Singer/Songwriter Emily Wryn, who also co-wrote/directed the film, will be performing for the first time in nearly a year at The Hotel Café in Los Angeles on Sunday, December 9, 2007, at 8:30 p.m.
"Amateur Porn Star Killer" filmmaker Shane Ryan began working on the script for "RRK" in early 2005, loosely based on a script he had written in the late 90's. He teamed up with then 15 year old Emily Wryn, a local singer, to do the music for the film. Shane was so impressed with her ideas, music, and lyrics, that he asked her to come on board as co-writer. Soon after, they decided to direct together as well. They shot a concept trailer for the film in late 2005 along with selected scenes, and spent the following year trying to get it financed.
Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeLFNYEO_qs
"Hidden Lights" RRK Video:
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2020382287
In the meantime Shane has gone on to find success in distributing "APSK" with Cinema Epoch, out last month in stores, with a budget of just $45. But with "RRK" they are looking for a much higher budget. A budget of epic proportions; like say $50,000. Okay, that's still considered a non-budget movie, but if you take in to consideration that Emily and Shane made about 6 short films/music videos together with a $10 budget average, $50,000 is a shit load of money. At one point they even thought they were going to be getting a 1 million dollar budget, but that fell through. After several headaches of not finding any investors, Shane went on to pursue other film projects, and Emily with her music. But with the "APSK" DVD release, Shane decided to push the trailer again, hoping that somebody, someday soon, will see it and finance the film.
"If not, I'll just do it myself", says Shane. "That's nothing new. I think we'd need at least $3,000 to do this film, but I could probably at least put that together. If we're not financed by the end of summer (of '08) I'm just gonna do it, or else I'll be to old!" Shane started working on the script in high school so he could play the lead. Originally he had no intention on directing it. At that point he never wanted to direct a feature film, he was an actor and a writer. But over time directing grew on him. The script became a whole new movie (adding the idea of spree killer Charles Starkweather and his girlfriend Caril Ann Fugate to the mix), but the age of the characters stayed the same, with Shane's character being 19 years old. "I can still pass for that, but not for too much longer" says the 27 year old. "So, this needs to happen soon."
In the meantime, come see Emily at The Hotel Café, 1623 1/2 N Cahuenga Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028.
http://www.hotelcafe.com (323) 461-2040
Check out some of Emily and Shane's past videos, several of which were winners on the IFC Channel;
"The Swamp Song"
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=8861757
"The Cleansing" (2 time winner)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OHbIWoP_qk
"Hallucinations Madness of the Bottle" (winner)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seuFr5vL4zU
Check out the official page for "Romance Road Killers" here:
http://alteregocinema.com/Features/ROMANCEROADKILLERS.html
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