VM Productions Archive

09 November

The Curious Case of a Missing Screenwriter and His Adaptation

Written by Calista Judith

Ever since film developed its voice as a medium, literature provided a never-ending catalog of work begging to be displayed on the silver screen. Characters that existed for decades (and sometimes centuries), were finally represented in a visual medium....

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14 March

Film Festivals: A Sanctuary for Independent Artists to Bloom

Written by Cesare Fazzone

Intro As VMP Films gets ready to premiere LA Story at major festivals worldwide in 2023, it’s an appropriate time to examine the importance of film festivals in showcasing independent films. We’ve seen film festivals help catapult the careers...

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30 December

IMPORTANT ROLE OF INDEPENDENT MOVIES AND VMP FILMS IN THE ART WORLD: PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE

Written by Melodi Bac

Independent movies were in our lives in the past, they are here in the present, and they will definitely be in our future. There is a debate about where independent filmmaking stands; Is it a business form or an...

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22 October

VMP Film’s Short Films Have a Message For You: Remarkable AN LA STORY is Almost Out!

Written by Melodi Bac

In the old days, every movie ever made was short. In the mid-1910s feature length movies emerged. With the glorious age of feature movies rising, the shorts are cast aside. As time went by, people’s taste in entertainment changed....

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14 September

Independent Cinema: Insightful And Unique

Written by Melodi Bac

Once upon a time, in a land not-so-far away, a filmmaker moved to LA to become a big hit in Hollywood. He/She had dreams… Well, we all heard this story. However, we often don’t hear the end of it....

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18 August

The Missing Screenwriter: Truth is Stranger than Fiction

Written by Melodi Bac

“There are strange things that are taking place in this world” – Robert Hurley aka. “The Missing Screenwriter” Robert Hurley wrote these words on his website before he disappeared and became “the Missing Screenwriter”. In this article, we will...

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30 July

Being a Spectator: Charm of Behind-the-Scenes

Written by Melodi Bac

Unknown is attractive. Thus, throughout history, people were always drawn to the unknown. In fact, the cinema world created a genre called “mystery”, as well as behind-the-scenes to honor the unknown. What is going on behind the closed doors?...

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09 October

Wrestling as Literature

Written by Nik Daniels

When discussing Dostoevsky’s work, I often refer to Leonid Grossman’s quote in The Poetics of Dostoevsky where he says Dostoevsky wanted “to introduce the extraordinary into the very thick of commonplace, to fuse…the sublime with the grotesque, and push...

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25 August

Beautiful Chaos: Nicolas Cage

Written by Nik Daniels

Daniel Day-Lewis. Denzel Washington. Viola Davis. Meryl Streep. All these A-list celebrities are magnificent choices for the greatest at their craft in America. Lists plague the internet discussing the greatest of all time. While it is rather arbitrary to...

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22 July

If Raskolnikov Had Known a Rachel Dawes, He Coulda Been Batman

Written by Heather Nowlin

“The highest and most characteristic trait of our people is the sense of justice and its thirst.” ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky The summer of 2020 has us waiting in an infinite loop for new movies, such as Christopher Nolan’s much...

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