you will sell yourself short. If you say, I will not compromise in any way, shape or form; that is what I want, and I want that or nothing, you'll get it." (Guru RHH)

"Some men see things as they are, and say why? I dream things that never were, and say why not?" (Robert Kennedy)

"Begin difficult things while they are easy, do great things when they are small. The difficult things of the world must once have been easy, the great things must once have been small. A thousand mile journey begins with one step." (Lao-Tse)

"Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps." (David Lloyd George)

"Don't ever let somebody tell you that you can't do something, not even me. Alright? You dream, you gotta protect it. People can't do something themselves, they want to tell you that you can't do it. If you want something, go get it. Period." (Chris Gardner, "The Pursuit of Happiness")

"Talking about dreams is like talking about movies, since the cinema uses the language of dreams. Years can pass in a second, and you can hop from one place to another. It's a language made of image, and in the real cinema, every object and every light means something, as in a dream." (Federico Fellini)

"There is never an excuse not to finish a film." (Werner Herzog)

"It is not only my dreams, my belief is that all these dreams are yours as well. The only distinction between me and you is that I can articulate them. And that is what poetry or painting or literature or filmmaking is all about. It's as simple as that." (Werner Herzog)

"The best advice I can offer to those heading into the world of film is not to wait for the system to finance your projects and for others to decide your fate. If you can't afford to make a million dollar film, raise $10000 and produce it yourself. That's all you need to make a feature film these days." (Werner Herzog)

"She's gonna Dream up the world she wants to live in, she's gonna Dream Out Loud." (U2, "Zooropa")

"You can Dream, so Dream Out Loud, you know that your time is coming around, so don't let the bastards grind you down." (U2, "Acrobat")

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