my friend sienna made a movie.
punch! it premiered tonight, and i got to see it with the whole cast and crew.
fearnet.com says:
"Fast Cars. Faster Women. Blood, Guts and Gore. The American Dream."
The story of "Punch" takes place in the small Washington
town, where two rival gangs face off in the ultimate battle between good and evil, over the course of one violent night. It is an homage to the traditional Grindhouse films of the '60's and 70's, exploiting American Cultural Icons such as, muscle cars, vintage scooters and the Punk Rock music movement, and will be filmed in the same manor, only modernized by the digital age and the beauty of HD.
The entire feature will be filmed over the course of two weeks in the small town of Ephrata, WA, the director's hometown, during the summer of 2008 and will feature predominant local landmarks, businesses, as well as actors hailing from area. It is the filmmaker's homage to the town that raised him and the often unseen and inspired youth culture that was once part of his everyday life.
"...if the New Testament were modernized to fit today's desensitized, this tale would appear somewhere in the middle...Madness in it's methods..."
the tri-city herald says:
"Punch is a very spiritual story revolving around faith, honor and family, told from the point of view of a group of young adults who have had to find their own way and their own interpretation and importance of each," he said. "It draws a great deal of inspiration from my own youth and the youth of my friends.
"We grew up at an amazing time in Washington state history where the ears of the nation were tuned into the Seattle Sound (grunge bands like Nirvana), and in an area saturated by classic cars and bikers."
Filming on location in his hometown seemed like a good fit for a movie that is, in essence, a battle for control of humanity, Cynik said.
"I wrote this script as a remembrance of my high school days," he said. "There were a lot of muscle cars, dirt bikes, gangs and cliques. Besides, I've always seen a battle between good and evil and control of humanity as happening in a small town, not a big city."
He adds that there is an "aggressive humor" threaded through the film.
"Toilet humor," he said. "Definitely a guy thing."
i say:
fucking badass! i have the dvd. come over and watch it.