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"An island of madness in an ocean of insanity."



"What I like about film is the industrial element.
Bottom line is, you're there to entertain people."
Richard E Grant


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This month's featured video:
Let It Shine

aka
'The Beauticians' Song'

'Let It Shine' is one of the songs I wrote for a recently premiered musical adaptation of Moonstruck.

In the show, this number is sung by three enthusiastic beauticians as they give Loretta a total makeover...



   

Last month's featured video:
Roach Motel

A 'kinetic' low-end animation
to help Ford sell more cars. Sort of.


This is a car. Watching the video might
make you want to go out and buy one.


   


Previously featured video:
POLICE KESTREL


Episode #1
'VANITY'

Imagine Lassie as a police dog.
Then imagine Lassie with a beak and wings...

POLICE KESTREL premiered at the


Screening at
Tribeca, New York, August 29, 2007.


   

Previously featured video:
Jesus Took The Wheel

"Come for the amusing lyrics --
Stay for the lush harmonies!"


(Original image grabbed from Javier Prato's excellent I Will Survive )


   

Previously featured video:



 


   


How a straight 'A' student turns into a Timothy McVeigh.

DUMB AND DUMBER meets THE PRINCESS BRIDE. Please email for synopsis and script.

Slithering aboard the SNAKES ON A PLANE bandwagon!
This is the way we say goodbye, on a cold and frosty morning...
Believe. Or else.
Silence is the true friend that never betrays.
Sometimes, ethical lines have to be crossed...


A few posters for DignityFilms projects in various stages of development.

 

 

OPEN WATER in vacuo -- Two hapless space tourists stranded 23,000 light years from the nearest fast food joint.
   



TENCOM
When you're in too deep,
walking away isn't an option.

View        Download

TENCOM episode 1 premiered at the
UCB Theater, New York, June 27, 2005.


Hosting by Channel 101 NY



   


March 25, 2005 -- Living the Dream premieres at
Urban Nomad IV

 

LIVING THE DREAM (5 minutes; 10MB wmv file)
(Or watch the YouTube version posted on the right =>)



LIVING THE DREAM

A documentary-style look at what happens when a regular guy signs up for a dodgy scientific experiment that's supposed to make him more 'successful'...


   






ABOVE AND BELOW

Just how messed up can a simple camping trip get? Emotional and political karma catches up with four Westerners in the mountains of Northern Taiwan.

 

Above and Below is currently in post-production. For more news and info, check out Darrell's production blog at www.depthwish.com.







ET IN ARCADIA EGO



   

Our previous project. Six months to make a five-minute short. But hey, that's the price you pay for a little...

DIGNITY                

See? Proper lighting and everything!
(Well, almost...)

In bold pursuit of ever higher production values.
(photo by T.C.Lin)


Watch DIGNITY as a streaming Quicktime (.mov) video on TriggerStreet (registration required)

or download this 5 minute short as a 12 MB Windows Media 9 (.wmv) file --> DIGNITY

OK, it's not often you'll catch me recommending MS software, but hey, this media 9 player is really good! (And you'll need it to view the wmv version of DIGNITY.) So if you don't already have it, click on the icon and install this puppy!


   

Hidden tiger, golden dragons

Slam poetry from Oregon with video from Shanghai -- ARMAGEDDON OVER MY HILLSIDE (3 minutes; Windows Media 9; 7MB download) premiered at Taipei's URBAN NOMAD III. 'Armageddon' is just one of 15 great tracks on the Agent Contajus CD 'Soldier of Tha Mynd' (www.pearmentor.org/contajus).

Contajus: Spoken word artist
Agent: Original musical accompaniment


   
Norman Szabo's UNDERCURRENTS is a "...fugue and a meditation on the subtext of Pinter's 'Celebration'." Commissioned by Llyn Scott as part of FuJen University CFLL English Department's Senior Play Tribute to Harold Pinter, this short, three-and-a-half minute arthouse film premiered Dec 6, 2002. (Online version TBA).

A prelude to Harold Pinter's 'Celebration'


   


                Also live on TriggerStreet (registration required), check out....


THE BIG CHEESE                

"An improbable tale about an unlikely piece of office equipment."

"A delicious 10-minute noir spoof -- Raymond Chandler meets Leslie Nielsen."

"The gags ricochet in all directions."


THE BIG CHEESE -- It starts with a simple phone call....

Lt Mozzarella hones his office skills.

Sandra's new hat

...and soon gets completely outta hand.

Watch it now on TriggerStreet (registration required)

Special Bonus! Here's a sneak preview of another production still from TC's blog.


   



Meanwhile for even lighter fare, please visit Wobblehead Studios

Or for more heavy-duty industrial-strength serious stuff, check out
William Shakespeare's Abelard+Heloise.


Special heads-up! A cool indie site that puts all this new-fangled technology to good use...


Brought to you by Renegade Province Productions.
Watch Episode IV and
Episode V now!

And the winner is...
TC Lin's 2-parter (episodes 4 and 5) voted hottest, coolest, bestest episodes in the whole LADY X Series!

And don't forget to check out TC's production notes for all the skinny on the exciting behind-the-scenes action!


Photo by Dr Dazzle
Would you let this man direct your movie? Of course you would!
Why not email him to see if he's available... Szabo@DignityFilms.com      

Meanwhile... Can it be!??



Yes! After the success of CLAY SOLDIERS
TC, Dean and the rest of the gang  
are gearing up to bring you a feature length sequel...
LADY X: RENEGADE PROVINCE

We now have three tantalizing sets of behind-the-scene frame-grabs: the first from last year's all-day shoot at Fu-Gui point --


A DAY AT THE BEACH WITH LADY X

Another from an afternoon working with animals
at Guan Du --


HORSEFEATHERS

And now more good clean outdoor fun!
Lady X goes 4x4 --


A WHEEL AT EACH CORNER




And from January 2005...

FOUR DAYS IN HUALIAN

Snapshots from a 4-day expedition to Hualian and Taroko Gorge. This trip was part of the VOICES IN THE CLOUDS documentary project.




Lady X content used with permission
Most other content © 2002-2007 Norman Szabo


"Perception is everything - but that's not the impression I wish to create."