10° FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE CINEMA GIOVANI
Special Screenings 1992
Blast 'Em
by Joseph Blasioli, Egidio Coccimiglio
Country: Canada
Year: 1992
Duration: 100'
Blast 'em is a very funny, rude and irreverent inside look at the world of paparazzi and their celebrity prey: they stalk, confront and photograph sometimes with their subjects consent and more often without. Quickly bringing the story up to date Blast 'em finds its subject personified in Victor Malafronte, a young New York based professional who just may be the most aggressive, foulmouthed and talented of the new breed of photographerhit men. Victor puts it succinctly when he says, "I don't have any sympathy for a guy who makes $ 20-30 million a year". Victor and his cohorts take us for a ride on the wild side as they chase down Madonna (an avid jogger), Michael J. Fox (also jogging), John F. Kennedy Jr (on skates or a bike), Marla Maples (playing softball), Willem Dafoe, Sigourney Weaver, Matt Dillon, Robert De Niro.
Biography
film director
Joseph Blasioli
Joseph Blasioli was born in Toronto in 1960. He's been an award winning film editor and writer on dozens of documentaries for Canadian television and from 1984-1989 was the head writer and editor for the 100 part CTV documentary series The Last Frontier. Since that time he has quit the television industry and devoted his energies to writing and directing feature films in Toronto. Blast'em is the first result of these efforts. Currently, he has two features in development.
FILMOGRAFIA
Blast'em (1992).
Egidio Coccimiglio
Egidio Coccimiglio was born in Sault Ste. Marie (Canada) in 1960. He has worked with many Canadian Independent filmmakers; American Exit is his awarded short film.
FILMOGRAFIA
Blast 'em (1992).
Cast
& Credits
Director and editor: Joseph Blasioli, Egidio Coccimiglio.
Screenplay: Joseph Blasioli.
Director of photography: Robert Garrard.
Music: Yuri Gorbachow.
Sound: Antonio Arroyo, Ivan, Marty Casparian.
Cast: Victor Malafronte, Nick Elgar, Rick Maiman, Gerardo Somosa, Steve Sands, Albert Ferreira, Eugene Upshaw, Virginia Lohle, David Whitehead, Sally Kirlkland, Felice Quinto, Randy Bauer, Queerdonna, John Barrett, David McGough, Ron Galella.
Director of Production: Anders Palm.
Production company: Silent Fiction Films Inc., 1 Ralston Street, Londra SW3 4DT, Gran Bretagna, tel. 713526911, fax 713765135.
Foreign sales agent: Cinema Esperanca International, 96 Spadina Avenue, Suite 301, Toronto, M5V 2J6, Canada, tel. 4168651225, fax 4168659223.
Screenplay: Joseph Blasioli.
Director of photography: Robert Garrard.
Music: Yuri Gorbachow.
Sound: Antonio Arroyo, Ivan, Marty Casparian.
Cast: Victor Malafronte, Nick Elgar, Rick Maiman, Gerardo Somosa, Steve Sands, Albert Ferreira, Eugene Upshaw, Virginia Lohle, David Whitehead, Sally Kirlkland, Felice Quinto, Randy Bauer, Queerdonna, John Barrett, David McGough, Ron Galella.
Director of Production: Anders Palm.
Production company: Silent Fiction Films Inc., 1 Ralston Street, Londra SW3 4DT, Gran Bretagna, tel. 713526911, fax 713765135.
Foreign sales agent: Cinema Esperanca International, 96 Spadina Avenue, Suite 301, Toronto, M5V 2J6, Canada, tel. 4168651225, fax 4168659223.
