Jonathan Kidder

Eau Contraire	Click on a thumbnail to view the image.
Steve Deline and Russ Yelsey created a hilarious comedy about a gay couple trying to entrepreneur their way to financial success and heal a rifty relationship. Eau Contraire also had a moral bent: “Accept, respect, and love people for who they are. Trying to change them can just be a big catastrophe and a lot of drama.” That’s my take on it at least. Steve directed the film. It was good working with such an organized guy and watching him pull so many components together. Russ’ comic writing kept us hard pressed to get through a scene without laughing. Photo Montage:


Not long after we wrapped this project, I had a dream that I was walking with my mother through Boys Town in Chicago. She passed on in February of 2000. I was telling her about my career and the people I was meeting. She asked me about this film. I said the the final scene in was just her style, especially the storefront in which it was shot. We turned the corner and there it was. It’s a white room with only a large oak table and crystal chandelier. All of the main characters end up there for a “Gap commercial” final dinner. I said that I hoped heaven was like that- a white room with a beautiful table. All of the people we loved would be sitting around it. There would be incredible food, and a place set for us. She took my hand and smiled. The windows of the storefront got misty and we walked through them into the room. The white walls, ceiling and floor seemed to push back and the air got cold. I could see my breath. The floor started to crunch under our feet and we were in a snowy wood. The trees and ground were covered with snow, and the sky was white too. You could only see dark silhouettes of the birch tree trunks, standing sentinel at their posts. Soft music started to play as we crunched through the snow. The music was as lucid as the scene. There was a flute, violin and clarinet. Then singing. The space turned a sweet blue as dawn came. It was that blue color they call, "gloaming." I opened my eyes as I slowly woke up. My room was just that color- it was just daybreak. I sat there, basked in blessedness and opened my journal to write the lyrics of the song that was still sweeping through my mind. Take my hand We'll let the past go by Holding on to the now we'll let go of the past and walk into the future Tomorrow's ours but only if we step to this moments heart beat and love Take my hand and love

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