Walter, a simple unimposing football field groundskeeper, presides
over yards and yards of perfectly sculpted blades of grass surrounded
by a majestic stadium. Football practice. The big game. The freshly
manicured green grass is decimated. Walterıs attempts to protect his
lush green grass are futile until one day he takes action.
It's summer and 19 year-old Liz sets out on a mission to find love
while serving drinks at an espresso drive-thru in Seattle. Across
town, a young hippie girl, Jody, seeks answers in drugs while
shuffling papers at her father's office. When Liz meets a graffiti
artist and Jody ditches work to sell ice cream in an old green truck,
they seem set for the time of their lives. But the summer takes an
unexpected turn the day Jody pulls up to Liz's coffee stand...
Comment: I wanted to give Sweet Thing a feel-good score. The protagonists are
innocent and mischievous. The score needed to characterize their
relationship and be intimate, longing and fun at the same time. I chose an
eclectic ensemble consisting of accordion, piano, ukulele, tuba, trombone,
percussion, and strings.
David, the sickly son of a powerful aristocrat, falls in love with
Catalina, the daughter of a servant. Their relationship leads to
unforeseen tragic consequences and brings to light the long-hidden
secrets of the past.
In the seedy underground of illegal prizefighting, a corrupt boxing
promoter is embroiled in a dangerous fight-fixing scheme with his
female prizefighter.
Wunderkind horror novelist Stephen Grimes spends his days coming up
with new ways to kill people, until he accidentally runs over a street
kid, falls in love and learns that life is an emotional thriller that
ends with a painful twist.
Zombie Prom is a 1950s horror comic book brought to life as a
musical comedy film. It is a campy, rollicking romp through
America's "Atomic Age" and the "Golden Age" of horror comic books.
Grieving over the death of her mother, 13 year
old Sara is sent to live with her aunt, Mrs Garsett, a stern
woman. She soon finds she does not fit the world, or design
of her only living relative.
2005, Documentary, Annenberg Center Of Communication, USC
Directed by Marsha Kinder
When Operation Smile, an international medical
organization, comes to the aid of the children in Cambodia,
all appears well. However, the pressures of history and
social inequities weigh heavily on the lives of the children
and their families.
Based on the novel by May Sarton, protagonist
Hilary Stevens is a poet and an intellectual who wrote a
scandalous novel about love between women in the 1920s. In
1964 she is interviewed and reflects her life once again...
A young Argentine girl sees her brother killed
during a political assassination. Under police interrogation
she learns secrets about her past, and has to think quickly
to protect the honor of her family and to keep her
freedom.
A lonely, reclusive artist has to conceive a
painting for her gallery debut, when a mysterious guitar
player arrives in her building and clouds her focus. Now she
must face him and his music in order to reconnect with her
canvas.
