February 2011
3 posts
WatchUNIVERSAL CITY (2010)
5 minute excerpt
Length of full video: 20 minutes
I found this ad on craigslist:
“VACATION RENTAL/ SUBLET: COME LIVE ON “LOVE STREET” This Chateau was the former home of iconic Doors frontman Jim Morrison in the late ’60s and is in the epicenter of Laurel Canyon Village; you will feel the exclusivity of a getaway with a gated private entrance leading to an open...
WatchTHE ROAD TO MARGARITAVILLE (2010) - 51 minutes.
EXCERPT: ‘Loving The Gift Horse in the Mouth’
Lissa, an exotic dancer, and Nick, living in a motel room and completing state-mandated community service, serendipitously meet at a back-ally dumpster. The nuances of their developing friendship are the focus of the film, outlining the social economy of American Suburbia, while also...
WatchTHE ROAD TO MARGARITAVILLE (2010) - 51 minutes
Sliding Doors, 5 minute excerpt. In this scene, Nick encounters Alex, the manager/head of security of the A.P.A.C.H.E. Motel. Trading one predator for another, Nick saves Alex from a giant, puffy white snake (hallucinated), only to retreat back to his room, avoiding a delinquent room bill. Ben Smith as Nick, Ignacio Genzon as Alex.
May 2010
4 posts
WatchHowlin’ (2009)
CAST: Roxie Fuller, Ben Smith, Lucy Griffin, Michael Patrick Carr. Written by Jason Underhill, Roxie Fuller, Ben Smith. Directed by Jason Underhill -
Howlin’ follows friends Daniel and Maria as they talk each other into a narrative that suitably recycles the tropes of their favorite gothic fantasies, servicing their egos as they seek full-frontal self-possession. The...
WatchB.Y.O.B.B.Q. (2009)
Cast: Roxie Fuller, Rena Kosnett (as The Driver). Written and Directed by Jason Underhill -
Follows Tilda and her passive resistance to imminent doom after she hitches a ride to her friend’s barbecue. 13 minutes.
WatchJESSIE LIVES: Lookin’ for Friends in all the Wrong Places (2006)
Cast: Roxie Fuller. Written by Jason Underhill and Roxie Fuller, Directed by Jason Underhill -
Jessie, left friendless and humiliated, navigates her usual suburban terrain, looking for the new world. 17 minutes.
WatchJESSIE LIVES: Fake it Til You Make It’ (2007)
Cast: Roxie Fuller. Written by Jason Underhill & Roxie Fuller. Directed by Jason Underhill -
Jessie gets lost twice: the first time she’s looking for Rodney’s Palace of the Undead—the second time she’s just looking for her own reckless abandon, as she articulates the details her own fantastic death/makeover/revenge as Appleonia, Queen of...