Five Filmmakers Move on to Final Round of the Chrysler Film ProjectChrysler Film Project’s Selection
The names of the five finalists along with an overview of the screenplay they’ve placed into the competition include:
– Jonathan Jardine, TOUCH. Jesse is a master pickpocket, an artist among
thieves. He teaches his tricks to Billy, his eager young apprentice,
and to Lisa, a young drifter. As Billy and Lisa compete for Jesse’s
affection, tension mounts. As the distrust builds and violence
escalates, Jesse, Billy and Lisa fight over what they all want most.
Jonathan Jardine has been a successful writer, director and producer of
television commercials and music videos for more than 10 years.
Jardine lives in New York City with his wife Monica. The couple is
expecting their first child in October.
erek Cianfrance, BLUE VALENTINE. The simultaneous story of a couple
breaking up and, ten years earlier, falling in love. The film
juxtaposes dualities – love versus hatred, the past versus the present,
fantasy versus reality, youth versus adulthood, man versus woman – to
present a portrait of an American marriage……”
