Firefly
The story behind small independent productions is usually the same: a low budget, therefore a limited number of shooting days, and actors that are primarily pulled from the filmmakers’ inner circle. The story behind Firefly, the début film of Pete Marcy, is no different. Marcy and his friends have been putting together short films since they were in high school. You’re never too young to learn. Firefly cost less than six thousand dollars to make and was financed by independent production company Failure Boys in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Originally, the filmmakers meant to start the film with the ending, but they soon gave up on that idea, thereby giving Firefly the opportunity to work towards a both suspenseful and magical finale. This demands courage from the screen writers, because they burdened their main characters with the aftermath of an event which remains shrouded in mystery for the audience. Those main characters are Del, a guy who awakes in a car without knowing what happened; Brandt, floating around on a river; and Susan, a girl who has to be rushed to the hospital covered in blood and suffering from hypothermia. The time: Halloween night. What happened: unclear.
Firefly is screening at the Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival on 19th and 22nd April.
The Trailer
Quicktime: One sized fits all
Saturday 31 Mar 2007 | Paul | Science Fiction, Drama
