I love working with my friends and think they are the most talented people I know, so it naturally came to write a film centred around them and their strengths as actors. Matt (Mathieu Descamps) is the most charming person I know and he’s also French, I mean, what’s more irresistible than that? So I thought I would take advantage of that by creating a mysterious European seducer who almost tears a cute all-American couple apart.
This also gave me the opportunity to use Gio’s (Giovanni Sandoval) character as a vessel to say all the insults I think of spewing to Matt across the breakfast table every morning (we’re roommates…he get’s the girls). But the most important and, more importantly, enjoyable aspect of making this film was that I had a great time making it with my friends and fellow artists and that’s all we’re trying to do.
Eggs 'n' Bacon
Synopsis:
A blind man making breakfast is interrupted by a series of external events which put his breakfast, and his apartment, in jeopardy.
Directors / Writers Statement:
Written, shot and produced within a week in quarantine, we created the film using only the few pieces of equipment available in our living room. A project that started out intending to be a 3-minute short for a festival grew into a longer, larger film, which explores the intricacies and challenges of living alone, during this time, whilst also facing one’s own internal battle.
Continuing to create work and find joy in doing so with those around you is vitally important to us in a time when these opportunities are more rarified than ever. In making 'Eggs 'n' Bacon' we gave ourselves a challenge, learnt a hell of a lot during the process and created a film which, we hope, gave an insight into something not usually experienced on screen.
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