Combat Shock
Stars: Rick Giovinazzo, Veronica Stork, Mitch Maglio, Arthur Saunders | Written and Directed by Buddy Giovinazzo
Films are like plays and books; they elicit an emotional response from us, and we hope for happiness to be one of them, especially at the end. Then of course there are the chosen few that are just so grim that they depress you, that they bring your emotions down and make you feel just how low films can go, this is not by doing something disgusting but by telling the story in such a way that it taps into those emotions in you that remove the goodness. One of these is Combat Shock.
Frankie Dunlan is a war vet who upon returning home finds his life in a mess. He lives with a nagging wife, his friends are all junkies and his baby is deformed from the side effects of Agent Orange...
Stars: Rick Giovinazzo, Veronica Stork, Mitch Maglio, Arthur Saunders | Written and Directed by Buddy Giovinazzo
Films are like plays and books; they elicit an emotional response from us, and we hope for happiness to be one of them, especially at the end. Then of course there are the chosen few that are just so grim that they depress you, that they bring your emotions down and make you feel just how low films can go, this is not by doing something disgusting but by telling the story in such a way that it taps into those emotions in you that remove the goodness. One of these is Combat Shock.
Frankie Dunlan is a war vet who upon returning home finds his life in a mess. He lives with a nagging wife, his friends are all junkies and his baby is deformed from the side effects of Agent Orange...
- 8/1/2012
- by Pzomb
- Nerdly
Erik Altemus made a critical decision when, in the eighth grade, he transferred to the Orange County High School of the Arts. Prior to attending the Southern California performing arts school, he went to a "stereotypical" junior high school, he says: "It was all about whether or not you were on the football team. I hated it. I was completely ridiculed, and talent didn't mean anything to those people."But enrolling in the musical theater program at Ochsa really helped him as an artist: "I was able to immerse myself 100 percent in what I did artistically. It wasn't just something I did on the side. I had academic classes, yes, but now my days were surrounded by doing what I loved to do." He adds, "All of a sudden, I was one of the popular kids and it was all about how talented you were."Several young performers who went...
- 11/3/2010
- backstage.com
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- 7/1/2009
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
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