Judas Kiss (2011) [w/Commentaries]

Director: J.T. Tepnapa
Writers: Carlos Pedraza, J.T. Tepnapa (story)
Stars: Richard Harmon, Genevieve Buechner, Charlie David

Failed filmmaker Zachary Wells is convinced by his best friend and hotshot director Topher into replacing him as a judge in their film school's annual festival. Zach's one-night stand with a student backfires when that student walks into an interview the next morning calling himself Danny Reyes, the name Zach went by when he attended the school. And Danny's film, "Judas Kiss," is a finalist in the competition Zach is judging. Zach's film, also "Judas Kiss," won the festival years before. As Zach scrambles for answers, a mysterious, chain-smoking campus tour guide, counsels him: "Change the kid's past, change your future." But how? Zach comes to believe he can mend his life by disqualifying Danny from competition, putting him on a different path than Zach followed. But will Zach's plan work?



Commentary tracks:
– Commentary #1 with J.T. Tepnapa and co-writer/producer Carlos Pedraza should be the most rewarding track of them all, yet the participants are drinking throughout the discussion, leading to persistent joking and a general absence of an attention span. Some technical information manages to surface, but it's limited at best.
– Commentary #2 with actor Charlie David promises more of a coffee date ambiance with the performer, who sets a casual mood, looking for screen elements to help trigger memories concerning the making of the movie.
– Commentary #3 with actors Richard Harmon and Julia Morizawa carries more of a BFF tone, with the pair chatty but distracted, wandering into tepid banter instead of pointing out the details of the frame.

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