Krista Mazzeo
Krista Mazzeo is finally relaxing and able to give all of her attention to Cabrini’s radio station.
After the premiere of the independent film, “Bitters and Blue Ruin,” that was about two years in the making Mazzeo is looking forward to having some time of her own. She wants to focus on her managing of Cabrini’s radio station, WYBF FM.
The film premiered on Dec. 14. The show was sold out. There were over 400 viewers in attendance. There were a few minor problems before show time. “We had a couple of technical difficulties during the day. They gave the wrong lens for the projector that we rented. We cleared everything up about a half an hour before it started.” Mazzeo said.
The overall feeling for the movie was good. The atmosphere was what appealed to everyone the most. “I heard from a couple people that it was the closest thing they have ever seen to a rock concert. People were really rambunctious, cheering and clapping. It was just insane,” Mazzeo said.
The movie was aired an additional time on Dec. 16. It was shown in front of a smaller crowd. Mazzeo felt that it was a better “test” crowd. She felt this because the audience got the jokes and they were not friends or family of the actors.
Now they are looking to submit the film into film festivals. The submission date for the Philadelphia Film Festival is Feb. 4. They have every intention on submitting to the Philadelphia and a couple of Chicago film festivals.
There is already a second script in the works for another movie. They are going to try to start filming the second movie some time this summer.
Mazzeo is looking forward to starting to write a couple of her own ideas and make them into either a book or a screenplay. “I have a laptop computer at home that is up to the task,” Mazzeo said.
There is already a list of people who want VHS tapes of the movie. Although no formal moves have been made to do this, if they do get into a film festival they are going to try to get a distribution deal, so that the movie would be available for rent and sale
Mazzeo is considering bringing in a copy of the movie in for a screening of it in the lecture hall, for anyone who could not make it out to the premiere or who did not hear about it. She would especially like it to be shown here because there were a few scenes that were actually shot on Cabrini’s campus.
Mazzeo’s favorite part of this experience was having the premiere and getting to see people’s reactions. However, she does admit that she found the whole process of making the movie a bit exhausting.
