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Red Cockroaches
''Red Cockroaches'' (Spanish: ''Cucarachas Rojas'') is a film released in 2003. This feature film was the debut production of Miguel Coyula and was the result of a two-year effort on a $2,000 budget. Shot entirely using a portable digital camcorder and edited on a home computer, ''Red Cockroaches'' is an example of DIY cinema. In its review, ''Variety (magazine), Variety'' called it a "A triumph of technology in the hands of a visionary with know-how..." It is the first of a trilogy which continues with ''Blue Heart (film)''. Plot A young man meets a mysterious girl in the subway and gets romantically involved with her, only to later discover that she might be his long lost sister. Dark and atmospheric, the world the characters inhabit is an alternative New York City with bouts of Acid Rain and ruled by an omnipotent cloning company called DNA21. Visuals Based on carefully planned storyboards, every time there is a cut in the film it is to a new camera setup that hasn't been u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Coyula
Miguel Coyula Aquino (born March 31, 1977, in Havana) is a Cuban filmmaker and writer. At age 17, he made his first short with a VHS camcorder, which led to his admittance to Escuela Internacional de Cine y Television (The International Film and Television School) of San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba. Since then he has won awards in his country with his short films ''Bailar Sobre Agujas'' (1999), ''Buena Onda'', (1999), and '' Clase Z "Tropical"'' (2000). His work has always been shot on very low budgets, his features taking several years to complete, using heavy digital manipulation in postproduction. In 2000, he traveled to the United States on an invitation from the Providence Latino Film Festival. While visiting New York City, he met Anna Strasberg of the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute and after screening his thesis film was offered a scholarship. While attending the Strasberg Institute, Coyula made his first feature, '' Red Cockroaches'' (2003), for less than $2000 over a two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |