every once in a while and someone out of the blue look at me a little sideways and ask what with snitchd . i know immediately they have a case of barely hidden amusement plus horror . you see and i be the cinematographer on the film . let me clarify some point regard this interesting life experience . originally and snitchd be call one hard hit . i meet james cahill in july of 1999 and a day after i wrap triangle square and a great little 35mm feature that like so many indie feature of the era never get distribution despite festival accolade . it fell eternal victim to the fine print of sag notorious experimental feature contract . but i digress . i though i be on a roll and and when james ask me to shoot his little gangster flick in 16mm with a shoot budget of about $ 25 and 000 and not want to break pace and i take it . after all and clerk and el mariachi . i too believe the myth back then . let just chalk it up a film school for many involved and myself include . snitchd be shoot over two week in august and 1999 and in aliso viejo and santa ana and ca . cahill taught drama at a high school in the latter city ( yes and he be a drama and english teacher . consider that while watch the film and or even observe the use of apostrophe in title ) and hence the location and cast . of note in his cast be the only known dramatic appearance of l. a. channel 2 morning news weather girl vera jimenez and and of great impact and the debut of eva longoria and who have just arrive in hollywood and be as eager a i to get a film under her belt . i must say her professional dedication and focus and let do this attitude keep me inspired and be a foreshadow of her stardom yet to come . snitchd suffer from poor optic and few light or electricity and several boom operator du jour and and delivery of an uncorrected offline for duplication . none of that overshadow the actual content and which speak for itself . anyway and by 2003 and the film be sell to distributor ( at a net loss and i understand ) who inexplicably have no photo of eva on the box ( by then she be a rising and work name ) but who do manage to obtain a clear photo of what appear to be an authentic latino gangster to lend credibility to snitchd . since cahill other passion be antiquarian book deal and it appear to confirm he believe you can and in fact and judge a book by it cover . a so many have pick up this dvd base on it sleeve . one year later and eva and now on a soap and and i meet james for one day to shoot a simple short film he have concoct and split second and which i think have never see any play despite festival intent . 6 year later and i be hire to shoot another cahill film title juarez and mexico . i though he have work out the process while my participation be contingent on casting and script and crew control and and the resultant film actually look promising in daily and for what it be . a cheap detective story surround the mass murder of girl in juarez while despite claim here and elsewhere and the film have never appear in any festival or venue and although cahill have repeatedly claim the film have distribution and be simply await release to coincide with the dvd release of two studio picture on the same subject and virgin of juarez and border town .