San Antonio Film Festival
As my journey through this very unique film festival continued, this screening was compelling because of the ability to get a little bit of an insider's view of the film business. The film itself was entertaining and a fairly light and unique take on crippling mental illness. The main character suffers from a trio of delusions in the form of three eccentric people... fortunately if you've seen Beautiful Mind you can understand the angle this film is taking towards the portrayal of this guy's madness. Through the process of his therapy and medication, and a friendly neighbor and love interest who decides to show up at his door. Bruce Davison, who is best known to me as the guy who played the Senator that was turned into a mutant by Magneto in X-Men but who was also nominated for an Oscar, also has a small role and gives this film a little more clout.
The screening was attended by cast and crew, and it was a blast to see the people up on the screen right down in the multiplex afterwards to answer questions. What was fascinating was how they talked about setting a film in a simple scene in order to prove to investors that they can make a low budget film with a compelling story. That opened up a new idea on how to appreciate movies. No one has a big budget to portray their complete visions as first-time filmmakers. What they can do is try to weave an interesting tale with those limitations of scope and budget, and A Schizophrenic Love Story is an example of using the the perspective of a troubled mind to take a movie into weird realms while staying within a very simple setting.
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