Last month, I did BG work on set with a fun, friendly, and interesting character, Stephen Huddlestone. He recently made a short film of his own, and suggested I check it out. So I did. It’s the story of a couple different stories altogether. Stephen himself stars in this film as a sexy boy (must’ve been a lifelong dream for that kind of credit) who is partaking in a session of intercourse with Matilda (Julie Asselin) as she cheats on her husband who is never seen through the whole thing. Meanwhile, the Guy Brothers, Buddy (Evan Stanich) and Jimmy (Carsten Ritter) have to get rid of a dead young lady in the back of their car and have the most absurd conversation cracking weird jokes and considering the possibility of covering it up as a suicide while dropping her off at her parents. They also owe some money to drug lord Gisuppe (Dan Vaida) who employs a half-naked slave (Charlo Cedro) for purposes I hope never get disclosed, along with a lazy junkie who sleeps for most of his on-screen prescence (Jonathan Rido). Of course, they have to borrow the money from Sexy Guy after he earns some from Matilda, and Matilda has 3 psycho girls (Marissa Suave, Trinity Richardson, and Melanie Larget) hunting her down. If you think there’s some interesting connections, well, things get more interesting in ways one would never expect.
While films with many cast members can be confusing, it’s amazing when they can be brought together into an interesting way weaving several stories into one. Plus, not only did Stephen pull additional duty writing, directing, and acting, an associate of both his and mine, Jonathan Rido served as assistant director AND producer. But then I’ve always said that guy is multi-talented. Why else would I have let him design the website’s logo with his own concept? While rather short, it gets a lot of great moments squeezed into the duration. Funny moments, dark moments, disturbing moments, mostly interesting moments. With minimal crew and a large amount of cast, Stephen has managed to pull off a masterpiece and it’s pretty good for a first. There’s a first time for everything, and this is both Stephen’s first short film and first well-written production. I can’t wait to see what he makes next.
