About George Thompson
Location: Missouri
Occupation: Writer
Bio: Bio I was born in the small town of Ironton, Missouri in the mid-40s. My father was a minister and my mother was the devoted pastor’s wife. We moved when I was three to Kansas City where Dad pastored several churches, then moved to Fulton in 1960 where I graduated from Fulton High School in 1962. Dad was pastor at the Southside Baptist Church from 1960 through 1967. It was during those teenage years that I started writing poetry, articles, short stories and novels. Many poems were of a “grim” nature because I was usually either frustrated or felt depressed when I wrote them. Further in-depth study of myself helped me to see matters in a different, more enlightened way and gave me a much greater peace Bio of mind. That feeling came about when I realized that a Higher Power held control over my life and although I felt free here on earth to explore many things because God gave me the mind to make my own decisions based on the “terms” I had set for myself it was I who set the terms and levels of frustration and worry. Once I turned everything over to God, my writings became more positive and that feeling of emptiness I once had was lifted. My faith in God and the good intentions of mankind grows daily. I believe in the power of words, whether they are written, spoken or through the motions and spelling in sign language. They can be used to empower or defeat, accept or deny. My poetry is just one of many means of communicating. Retired now, I make my home in Ironton once again after being gone for sixty years. I write a poem every day, an article or two a week and have a continuing column at wickedwordsmith.com on the Web. My pleasures are writing, feeding birds and taking care of my new cat, Mandi.
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Biological warfare unleashed.
Right At Your Door plays on the fringes of 9/11 and stays there through the length of the movie. There are very few moments when stress is gone and the actors have any quiet time in their lives.
Brad (Rory Cochrane) and Lexi (Mary McCormack) are madly in love, but this day Brad gets to stay home and Lexi has to go to work in downtown LA. They can see the skyline of the city from their front porch. Brad busies himself about the laundry and the dishes until he hears the news reports that dirty bombs have gone off in the downtown area. He tries to reach Lexi on his cordless and cell phones but all circuits are busy. He leaves the house to go get her, but the police make him go back home.
When he returns home, power has been restored and the reporters are telling everyone to stay inside and that because biological particles were a part of the dirty bombs to seal all windows and doors and let no one inside. Brad is now in tears as he barricades himself inside the house with Lexi somewhere outside. So far as he knows, she is dead from one of the bombs. Lexi shows up, but Brad won’t let her in. Men in protective suits are everywhere, looking for people who are on the streets; they are taken away. Lexi is one of the last ones taken as Brad watches while events turn into a sweeping change of events. Now, he wants out and no one will allow it.
This film won two awards at the Sundance Film Festival: Cinematography Award Winner, and Grand Jury Prize Nominee. I can understand the cinematography because the house is used effectively creating an intense feeling of claustrophobia. When you are inside with Brad, there’s a claustrophobic feeling, that itching of wanting to get outside, stretch your arms and breathe fresh air although you know it’s polluted. I was not ready for the ending of this movie. It surprised me; it even scared me. It’s all too easy to think that something like this would never happen in a “real” biological warfare battle, but it certainly could. I liked the film and will pull it out and watch it again.
The special features included Audio Commentary by Chris Gorak, Director; “Forearm Shiver” An interview with Chris Gorak; “Film School” Tips on making an independent film with Chris Gorak; alternative script endings.
