IN THE MEDIA
John Iwasz and Sanjeev Surati of Small Basket Studios, makers of the award-winning Zombie Casserole, joined filmmaker Alfredo Salvatore Arcilesi at the 8th Macabre Faire Film Festival in Hauppauge, New York. Here's what they had to say:
At the New York Horror Show with Small Basket Studios.
At the New York Horror Show with Small Basket Studios.
Michael Haberfelner of Search My Trash conducted an extensive online interview with writer/producer/director Alfredo Salvatore Arcilesi regarding Canswer, the second feature film from Arcilesi Films. Here are just some of the highlights from the introspective:
----------
"As far as personal experiences are concerned, I will simply and proudly say that my Zia is a victor of breast cancer. Conversely, my Nonno Salvatore Arcilesi, had been diagnosed with three forms of cancer. Given mere months to live, he managed to put up a fight for several more months, and well beyond his eighty-third birthday. Without him (and my Nonna, of course), I wouldn’t have my mom, who wouldn’t have had me. Without him, a clever mechanic for several decades, I wouldn’t have had a body shop rooftop with which to make the film that, sadly, he would never see."
----------
"I’ve always viewed my roster of characters from all of my films put together as tenants in an apartment building; I am the apartment building and they dwell within me, and, much like in a real apartment building, certain characters (or people) see each other and interact fleetingly, in most cases in the laundry room or elevator. Well, as far as Canswer is concerned, the rooftop is that laundry room or elevator, and Cillian and Ellen, whom have both lived in my “apartment building” for years, have finally been addressed, identified, and explored, and we’re all meeting for the very first time."
----------
"I remember squatting at the edge of the rooftop, knowing that after a day’s worth of filming the Infected Horde that I was entering the last take I would need with them. At the risk of sounding cheesy, I looked down at everyone; they were all so energetic, supportive, and I wondered what George A. Romero felt when he was creating his zombie extravaganzas!"
----------
For the full interview, please click here.
----------
"As far as personal experiences are concerned, I will simply and proudly say that my Zia is a victor of breast cancer. Conversely, my Nonno Salvatore Arcilesi, had been diagnosed with three forms of cancer. Given mere months to live, he managed to put up a fight for several more months, and well beyond his eighty-third birthday. Without him (and my Nonna, of course), I wouldn’t have my mom, who wouldn’t have had me. Without him, a clever mechanic for several decades, I wouldn’t have had a body shop rooftop with which to make the film that, sadly, he would never see."
----------
"I’ve always viewed my roster of characters from all of my films put together as tenants in an apartment building; I am the apartment building and they dwell within me, and, much like in a real apartment building, certain characters (or people) see each other and interact fleetingly, in most cases in the laundry room or elevator. Well, as far as Canswer is concerned, the rooftop is that laundry room or elevator, and Cillian and Ellen, whom have both lived in my “apartment building” for years, have finally been addressed, identified, and explored, and we’re all meeting for the very first time."
----------
"I remember squatting at the edge of the rooftop, knowing that after a day’s worth of filming the Infected Horde that I was entering the last take I would need with them. At the risk of sounding cheesy, I looked down at everyone; they were all so energetic, supportive, and I wondered what George A. Romero felt when he was creating his zombie extravaganzas!"
----------
For the full interview, please click here.
Katie Uhlmann of Katie Chats speaks with director Alfredo Salvatore Arcilesi about his experience as a former ReelWorld Indie Film Lounge E20 Member and a current ReelPrep Facilitator at the ReelWorld Indie Film Lounge Cocktail Reception.
Michael Haberfelner of Search My Trash conducted an extensive online interview with director Alfredo Salvatore Arcilesi. Here are just some of the highlights from the introspective:
----------
"For some reason, I took those films (Hook, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?) and watched them religiously. And is still amazes me at how wrong I was about most of the dialogue that the characters were speaking; and all that goes towards being a child and replacing the things that you don't understand. Yet, the films haven't lost their magic for me because when I do revisit them, I remember not only what I thought the characters were saying when I watched them as a child, but who I was with - my grandfather. And those memories forever keep me a child."
----------
"There's nothing better than rubbing shoulders with a live version of the very thing you created on paper."
----------
"I'll hold your hand so that you can take your first few steps, but I will let go and allow you to fall and pick yourself back up."
----------
"I'm here to offer you an experience and not a spectacle, although, in truth, sometimes the spectacle is the experience. I want my cast and crew and the audience to feel or have felt something. A tear, a laugh... those are the laurels for me."
----------
For the full interview, please visit Search My Trash.
----------
"For some reason, I took those films (Hook, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?) and watched them religiously. And is still amazes me at how wrong I was about most of the dialogue that the characters were speaking; and all that goes towards being a child and replacing the things that you don't understand. Yet, the films haven't lost their magic for me because when I do revisit them, I remember not only what I thought the characters were saying when I watched them as a child, but who I was with - my grandfather. And those memories forever keep me a child."
----------
"There's nothing better than rubbing shoulders with a live version of the very thing you created on paper."
----------
"I'll hold your hand so that you can take your first few steps, but I will let go and allow you to fall and pick yourself back up."
----------
"I'm here to offer you an experience and not a spectacle, although, in truth, sometimes the spectacle is the experience. I want my cast and crew and the audience to feel or have felt something. A tear, a laugh... those are the laurels for me."
----------
For the full interview, please visit Search My Trash.
Katie Uhlmann of Katie Chats speaks with director Alfredo Salvatore Arcilesi about his writing and directing Mnemophobia: Fear of Memories, an episode of the hit web series In Fear Of, filming in New York.
Press+1 Canadian Film Review correspondent Dug Stevenson interviews director Alfredo Salvatore Arcilesi about his short film For Clearer Skies during the 2013 Canadian Film Festival.
Director Alfredo Salvatore Arcilesi on Talk2Canadians
Katie Uhlmann of Katie Chats chats with actor Brian Quintero and director Alfredo Salvatore Arcilesi at The Blood in the Snow Canadian Film Festival
Katie Uhlmann of Katie Chats chats with special effects makeup artist Carlos Henriques of The Butcher Shop and director Alfredo Salvatore Arcilesi about their film For Clearer Skies at the Fright Nights Summer Showcase (August 2012)
Katie Uhlmann of Katie Chats chats with actress Kelly-Marie Murtha about her film For Clearer Skies at the Fright Nights Summer Showcase (August 2012)
Katie Uhlmann of Katie Chats chats with director Alfredo Salvatore Arcilesi about his film For Clearer Skies at the Fright Nights Summer Showcase (August 2012)
Click to set custom HTML
Katie Uhlmann chats with actor Robert Nolan about his films Reverie Three and God's Acre at SharpCuts Guelph Indie Film & Music Festival 2010
Katie Uhlmann chats with director Alfredo Salvatore Arcilesi about his films Reverie Three and God's Acre at SharpCuts Guelph Indie Film & Music Festival 2010
Independent Scene features Reverie Three
Independent Scene features Roadside Florist
Copyright 2007-2015 Arcilesi Films. All rights reserved.
