Dangerous Habits
This is a documentary about my addiction to cigarettes, and the difficult process of quitting. It follows filmmaker Josh Holmes in his painstaking attempt to quit smoking.
"Making this film has been one of the most difficult things I've ever done. I was quitting smoking and making a point-of-view documentary about it. Filming was a difficult process because I had to constantly talk about my experience with quitting, which meant cigarettes were always on my mind. On top of that I was never thrilled with the idea of appearing on camera.
Normally my editing routine consists of many cigarette breaks. I found editing particularly challenging, especially the footage of myself smoking.
When I began working on this film I was upset with myself that I had made the commitment to not only quit smoking but to document it, but now that I'm through the worst of it I am pleased with the result."