DAVE LEWIS NEXT PROJECT - MOB YOGA
Writer/producer/director Dave Lewis is at it again, taking a story line filled with incongruities and finding a synthesis. His recent short comedy, SPAGHETTI AND MATZO BALLS now beginning its try on the film festival circuit, finds a way of synthesizing Jewish and Italian cultures. The feature story, something of an expanded version of the short, preserves the previous incongruity and adds Eastern mysticism and a touch of THE CRYING GAME. There's more to synthesize, but also the potential for more fun.
He's written over 50 pages, and he can't resist the dialogue driven nature of some of the scenes. After all, he's been aggressively taking acting classes, and likes dialogue. But he needs to have a more "show it, not tell it" attitude, so the challenge is to keep expository dialogue at a minimum, which is why he can't relegate the material from the short to back story, Because of a change in productions values, he'll have trouble keeping scenes from the short in the feature.
But with Dave's tenacity, his sense of not only incongruity and the oxymoronic, but also the comic potential of potentially offensive material, both sexual and otherwise, his endless search for feedback, and help from his co-producer, J.P. Oullette, himself an expert in what makes B-movies tick, having written a couple of good scripts himself and directed an HP Lovecraft story. The two teamed up to help produce Garth Donovan's EVERYBODY'S GOT ONE, which I found a little crude and offensive for my taste, but, on the other hand, , I'm also a big fan of THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY and moments of films from old acquaintance Todd Phillips ROAD TRIP, OLD SCHOOL and the unreleased FRAT HOUSE.
Dave's film, which will get made, is another indication of the increasing production activity in New England, with THE BUSKER, LEGEND OF LUCY KEYES and FADE TO BLACK nearing completion, and MILLION CALORIE MARCH, DIXIE STORMS, and the new Jay Craven film with Kris Kristofferson in various stages of preparation. These activities, plus the Beacon Hill initiative and the foundation of the Massachusetts Producers Coalition point toward a healthy future for film and video in the second half of this decade.
He's written over 50 pages, and he can't resist the dialogue driven nature of some of the scenes. After all, he's been aggressively taking acting classes, and likes dialogue. But he needs to have a more "show it, not tell it" attitude, so the challenge is to keep expository dialogue at a minimum, which is why he can't relegate the material from the short to back story, Because of a change in productions values, he'll have trouble keeping scenes from the short in the feature.
But with Dave's tenacity, his sense of not only incongruity and the oxymoronic, but also the comic potential of potentially offensive material, both sexual and otherwise, his endless search for feedback, and help from his co-producer, J.P. Oullette, himself an expert in what makes B-movies tick, having written a couple of good scripts himself and directed an HP Lovecraft story. The two teamed up to help produce Garth Donovan's EVERYBODY'S GOT ONE, which I found a little crude and offensive for my taste, but, on the other hand, , I'm also a big fan of THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY and moments of films from old acquaintance Todd Phillips ROAD TRIP, OLD SCHOOL and the unreleased FRAT HOUSE.
Dave's film, which will get made, is another indication of the increasing production activity in New England, with THE BUSKER, LEGEND OF LUCY KEYES and FADE TO BLACK nearing completion, and MILLION CALORIE MARCH, DIXIE STORMS, and the new Jay Craven film with Kris Kristofferson in various stages of preparation. These activities, plus the Beacon Hill initiative and the foundation of the Massachusetts Producers Coalition point toward a healthy future for film and video in the second half of this decade.
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