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Site last published: 4/5/08 5:57 PM
The Proverb
The
Proverb has recently been
re-released and to the surprise of everyone involved
receives its most enthusiastic acclaim from India. This
experimental short film is a ten-minute mockumentary on
contemporary journalism and religiosity in America,
lampooning both as serious in form only.
Put together in literally one week in early 2004, The Proverb was produced and directed by Todd Albertson, written by Jeff Andrus, and stars Tony Award-winner Scott Waara, Nancy Stafford of Mattlock fame, Lauren E. Roman from All My Children, Chris Prizzi from Law & Order and newcomer Anna Michelle Wang.
In 2006 The Proverb won Grand Prize at the Kolkata Spirituality Film Festival. Kolkata used to be spelled Calcutta, and it used to be that no English language film of any length took the KSFF's top honor until The Proverb. According to screenwriter Andrus, dubbing the film in Bengali and Hindi added new and hidden meanings to the spoken words on screen, "... making the The Proverb somewhat like The Di Vinci Code or The Rosetta Stone, and that's kind of what I always intended," to which producer/director Todd Albertson huffed, "Pretty miraculous when you consider he speaks only one language."
More on The Proverb's rising from what both describe as "abject obscurity" can be gleaned from this site's 13 October 2006 blog, "O Calcutta!"
There were many people involved in the project besides "the talent." A complete listing of all those who co-labored to allow The Proverb to receive the critical acclaim that it did can be seen at IMDb.
The Proverb is available for sale from Amazon.com.
Put together in literally one week in early 2004, The Proverb was produced and directed by Todd Albertson, written by Jeff Andrus, and stars Tony Award-winner Scott Waara, Nancy Stafford of Mattlock fame, Lauren E. Roman from All My Children, Chris Prizzi from Law & Order and newcomer Anna Michelle Wang.
In 2006 The Proverb won Grand Prize at the Kolkata Spirituality Film Festival. Kolkata used to be spelled Calcutta, and it used to be that no English language film of any length took the KSFF's top honor until The Proverb. According to screenwriter Andrus, dubbing the film in Bengali and Hindi added new and hidden meanings to the spoken words on screen, "... making the The Proverb somewhat like The Di Vinci Code or The Rosetta Stone, and that's kind of what I always intended," to which producer/director Todd Albertson huffed, "Pretty miraculous when you consider he speaks only one language."
More on The Proverb's rising from what both describe as "abject obscurity" can be gleaned from this site's 13 October 2006 blog, "O Calcutta!"
There were many people involved in the project besides "the talent." A complete listing of all those who co-labored to allow The Proverb to receive the critical acclaim that it did can be seen at IMDb.
The Proverb is available for sale from Amazon.com.