Where have you been all my life?

As 2009 draws to a close, many of you will be wondering exactly what the deal is with this film, and why you haven't heard of it before.

Well, kiddies, it's been a long ride.

The Pisces journey began in early 2006, when long-time creative collaborators Marisa Brown and Trevor Matthews found themselves working together on a short film festival. The pair were absolutely sure that they could do better than some of the entries, and that it was time to pool their creative genius, stop criticising, and start creating their own filmic masterpiece.

However, they were soon to rue their arrogance. The project was plagued with dramas - key props were undelivered, schedules and crew went awry, hard drives exploded time and time again, the final footage was filled with sound and exposure issues, and there was a mystifying lack of cutaways. The project hit a brick wall. Marisa and Trevor returned to their daily lives with their tails well and truly between their legs, but often quietly dreaming of what could have been...

Time passed. Things changed. Technology advanced. Marisa started work on a new film and Trevor threatened to publicly beat her to death if this new venture was finished before 'Pisces'.

And so, with the renewed vigour that comes when one's life is at stake (accompanied by stalwart support from various technical geniuses), 'Pisces, Arise!' was dragged kicking and screaming into 2009. Perhaps, like the fried fish in this tale, the film would have been better off left for dead; lost, for all time, in a void of darkness.

But then again... who are we, as mere mortals, to decide what is right and what is against the will of Man and Nature?

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