Whom You Know: The Crimson Mask

Sunday, August 2, 2009

The Crimson Mask

Whom You Know learned of this new independent film recently, and we were excited about it because one of our Movers and Shakers is in it!

See Mover and Shaker Chriselle Stause:

http://www.whomyouknow.com/2009/05/movers-and-shakers-chrishell-stause.html

Whom You Know was most impressed with the cinematography and the acting in this movie. Particularly notable in addition to Stause's fabulous performace were the young broker and the female accountant that worked at his firm. We won't give away the story, but we believe it has a pertinent theme with the way the financial markets are today.

The camera angles were good, and the whole movie was assembled by a great eye.

Many people know the story of ex-Long Beach, Long Island resident Ed Burns. About twenty years ago with a $60,000 budget using local Long Island scenery including his home at the time, he produced, "The Brothers McMullen" which turned into a major hit.

Right now, the 20th anniversary is being actively celebrated by Spike Lee, Danny Aiello, John Turturro and others who made, "Do The Right Thing", on the streets of Brooklyn. I believe they had a $90,000 budget, and this effort propelled Spike Lee into a major, serious movie producer/director.

So now we have Elias Plagianos of Brooklyn (Red Hook), who continues to work in the construction/building trades. Elias had a dream, an ambition and a passion to become a movie producer and director. He realized that the only way he would be able to achieve this was to do it himself! Armed with what he believed was an excellent story, a few bucks from a couple of friends, and some credit cards---Elias shot, "The Crimson Mask" all around Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan. (Elias' ESP Films is "headquartered" in Red Hook, Brooklyn again a la Spike Lee).

He was able to convince two credible television stars: Robert Clohessy (six years as a starring regular on "Oz" on HBO). (He is now in production with the new Martin Scorcese TV series.) and Chrishell Stause (three years as a starring regular on "All My Children" on ABC) to appear in the movie. He also developed a team of disciples who worked long and diligently, for morsels of money to see the production through to completion.

So Elias has been able to show that even as expensive and high-priced that NYC is supposed to be...there is still ample potential and widespread opportunity for budding entrepreneurial filmmakers to put together quality productions "on the cheap" ($200,000). Everything shot in NYC doesn't have to be a multi-million dollar James Cameron ("Titanic") project. In fact, the cost-efficient and ease breakthroughs in film/video production technology in the past four or five years create new abundant entrepreneurial opportunity for start-up independent filmmakers like Elias.

This movie has now received ten awards through various regional film festivals, including recent venues like: the Philadelphia Film Festival, the Long Island Film Festival, and the Jersey Shore Film Festival.

Other viewings in NYC are being slotted, like The Player's Club in Manhattan, Tuesday, September 15th. The movie will be shown at a film festival in LA during August and at the Village Picture Show in Manchester, Vermont during their annual Indie week, Saturday, September 19th.

For more information:

www.thecrimsonmask.com

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