#1305: Rodrigo Lopresti & Gregory Collins




Filmwax Radio show

Summary: DownloadGet it on iTunes {pb_mediael audio_mp3=[http://d343ypnmzkqpnf.cloudfront.net/filmwax/1305-filmwax.mp3] } Filmmaker Gregory Collins & actor/filmmaker Rodrigo Lopresti stop by Filmwax Radio and discuss their new project, a narrative feature called A SONG STILL INSIDE. Mike is an actor. Or he used to be. Or he still could be. Except Maggie is also an actor, and a more successful one at that. As Maggie books bigger and bigger roles – and works longer and longer hours – Mike is left at home taking care of their newborn son. With Maggie wearing the pants, Mike struggles to feel like the man in the family. So, about to miss yet another audition due to Maggie’s schedule, Mike makes a life-changing mistake: he leaves their son alone and goes anyway. But mistakes that you get away with don’t really feel like mistakes, so Mike’s confidence begins to grow. And since he grew up without a father, Mike is increasingly swayed by the allure of a professional identity unfettered by family commitments. It isn’t that he doesn’t love his son – on the contrary, he would give anything for him – but what if ‘anything’ means giving up a career he is desperate to pursue?