by Osvaldo Neto
01 – How has the filmmaking disease
infected you? And when did you realized this was going to be your life?
So funny that you used the word disease and
infection when referring to filmmaking. My brother, sister, and I were
all “infected” with the disease of “film” very early in our lives. Our
dad collected 16MM prints of classic films and would sit us down in front of
the screen and told us of the harrowing tales of how the filmmakers made the film.
Our father is a Baptist Minister as well as an avid film lover... so the
combination of the two is where we find ourselves in the film medium. I
would go to church 3 times a week and then on Friday nights we would sit down
and watch Night of the Living Dead and hear about how George Romero and company
sacrificed in order to make their dreams come true. A truly amazing, and
albeit strange, way to be raised. I wouldn’t have wanted it any other
way.