Director Statement

Once in a while you have to say "fuck you" to the world. In this angry self-righteous climate, people have forgotten how to laugh at themselves. We are in need of comedy which pokes us in the most painful places. Hello TRIPOLAR THE MOVIE.

Born from the ashes of my last indie film, a drama, but the making of it pure comedy. The DP and I were the only ones on set who had ever worked on a film before, so it wasn’t surprising on the day of our big party scene, I couldn’t find the producer. She was up on the roof smoking weed. “Where are the extras?” “All of my friends are at the beach,” she said, but then ran out to Broadway and convinced a crowd of tourists to be in the film. That comedic chaos became the story of TRIPOLAR.

I wanted the comedic style of TRIPOLAR to be kitchen sink realism so I rehearsed with the actors for weeks prior to shooting and to enhance this realism, the crew, a DP, a gaffer/grip and a sound person, shot documentary style. I like to think of TRIPOLAR THE MOVIE as a documentary of our times.