LAPSE: Confessions of a Slot Machine Junkie is a personal documentary about my experience overcoming a twelve-year long gambling addiction. When I decided to quit, I entered into psychotherapy. I audio recorded my sessions, and all of the dialogue in LAPSE is taken from those recordings. It's going to premiere at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival. But while gambling addiction is the subject, the aesthetic isn't that of your typical recovery film. I'm also a time-lapse addict, and I incorporated more than 30 time-lapses into this 13 minute film. I think that time-lapses are perfect for evoking anxiety and surrealism. So LAPSE refers to both the cinematic technique of the film as well as the subject matter (i.e., a lapse in judgement). Please take a peak at www.lapsedocumentary.com Music by Jason Sebastian Russo, and the bands HOPEWELL and COMMON PRAYER
Peter is a charismatic motivational speaker who privately battles bipolar disorder. On stage in front of hundreds of people, he has boundless energy. He makes people laugh. He’s a professional life-skills guru. In his private life, he struggles with chronic depression, anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. 2011, 24 minutes Special Jury Mention at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival. Please visit www.gurudocumentary.com for more info.
Your greatest creation is the life you lead. This is the best movie ever. This will change the way movies are done. Simply amaizing
CLIP DESCRIPTION: FH (Billy Crudup) collapses after eating too many mushrooms, and wakes up in the hospital, hallucinating and convulsing. FILM DESCRIPTION: In this independent drama, a young man tries to find himself in the early 1970s as he wades through a swamp of heroin addiction.
