Short Films
June 17th, 2005Curtain
(2005)
Writer-Director-Producer Peter Di Cicco
Producer Vikram Jayakumar
Director of Photography Mike Testin
Players
Juliana Moreno
Darryl Stewart
Kelly Cramer
Joy Yaholkovsky
Merlin Froyd
Michael Connolly
Matt Steben
Katie Cleese
The Scottish Play
(1999)
Writer-Director Peter Di Cicco
Producer Barbara Caver
Director of Photography Anneliese Paull
Cast
Ali … Paige Jennifer Barr
Ryan … D. Matt Crabtree
Jimmy … Andrew Quinn
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Bret J. Cococcia
Marc Diraison
Jennifer Gandin
John Power
Owen Timoney
My last completed film as a director while at NYU. Shot in the second semester of my junior year, it is a lighter, zanier, and scrappier brother to Curtain. The two projects are similar in a lot of ways, and I would continue to revisit themes like backstage theatre life and techniques like the long camera moves. Though it does have one thing that I did not get into Curtain, which is humor. It was conceived as a black comedy, and was a chance for me to show off my continuing love of live theatre. After a few years, I watched it again, and I can still say I’m proud of it for what it is. I think it still holds up fairly well, and unlike a lot of the more serious work I’ve been producing lately, it’s pretty darn funny.
This Town
Song by The Nocturnal Ceremony Band
This was a fan favorite song from one of the high school bands from my home town. It was my first attempt at making a music video, and it is notable for two other reasons: 1) it was shot in an afternoon; and 2) it does not feature the members of the band–Drew Morgan (guitar/vocals), Jen Kelley (bass), and Adam Pierce (drums). Though I would have loved to have the original band members in the video, I was in New York and they were all in Colorado at the time. Therefore, I put my fellow crew members Andrew Shulkind and Melissa Tackling in it and we ran around the city shooting footage with the (then) new DV cameras NYU had procured for us. It also took forever to edit the video because I had storyboarded very little of it and found myself struggling to find footage that I could cut to the music. The video itself is passable, but I think the song is pretty good. But then, that could be my nostalgia speaking.
Movies playable in Quicktime
The Simple Pleasure of Sunday Afternoon
June 13th, 2005Sum- Sum- Summertime
June 1st, 2005Box Office Blues
May 10th, 2005Reading
May 7th, 2005Life After Curtain
April 21st, 2005Johnny Nosebleed
April 20th, 2005Johnny was a professional. He was always on time for call, he always hit his mark, and he never forgot his lines. Read the rest of this entry »
Production Update: Curtain
March 22nd, 2005Introducing: The Modlins
March 7th, 2005Production Update: Curtain
March 1st, 2005Images from Curtain
March 1st, 2005Production Update: Curtain
February 24th, 2005Housekeeping
February 16th, 2005Sundance Film Festival
February 13th, 2005Production Update: Curtain
February 12th, 2005Massacre on the 22nd Floor
February 12th, 2005Around noon, the office got incredibly quiet. Read the rest of this entry »
Of Soldiers and Children
February 9th, 2005The Lieutenant was a military man for certain. His father had been a military man, as had his grandfather. Read the rest of this entry »
The Hot Girls Work At Starbucks
February 8th, 2005Mike was a rookie, but he had a pretty good idea of the class system at work between the video store where he had just started his summer job and the coffee shop next door. Read the rest of this entry »
Album Cuts
February 8th, 2005The young master sat down at his typewriter, determined to reconcile this rift that had come between them. Read the rest of this entry »