“A man living in the US gets a visit from his ‘replica’. The man had emigrated decades before. His ‘replica’ remained in Mexico living an alternate life. Now he wants to find out about ‘his other life’”. The eternal internal … Continue reading Keep Dreaming
Miles was eleven when I met him. He was mildly autistic. It was hard to pinpoint his abnormalities. He appeared to be an average kid, maybe just a little mixed-up. It seemed like his mind was working faster than the … Continue reading Miles Away
The explosion was imminent. We didn’t know who or what would set it off. The decision was mutual and final. Everybody would later say absurd, too. I expected to be painless. I hated pain. Physical or mental. We’re three brothers separated by six years each. We all were born in September. My brother Ralph was thirty, I was twenty-four and my little brother Anthony was eighteen. Our house was a gathering place for all kids from the neighborhood. I don’t remember having had any serious fights with my brothers. We were always very close to each other. My dad had … Continue reading Brothers In Distress
I was a little pessimistic when I wrote this little thing in 2017. Is there a reason to be optimistic now? God has left the building and the planet too. Hurricanes dance in the ocean. Hurricanes cohabit with earthquakes. The heat is hotter. Walls built with tiny hands will stop refugees but not bombs. Children expelled from paradise. Limbo kids between heaven and hell. But which is which? The ax forgets, the tree remembers. The forest never wins. Mother nature is dead. Without a nation or destination, refugees flee in mass and cry in pain. Destitute and diluted in the … Continue reading Global Suicide
“To turn a failure into a hit it’s never easy” We started shooting on Halloween Day. It was his first movie. The title was a little bit grandiose: “Apocalyptic Moons”. The film was supposed to be … Continue reading Method Actor
A kid selling chocolates door-to-door to raise money for a trip to Disneyland encounters a drug dealer as a potential customer. #ShortFilm #DrugsAndChocolates YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZceqIF1X09IL7_kcON7Q9g VIMEO channel: https://vimeo.com/accomplishedignorant IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9216447/?ref_=pro_nm_visitcons Continue reading Drugs and Chocolates
“An honest ghost hunter and an ambitious photographer try to catch a ghost on film to win a cash prize from a TV station.” 6:46 min. #ShortFilm #Ghost O’Clock YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZceqIF1X09IL7_kcON7Q9g VIMEO channel: https://vimeo.com/accomplishedignorant IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9216447/?ref_=pro_nm_visitcons Continue reading Ghost O’clock
The barber was almost done with my haircut when I heard the beginning of a song on a tiny radio. First, a single beat of a drum along with the piano, followed by the guitar and then the vibrating organ. … Continue reading A Day In My Life
Pedro was thirteen years old, Luisa was twelve summer vacations had just started. No more school or homework for two months. Their favorite time of the year. But that year was different. It was great for Pedro, but it was … Continue reading Healing Sessions
El paisaje no podía ser más horrendo y devastador. La tierra se veía triste y gris y su aridez era muy profunda. Así era la tierra de mi padre en esos tiempos. Seguía siendo tierra fértil, sólo que esa fertilidad … Continue reading Se Rentan Nubes
