"Crocodile"
Independent Film -
Alive and Well in Cincinnati
Premiered:
Friday May 11th 2001Esquire Theater -
Cincinnati, OH
April 2002:
Bronze award in Houston Worldfest Film
Festival - Dramatic Adaptation category
Summer &
Fall of 2000 I completed lighting
direction for the short film
"Crocodile". The film was co-written by
Pedro Lange-Churion and Tracy Seeley, based on the short story
Cocodrillo. The authors
are professors of Language and Literature who were on sabbatical from the University of San Francisco. The two
respectively directed and produced the project. The film was shot on 35mm 5279
film stock, with an ancient blimped Arriflex IIc by DP
Roger Holliday.
Melissa Godoy served as the production manager.
Armed with a three ton truck, a rusty 6K, 2-2500's, 4 1200's, a small tungsten
package, and a largely novice crew, we rolled into action on a Monday morning,
and didn't stop filming until 8 days later. With 11 shooting locations, 28
speaking character parts and over 100 extras it was an involved film for a low
budget independent short.
"Crocodile" tells the story of a down and out concert pianist. Unable to make a living as a musician, he finds work as a salesman of ladies nylon
stockings. One day he discovers that he has the ability to cry at will. From there Crocodile uses his new found ability to soften the hearts of
women, thereby becoming the number one salesperson in his company. The rest of the film deals with the consequences of his tears, and his ill fated
return to life as a classical pianist.
Enrique Giordano, a professor of Spanish American Literature at the University of Cincinnati played the lead as
Crocodile. Hollis Daughtery, an actor from NYC played the three main female characters. Local actors filled in the remaining cast.
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