Buttefly Lands in Maine

Our little film that could BUTTERLY is getting a bit of play. We will be showing at the Image Gazer Film Festival in Maine this June. I am going with Edward, the writer/director and hopefully a few other peeps from the film. It has been a long uphill battle. Everytime we show the film we get feedback that it is really amazing. But it is really dark, and that makes it hard to sell. It also creates a space for people to think about their own actions, what is right and wrong in their worlds and in the world at large. And whether or not they have a responsibility to do something about it. It is always difficult to find the right home for a smart film. I am really hoping the east coast will get it. When we return we will be doing midnights at the Lamelle Sunset 5 for June-July-August. The new postcards are wonderful thanks to Johnny Olsen photography and Paolina Amadio design. www.blankpageentertainment.com

Beautiful Deadly

We had thought about renaming Sibling Rivalry "Beautiful Deadly" based on the feedback from our distributor that we need a more "horror sounding" title. What do you think? Since Jade Kelley, our lead actress (and my lovely departed cousin) was nominated for a Best Actress in a Leading Role at a film festival in Texas (Under the name SIBLING RIVALRY) I think we should keep the title in her memory. I would love some feedback.

Butterfly and the Fear Fiesta

So we will be showing our dark, provocative film, BUTTERFLY, at the Fear Fiesta on Halloween at 2:00 in the afternoon.    (Casa 0101 Theater located at 2009 East First Street, LA 9003)
It will be interesting to see the response from an open audience. We thought we were going to be showing at SAG this week as part of the conservatory shows.  However, SAG declared the film too sexually provocative and said it was too salacious for their memebers. Crazy, given the night prior to when we were supposed to screen, the film Ashes (same writer as Butterfly) will show a people turned into murderous, flesh eating monsters. Which personally I find much more offensive than asking people to pose the question of morality and where responsiblity lies, and what if anything would You do, if you were the victim? But then again, if you look too closely, even an insect can be monsterous.

My brother, the writer

I know that I am really biased, he is after all my brother, but I think Edward E. Romero is going to become one of the most influential filmmakers of his time. A modern day Lynch (mixed with a little Polanski and a touch of Tarantino - the small part that is original) so to speak. His latest script, BUTTERFLY, won the Best Horror Feature award at Shreikfest, held at Raleigh Studios this weekend. Although I was not a fan of the style it was shot in, (way too much hand held that was nauseously shaky) I found the dialogue Edward wrote to be funny and pertinent. His script LULLABY which was optioned last year, is quite brilliant, and a finalist in a recent genre competition. And his latest film BUTTERFLY (his Directorial Debut), produced by Blank Page Entertainment, premieres this coming week at the Barnsdall Gallery Theater in Hollywood. Watch for him. I am telling you. He is going to be HUGE !