‘Cassette’ to hit US Screens
It’s
quite extraordinary but ‘Cassette’- a low budget Indie movie filmed in the
United Kingdom has been snapped up by American film directors. The feature
flick produced by award winning director David Irons, is set for a worldwide
audience after it caught attention at the Cannes film Festival. It’s "a coming of age/surrealist teen
movie" that earned an official selection at Idyllwild film festival and
the Vegas VIFF! Film
Festival and
ultimately went onto win the grand prize at the festivals "No Budget Filmmaking" category."Cassette" was picked up for distribution at the
Cannes Film
Festival and after screening in New York City and has now been snapped up
by Netflix. It’s an amazing achievement being a film with a significantly small
budget which could have made it impossible to get American distribution.
Ellie
Patrikios is one of the lead actresses in the film and we caught up with her to
tell us more about this exciting film.
Q: Tell us what the
film is about?
A: It’s a film based
around the fierce subject of ‘identity
crisis’. You follow Robyn, who changes her clothes, friends and attitude
which is destroying her life,
transforming herself into her idol Phoenix. In her new guise, we follow
Robyn on a journey of disillusion as her identity unravels and unwinds around
her to create a complete meltdown of everything she has created.
Q: What character do
you play in the film?
A: Head bobbing,
rocker-chic, Jennifer. Part of a bad influence girl gang that Robyn joins.
Jennifer is the kinder one out of the girls in the gang and genuinely cares for
Robyn.
Q: How did you relate
to your character?
A: I knew a girl like
Jennifer during high school. Using them as my“Jenniferspiration” I was able to unravel more traits and
characteristics of what initially was shown to be a hard core rocker girl. Then
find the innocence, indulgence from influence, and this genuine kind compassion.
It was a great tool of understanding my “Jenniferspiration”
and an opportunity for a clean reflection back in time!
Q: Where was it
filmed?
A: it was filmed in a
small town in the United Kingdom called Ware. In fact, they used Ware so cleverly
to describe Robyn’s state of “No-Ware”.
Q: How did you feel
about the awards and international acclaim the film has
received?
received?
A: it’s nothing short
of amazing and well deserved. The entire filming process was a blast, working
with the cast and crew taught me many things and opened doors for me.
I
am very excited that after so many years and hard work on David’s part (director)
the film would have achieved so much international recognition particularly at
Cannes Film Festival, win so many awards, including the Indie Vegas Film, and have its own place on Netflix.
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