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During the filming of a comedy/horror movie I wrote, produced and directed called "Broken Minds," I came up with an idea for a movie about two blow-up sex dolls trying to find love in a human world. I wrote out the opening scene with some basic notes for the story. It wouldn't be until five years later that I spoke of the idea to a co-worker of mine named Nate Sandberg. He had just viewed "Broken Minds" and admitted that it was pretty funny. Since he liked the movie, I decided to tell him about my blow-up doll idea. His response was a brief description of the opening scene. "I can see it now..." he said. "A close-up of the male blow-up doll laying in bed with his hands behind his head, looking up at the camera and a girl next to him smoking a cigarette." Amazing! That's exactly what I envisioned. I asked him, "Have you ever written a scipt?" "No, I haven't." he replied. "Well, since you like the idea, how about I work on it a little bit and bring it in. Then you can look it over and tell me what you like." Nate agreed, but instead of just "helping" me write the script, he dived head-first into the project. His ideas and directions for the characters and scenes were incredbile! His comedic timing was right on par with mine. We saw eye-to-eye on the script and ran with it.
Yeah, we were all excited to enter it into a real screenplay competition. SLAMDANCE Seemed like the perfect opportunity. Sadly, "Rubber Love" didn't quite blow the judges away, but we got some excellent feedback. Check it out:
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They say, "Man, that is hilarious!" "It's so original." "I can see that you two had a lot of fun writing this." Christine Brady (my non-official resident artists) even drafted some quick storyboards for us: Isn't Christine awesome?
Anyway... over time, I'll keep this website updated with illustrations and info. For now, Nate and I have started working on another story, more of a drama, about a bunch of adult business men who act like children. We're at a brick wall, unfortunately, but we'll see how things progress. It doesn't help since Nate skipped town and moved down to Southern Utah. (That bastard!) But at least we keep in touch through emails.
C. Jake Cordova
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