Dogman 3: Fight to the Finish
When: 4 p.m., March 30
Where: Bay Theatre, 214 N. St. Joseph St., Suttons Bay
Admission: $12
Back in 1987, a guy named Steve Cook wrote a song — a musical poem, really — about a mythical dogman lurking in northern Michigan.
Cook was working at WTCM radio in Traverse City, and broadcast his work. From there, the legend caught fire.
Flash forward to now.
Northern Michigan filmmaker Rich Brauer has made three films about the legend of Dogman. His latest installation, "Dogman 3: Fight to the Finish," will be shown Sunday afternoon at the Bay Theatre in Suttons Bay.
In "Dogman 3," the familiar characters are back, having moved on from the horrors of the earlier films. They think Dogman is no more, but quickly realize they're wrong. He spoke with IPR's Ed Ronco.
INTERVIEW HIGHLIGHTS
On enthusiasm for the Dogman legend: "People were stopping me on the street, mostly in Benzie County, saying 'Oh, I've got a story for you if you want to include this in your film." ... And I listened to a couple, and then finally it got to the point where there were so many people who absolutely had personal stories. So ... I got the chamber of commerce in Benzie to schedule all these people, they could call the chamber and schedule a 20-minute block at the local hotel, and I had Steve Cook do the interviews. I filmed this thing and we put this on the first DVD."
On seeing the movie in a theater, versus at home: "The difference of course is that when you watch it in a room full of real people, you're not on your phone, you get to watch it on the biggest TV you're ever gonna find. So if you feel like you want to really be a part of the movie, if you want to really see it, and when you see that person in front of you and next to you jump — and you jump — there's this energy that happens that you cannot get at home."
