CONDEMNED Reviewed
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So Young So Bad: Reform School Girls In The 1950s
“The Story of a Teen-Age Fire-Bomb! Look out! She’s set to explode!” (The Green Eyed Blonde, 1957)
With the making of my new short film, Condemned, I found myself watching and re-watching many Women-In-Prison (WIP) films. Recently catching up with a curious 1957 picture, The Green Eyed Blonde, I was inspired to write about the “Reform School Girls” subgenre – an offshoot of the WIP that was extremely popular in the 1950s.
From the 1920s to the 1970s the WIP genre evolved from ideas of reform to ideas of revolution. The 1950s, sort of a mid-cycle, stressed the depravity and desperation of the institution. The reformatory film offers a great example of the WIP’s reactionary spirit and saturates the inherent conflicts between the genre’s subversive nature and the industry’s need for a conservative resolution.
Dracula’s Daughters vs The Space Brains
Aprella (Laura in Condemned) starring in the new short film, Dracula’s Daughters Vs. The Space Brains, next to Neil Patrick Harris. Directed by Frank Ippolito & Ezekiel Zabrowski and produced by Teller (on Penn &). Check out their Facebook page. They are premiering at the upcoming Cleveland International Film Festival.
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The Light in the Piazza
For those in the DC area, Margaret Anne Florence (Condemned’s Female Convict #1031) is starring in the new stage musical, The Light in the Piazza. Check out their website for showtimes coming up in March & April.
Photo from www.margaretanneflorence.com
Playbill Spotlights Ashlie Atkinson
Condemned’s intimidating Night Guard, Ashlie Atkinson, is featured on playbill.com. She’ll soon be co-starring in The Bridge Project’s As You Like It, directed by Sam Mendes.
CONDEMNED on Flickr
Opened a Flickr account for Condemned with even more stills from the shoot, including some behind-the-scenes photographs. Check us out.
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CONDEMNED in Israeli Press
We held a private screening for Condemned at the Tel-Aviv Cinematheque this past Friday. Two of the biggest news portals in Israel posted photos from the event in their gossip columns. The text is in Hebrew. In the coming days I’ll upload some of my own photos from the screening.
Another written piece by Eilam Wolman was published in “Hai’r” magazine on Thursday. Look for a scan coming up soon.
Vote for Aprella in W Magazine
Support Aprella, the talented co-star of Condemned by getting her in W Magazine. Here’s the lowdown from Aprella’s website:
CONDEMNED Lobby Cards
These new graphics are inspired by promotional cards that used to be hung in theater lobbies in the 1950s. A couple of them are going to be printed as postcards for Condemned.
New Clip from CONDEMNED
Just uploaded a clip from Condemned to Vimeo. View it below or directly at Vimeo for HD quality.
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