The Film
The story is minimal; love lost, love regained, love destroyed. Our characters are Caleb and Rin. Caleb lives comfortably in his upper/middle class lifestyle as a columnist and blogger. Rin is a prominent student filmmaker in the gay community at his college. Their lives intertwine when Calebs wife is killed in an accidental hit and run, and Calebs only memory of the accident is a bumper sticker for the café in which Rin works. The two develop a relationship that opens up Calebs world to a new meaning of love, but transcends into dangerous and destructive when he begins to suspect Rin had something to do with his accident.
The film is told in four intertwining storylines, shot in four different film styles respectively; Melodrama, French New Wave, Mumblecore (or Indie), and Documentary which will actually feature real interviews from notable members of Minnesotas GLBT community.
FAUX is in fact the second part of an implied trilogy of human existence: 2008s FADE, now readily available on amazon.com, was an Orwellian drama focusing on cultural and philosophical concepts of freedom; FAUX provokes debate over the economization of sexuality and love; a proposed third FRAY will be a surrealized take on Guantanamo Bay, and deal with the darker shades of human psychology. All three carry themes of existentialism, death, and the dialectic of the human creature as a part of nature or culture. And all three challenge characteristics inherent not with Hollywood mainstream films, but what has become of the independent class of filmmakers.
Agenda
FAUX takes place during Americas current perceptions of sexuality; specifically, the gay rights movement. It will center on Minneapoliss own GLBT community, and shall offer insight as well as provoke thought. But as this is the focal point, it will also embody a broader philosophy, disseminating ideologies of narrative time and history, as well as cultural concepts of sexuality and humanism in the modern American capital. The film aims to approach sexuality in cinema from a typically untouched agenda. This isnt a movie about gays, straights, blacks, whites, bad guys or good guys; this is a movie about people; this is a movie about human beings.
The Production
This is a movie with grass roots mentality, funded by donations from those in the Minnesota GLBT community. Those in the cast and crew donated their time and efforts to make this possible.
The executive producers are Glenn Bottomly, Chuck Larsen, Bill Collins, and Mary Beidler Gearen. The fiscal sponsor is Actor's Theatre of MN. The producers are Nick Evert and Christopher Michael Beer. The crew consists of Tina Henry, Khurrem Karelia Gold, and Grant Sloan Sivula.
screenings
twin cities pride 2010 presents
a local screening of FAUX
June 25th at the lagoon theater
part of pride weekend
press
interview with Randy Reyes, Christopher Michael Beer, and Peter Neofotis about upcoming projects and GLBT themes. From Oct. 2009.
press release by TC Pride 2010.
sponsors
We would like to graciously thank our sponsors for aiding us, whether it be through financial means or otherwise. Without your donations and support, this film would not have made it this far.
actor's Theatre of MN
Barbette
Solhem
Weisman Art Museum
sex.movies.capitalism.maybe.
a FALLING UP SKY picture
'FAUX' starring ANDREW SASS JEMAR ROVIE-FRENCHWOOD featuring ALEXANDRA BILLINGS
executive producers GLENN BOTTOMLY CHUCK LARSEN BILL COLLINS featured score by MOUNT EERIE
documentary segment produced by MARY BEIDLER GEAREN produced by NICK EVERT CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL BEER
written, directed, edited and shot by CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL BEER
a production of FAUX LLC. all content copyright 2010 christopher michael beer. all rights reserved.
