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Russell Mockentall

Russell Mockentall
Angela GiarratanaDebut: #3 4 Emerging A24 Directors Over 241 appearance
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"director of "Crazy Rich Italians: The Musical""

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20:14 (56s)
CHARACTER_INTRO

The A24 Emerging Directors Roll Call

The panel of directors introduces their pretentious A24 projects, including a film about a deep-voiced child and a musical based on a Walt Whitman poem that is actually just 'That's Amore'.

"My name is Timmy Wypall and I am the director of a movie called Husky"

"I have a movie, Crazy Rich Italians: The Musical"

#A24#Indie Film#Film School
22:30 (1m 2s)
BACKSTORY_REVEAL

The Walt Whitman Pizza Pie Connection

Russell explains that her musical is based on a Walt Whitman poem that coincidentally contains the lyrics to 'That's Amore', leading to a discussion on A24's love for 'simple stories'.

"It talks about when the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie"

"That's in the poem? That's Amore"

#Screenwriting#Plagiarism#Poetry
23:32 (1m 6s)
ESCALATION

Husky: The Voice of an Adult

Timmy describes the trauma of having a deep voice as a child, which led to him being used by friends to buy alcohol and rent cars, illustrated by a 'clip' from the film.

"Nothing makes you grow up faster than having a low voice early"

"Could I get your date of birth? Yes. 25 years ago"

#Child Actors#Voice Acting#Coming of Age
40:15 (40s)
CHARACTER_INTRO

The Emerging A24 Directors Roll Call

The panel of directors introduce themselves and their pretentious A24-funded projects, ranging from a gritty trash-pile drama to an Italian musical based on Walt Whitman.

"My name is Timmy Wypal, and I am the director of a movie that I made about growing up in the Midwest, but having a deeper voice than all the other kids. It's called Husky."

"I'm Russell Mockintall. I have a movie, Crazy Rich Italians: The Musical."

#Film Festival#Indie Cinema#A24
42:13 (1m 29s)
BACKSTORY_REVEAL

Walt Whitman's 'That's Amore'

Russell Mockentall explains that his musical is based on a Walt Whitman poem that apparently contains the lyrics to 'That's Amore,' written with his screenwriter Ryan Sheckler.

"A couple stanzas in, it talks about when the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie."

"No relation to the skateboarder."

#Screenwriting#Musical Theater#Literary Adaptation

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