Bitter Feast is aHappy Meal

The film “Bitter Feast” which premiered at Los Angeles FilmFestival is a collaborative effort by Indie filmmakers who combined talent tomake a film which was shot in 14 days. The production values along withperformances by actors James LeGros. Joshua Leonard , Amy Seimetz areoutstanding and of course Mario Batali adds to the recipe.Cinematographer,Michael McDonough, creates images on two Canon 5 D Mark II SR cameras withmost of the film shot on available light in the woods.Productionmanager/producer Brent Kunkle along with producer Larry Fessenden knows how toget the most bang for your buck. We are not going into budget here but we areexploring the excellent workmanship of an outstanding team effort on a filmwhich outshines those extravagant star studded higher budget films. Studiosshould learn from them. Director/writer Joe Maggio had never done a horror/thrillerbefore. His script was hatched after he read a Frank Bruni review of GordonRamsay’s New York City restaurant,"LondonHotel” and from that his imagination flourished. They faced many challengersbut they fun which is what filmmaking should be about. A party which producesthe best results on the screen. Just a reminder to be very careful when you badmouth a restaurant and particularly,the chef.