Carlos Franco's Lounge Discussions

Hi, what kind of genres do you enjoy? How long can the script be? Can we see any prior projects to figure what style you like?

I have so many short films that I don't want to scare you off by sending you the wrong one. But I for sure have some in your taste too.

Hi, are you interested in a highschool horror short script?

How do you feel about turning a feature script into a short film?

I've got a western-horror short story. Kind of a Rawhide meets The Grudge.

I have a horror short script, a drama short script and a comedy short script

There isn't one!! As the saying goes 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder ' - what is one persons 'greatest' will be another persons 'worst'. I have been very interested in the comments on IMDB recently. Take 'Lawrence of Arabia' for example, it seems absurd to me that some people have reasons to criticize this film, I mean how can they find anything wrong with it?!! But, some do, and I suppose that is part of the great experience in the world of movie making-everyone sees things differently!

Metropolis. Taking into account the vast improvement across the board when it comes to film making since that movie was made. To achieve what they did back then, with what they had in comparison to everything which have been made film wise up until today it is undoubtedly the best movie ever made. In my opinion, he said as if he was some sort of authority on the subject. ;)

thats easy, the first film ever to incorporate sound....

WOW, I can't even attempt to tackle this question. haha :)

Don, you got there first. Anyone who has not seen Metropolis with the original is deficient in their knowledge of movies. Surreal, poignant, dark, hopeful, exciting, dramatic, pensive, inspiring, advanced (for its time), meaningful to all ages, traumatic, prophetic. I have watched it with a 6 year old girl who jumped off her seat yelling at the screen "That's not the REAL Maria!" and with a 44 year old male who two scenes later said "Wait a minute, there are TWO Marias!" Years later I watched it with about a half dozen teens who at first bemoaned watching a silent movie yet THEY paused it repeatedly to have a discussion about particulars such as why the Mayor closed the curtain before the foreman came into the room council room. The other PERFECT movie in my opinion is "The Old Man and the Sea." A few really call me back to the screen. "Five Angry Men" <- the original not the remake. "Rear Window" <-both the original and the remake for different reasons. "Africa Queen"