Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Here's the trailer from EDDIE: THE SLEEPWALKING CANNIBAL, a fine black comedy I story edited. It's about a has-been artist, Lars, who starts taking care of a deaf-mute with a habit of killing and eating small animals while sleepwalking. Strangely, Lars finds himself inspired to paint for the first time in years.

So Lars pushes Eddie to go further.

It's pretty twisted. Sort of ART SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL with, you know, cannibalism.

It's fun working on a piece like this. Your job as story editor is sometimes to reassure the filmmaker that his most demented instincts are right on -- you're the voice going, "Yes, that is seriously effed up. Now go for it." Because no one wants a cannibalistic art satire that pulls its punches.

Lisa and I got a similar note a few months back on our dark drama ALICE FOUND ALIVE. It was a few too many things at once, and a wise producer suggested we carve it down to its freshest and scariest impulses. Once you cross certain lines, you can't look back.

Eddie is premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival. Here's an early review.

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1 Comments:

quanspeapaiondsThat looks like lots of fun -- can't wait to see the film.

By  VLucas, at 12:18 PM  

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