Searching for self, on the
streets of Ithaca
and at
the movies...
a film by Christopher Julian and Jennifer Savran
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There
are thousands of people in the college town of Ithaca - or anywhere,
for that
matter - who are seeking personal understanding and social support.
Not all of them are young and their questing is not always successful,
but they do not have to restrict their lives to loneliness or
insecurity or falsehood. The trilogy of stories in the new film "Invisible
Ink" observes and accompanies characters that are seeking
some honest self-knowledge. The acting is so earnest and the
film is so warm that you want them all to be well.
The
three stories in the 114-minute film are named for their main characters: Anna,
Catherine and Justin. In the first, Anna
(Elizabeth Gray), is a young woman living her life ritualistically
and seeking guidance from Chinese fortune cookies (thousands
of which clutter about her). Anna's brother Josh is dying of
AIDS and she cannot find the person who may have spread the disease
to him.
In
the second episode, Catherine (Natasha Tall) a widow and novelist rummaging through
a lifetime of documents with the intent of writing
a biography of her
late husband discovers traces of his infidelity. Catherine grows unsure of her
own life's significance.
The final story tells
of Justin (Pete Rush), a young man who is writing a newspaper advice column whose
questions and responses some
might consider "demented".
He forms a meaningful romance with Matt (played by writer-director Chris Julian),
who recognizes Justin's genuine talents. They have a chance meeting with Anna,
seeking the person who may have had a romantic relationship with her brother.
 All
three episodes end with images of papers being scattered as the three main characters
question their carefully constructed realities, and the audience is
left to decide what is important for them to hold on to.
"Invisible Ink" was
written by Christopher Julian and Jennifer Savran. The cast is composed entirely
of local people. The other star of the film is Ithaca
and environs (most of the film was shot within a five-block area downtown). "Invisible
Ink" premiered at Fall Creek Pictures on October 13th, and will be entered
into several film festivals and released on DVD. This is not the first appearance
of Ithaca on the screen, for the city was one of the production centers of the
silent era, the home of Wharton
Pictures beginning in1914.
Chris
Julian and Jennifer
Savran visit with WSKG's Bill Jaker to
tell "the
making of" story.
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