Thursday, January 27, 2011

Sans Vie, Vita di Amore and updates

Sans Vie Premier was wonderful. We had a sold out crowd and a beautiful after party.
The last few months I have laid low and have been taking some much needed time on the home front while working on the next project.

Vita Di Amore
Last weekend opinionated folks gathered for wine and food to look over the grammatically challenged third draft of Vita di Amore.

This will be my second attempt at a feature film. Sans Vie was my first and in my own goals I set it burst through any measurements of success I had laid out. Sans Vie was written as a 15 page short and quickly turned into a 24 minute movie. We premiered the featurette as such but then I made the decision to turn it feature. Although funds were depleted at the time it was to hit all of the festivals we still got some festival play but what happened outside of that was inspirational.

Sans Vie screening outside of me were being planned by others. Dinner screenings, potlucks a screening of the movie in a Castle in France. It is an intimate drama and was seen in intimate settings.

I have individuals stop me even today and say “I finally saw your movie and I loved it”

It is quietly circulating around. I have been approached by two distributors without even trying and think this is the next step for Sans Vie.

Vita di Amore is a follow up to the world we created in Sans Vie.

Where Sans Vie is quiet, introverted and takes time to stylize atmosphere, Vita di amore is fierce with visuals, the tempo is drunk and on fire. Everything from Pink Gorillas to drunk Santa clauses to drag queens in kissing booths have been put into this script.

The read was a success. This romantic story of Nicola a woman looking for love even in her own shadow will be a fun carnival to create.

Next up on the to do list is the re-write then a final cold read with the principle cast.