Monday, August 3, 2015

We've just wrapped production on a new film titled "37", written and directed by Puk Grasten. The story goes back to the fateful day in 1964 in Queens, NY, when Kitty Genovese was attacked and killed while many neighbors heard her cries for help and most did nothing to help. This script looks at what sort of reasons there may have been for some of the neighbors to not "get involved".

It was an honor to work with a director/author with one of the clearest artistic visions I've encountered in my decades of film work. On top of having a poetic, painterly eye, Ms. Grasten was one of the most delightful collaborators to work with. I cannot wait to see this film cut together, but in the meantime, here is a link to an article that ran in the NY Times which has a photo of two of the characters we outfitted, "The Mowbray Sisters" (in vintage fur coats and turbans) as they walked to set. You'll see from the children walking by in the shot what the actual temperatures were like (hot, hot, hot!). Luckily, these actresses were game and able to endure the heat with our crew standing by ready to remove their coats between takes whenever necessary!

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/27/movies/kitty-genovese-killing-is-retold-in-the-film-37.html?_r=0