Matt Hosseinzadeh

writer, director, and a few other things

Finally... Making Another Film

My five month filmmaking drought will come to an end soon. I can't believe it's been five months. Why didn't I do more in that time?

Anyway, I've rewritten ROMANCE, and it's become a different film now, one that I've titled FLIRT. It's about a bold guy who tries to pick up a very pretty, and extremely tough, girl at the library. I happen to work at a college, so I approached the Dean of Library Services for permission to shoot at our library. He said I could, as soon as final exams are over and things quiet down.

The Hole

There's been no activity on the filmmaking end. I haven't even been trying. I feel like I'm stuck in a hole and making no effort to climb out. The hole just seems too deep, and it's surprisingly comfortable at the bottom, as long as I don't remind myself of where I am.

Often I open my screenwriting program and stare at the screen for long stretches of time. I’m sure a lot of writers do this, but in my case, I don't type a single word.

I haven't made any music either. I actually just sold my Yamaha keyboard in order to fight my credit card debt.