TRAILER: Zombies and Assholes
Having been, once upon a time, someone who spent too much time in a diner I can relate to some of where they are going with this film. It is a short film from what I’ve been reading but still sounds like it’s one that ‘could’ be highly entertaining.
A group of degenerates delight in the pleasures of annoying both staff and patrons at the lavish Eden Restaurant. But on this day, after a quick dine and dash, they are faced by a zombified staff who begin attacking customers. Stuck in a stalled car, determined to die with clear consciences, they confess their intertwined sexual indiscretions. Will they survive, and if so, who will win – Zombies or Assholes?
http://zombiesandassholes.com/
Lol this looks pretty good!
Those dudes are REAL assholes too 🙂
So many zombie films coming out, so little time!
Okay, here’s the scoop:
On one side, you have the title, film and
story, a brilliant idea written by Justin Wade, who was eventually
kicked off the project for being eccentric to the point of
‘obnoxiousness’, and not serious enough to trust those who were grounded
in the money-making potential that could from such a film. Basically, a
young man in need of learning how to play with others trying to break
into the business.
On the other side, you have a group of close
knit people who have had enough of a taste to know a good thing when
they see it, and befriended this obnoxious young man, knowing that given
time, he’d do something to justify their ‘exiting’ him out of the
project. Some would call this allowing a person to “hang himself,”
except that in this case, they actually wrapped the rope around his
waste, told him to go out to the ‘deep end’, and when he got there, they
promptly cut it, and with the help of the cast, he was last seen trying
to swim back to shore, but it was too late. The group grabbed their
water fins, his script, and went away.
So, the short is
completed, everyone is happy. The key players, not wanting to find
themselves dealing with court issues, agree -with great resistance – to
keep Wade’s name on the poster, make a point of giving him credit as the
“idea” man, but over time, they insert a ‘Kern -el’ here and there,
giving her the additional title of “co-writer” to make sure the
attention remains focused on the ‘core’ group that will make all the
appearances, and do all the interviews, that Wade will neither attend,
or receive an invitation to appear for the above mentioned reasons.
Even
now, articles, interviews, references – even posters, that in the
beginning, gave Wade first position as the “author”, are shifting to
giving Kern first position and Wade as ‘co-writer’, with a few
interviews not even mentioning Wade’s name.
There is nothing new
about this account, as such stories are peppered throughout the history
of filmmaking. Either the actor/writer/director was or is the asshole
that needs to be dealt with, and there isn’t one studio in America built
without a few of the bodies set in the foundation. It’s too easy to
point to the writer, director, producer or any actor as the bad guy,
because frankly, they’re all ‘assholes,’ and worthy of a zombie attack
for being so callous and inconsiderate.
Surely, calling yourself a
“teacher” of the craft requires being able to convey to the student –
among other things – the skills required to be a part of a team working
on a film. And even in the case of a student who cannot grasp that
reality, the teacher is still bound by a moral code to giving credit for
a good work, where and when it’s due, especially, when it reaches a
point where funding to make it “happen” becomes a part of the
conversation. But this only applies when the teacher is in actuality, a
teacher, of which this group cannot claim credentials.
So, here’s the
warning for the hopeful actor or screenwriter: Whether you are
attending a four-year college or taking a course at your local community
center, take the time to notarize your work before sharing it in a
classroom. Especially if the the person teaching isn’t an educator, but a
‘guest’ teacher, because chances are, if you don’t know their name,
but remember them from a margarine commercial that is no longer shown,
chances are pretty good they were in need of a few extra dollars, which
is why they accepted the offer to ‘teach’ that class.
Anything
that’s is said or done in that room is up for grabs, and the ‘guest’
teacher/lecturer who is looking for something new, is keenly aware that
students don’t think that far ahead. Wade never sought out a way to
secure his work, but as luck would have it, he sent a copy of the
original script to his brother, an English teacher, for proofing.
The
fact is, this story is far from over. The ‘group’ has moved on to
other projects, but with a desire to present this short on a larger
scale. Every now and again, they wonder about the writer, and their
rights to proceed. Meanwhile, Wade has been able to cover himself
legally, despite the group’s effort to convince him otherwise. Today, he
still writes, and he teaches English as a second language.
A
little less eccentric, he wears maturity well, and following wise
counsel, he ‘waits.” When his friends talk about his time spent making
“Zombies and Azzholes” and the lesson to be learned, he smiles, and
says, “Everything That Rises, Must Converge.”