Filmmaker Michael Mongillo had me, originally, at Being Michael Madsen, his 2007 satire/mockumentary that featured Michael and Virginia Madsen, Daryl Hannah, David Carradine, Harry Dean Stanton and Lacey Chabert. What the? How did this unknown cat get these players into his game? Don't know, but the film is righteously entertaining and had me keeping an eye out for Michael's work in the future.
Enter Diane. A totally different approach to storytelling than Being Michael Madsen, this is a crime drama with horror elements that tells the story of a disabled vet named Steve that becomes obsessed with a local singer, Diane, who's dead body he discovers in his backyard. What gripped me here was the unfolding of the crime, who perpetrated it and Steve's descent into the truth accompanied by the ghosts of both his own guilt and, of course, Diane herself.
Knock this one out with an eye to an indie filmmaker not afraid to put his heart and vision out there with compelling story lines and actors while building a canon of work soon leading up to an established career of great films and, most importantly, our entertainment.
Enter Diane. A totally different approach to storytelling than Being Michael Madsen, this is a crime drama with horror elements that tells the story of a disabled vet named Steve that becomes obsessed with a local singer, Diane, who's dead body he discovers in his backyard. What gripped me here was the unfolding of the crime, who perpetrated it and Steve's descent into the truth accompanied by the ghosts of both his own guilt and, of course, Diane herself.
Knock this one out with an eye to an indie filmmaker not afraid to put his heart and vision out there with compelling story lines and actors while building a canon of work soon leading up to an established career of great films and, most importantly, our entertainment.