Friendly Fire (2006) (V)

Director:

Michele Civetta

Writers:

Michele Civetta (writer)
Sean Lennon (writer)

Release Date:

26 September 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Musical

Plot:

A surreal fantasy on the themes of love and friendship, set to the music and songs of the Sean Lennon album "Friendly Fire". |

Cast

Sean Lennon	...	Himself
Asia Argento	...	Herself
Jordana Brewster	...	Herself
Carrie Fisher	...	Herself
Bijou Phillips	...	Herself
Devon Aoki	...	Herself
Lindsay Lohan	...	Herself
Harper Simon
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Marcos Akiaten
Brandi Austin
Sanja Banic
Megan Barry
Ann Berry
Sam Bologna
Jackson Bolt
Kenneth Bondurant Jr.
Zinta Braukis
Erin Broling
Richard Canter
Ben Caplan
Alexander Cardinale
Linda Carola
Rachel Carrillo
Elena Caruso
Michele Civetta
Kai Cofer
Bryan Coffee
Don Cook
Brett Copeland
Mary Crawn-Vincent
Johnny D'Agostino
Sean Daly
Anthony De Longis	...	Spanish Duelist
Vincent De Paul
Shelley Dowdy
Travis Draft
Jon Falcone
Nina Fehren
Judd Fish
Ed Ford Jr.
Hugh Gabbard
Jordan Galland	...	Heavy Metal Singer, Drummer, Alter Ego
Sean Galuszka
Diana Gettinger
Robert Gilland
John Giosa
Frank Gorgie
Jason Heck	...	Bowie Knife Gambler
Wynne Henry
David Hillberg
Danna Jones
Marinda Kaha
Kris Kane
Brittney Kara
K.C. Kelley
Josh Kelly
Kylah Kim
Susan S. Kim
Trey Knight
Will Kopelman
Alexandra Lee		(as Ali Lee)
Francesca Leigh
Andrew Levitas	...	Dastardly handsome
Ami Levy
Tiffany Limos
Dotty Locker
Wally Lozano
Scott MacLachlan
Daniel Marquez
Morgain McGovern
Tatiana Merry
Britton Mizell
Cary Y. Mizobe
Kate Elizabeth Monaghan
Silvia Moore
Randi Newton
Evelina Oboza	...	Actress
Melissa Ordway
Laura Orrico
Stephanie Paul
Desiree Rabuse
Matt Riedy
Ward Roberts
Courtney Ross-Taut
Aida Sarkisyan
Mehrdad Sarlak
Sharon Savene
Thom Shouse
Opender Singh
Julie Skinner
Katie Rose Taylor
Suzanne Jane Taylor
Jason Weissbrod
January Welsh
Marissa Welsh
Richard Williams
Alexi Yulish

Directed by
Michele Civetta

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Michele Civetta		writer
Sean Lennon		writer

Produced by
Michele Civetta	....	co-producer
Manu Gargi	....	producer
Griffin Marcus	....	producer

Original Music by
Sean Lennon

Cinematography by
Bryan Newman

Film Editing by
Joshua Ferrazzano
Jenny Golden

Casting by
Katie Rose Taylor

Production Design by
Jeff Higinbotham

Art Direction by
Nick Semmens

Costume Design by
Negar Ali
Justin Leitstein

Makeup Department
Helen Evans	....	key hair stylist
Alexis Kelley	....	makeup department head
Steve Costanza	....	additional makeup (uncredited)

Production Management
Darius Fisher	....	post-production supervisor
Opender Singh	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ted Campbell	....	second assistant director
Jonathan Haug	....	first assistant director

Sound Department
Ethan Beigel	....	sound re-recording mixer

Visual Effects by
Darius Fisher	....	visual effects supervisor: Digital Neural Axis
Melanie Franciosi	....	composite supervisor
Steven LaMorte	....	creative director: Nuncle Group, "Wait For Me"
Zack Nederlander	....	visual effects supervisor
Emil Kahr Nilsson	....	animation director: Nuncle Group, "Wait For Me"
Nuncle	....	visual effects supervisor
John Robson	....	digital compositor
John Robson	....	visual effects supervisor (segments "Wait For Me", "Headlights")

Stunts
Anthony De Longis	....	sword master

Camera and Electrical Department
Ryan Copeland	....	second assistant camera
Jonathan Cushing	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Michael Mansouri	....	camera operator
Michael Mansouri	....	digital imaging technician
Michael A. Nash	....	camera operator: additional photography
Michael A. Nash	....	gaffer
Michael Rizzi	....	camera operator

Animation Department
John Robson	....	animator

Editorial Department
Darius Fisher	....	on-line editor
Robyn Semien	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Matthew R. Evans	....	production assistant
Matthew Pollino	....	choreographer: roller skating
John Robson	....	creative director

Thanks
Brian Young	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Quintessence Films

Distributors

• Capitol Records (2006) (worldwide) (all media)

Special Effects

• Late Lunch (visual effects)

Other Companies

• NovaStar Digital  sound post-production
• Nuncle  design and animation

Runtime:

52 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

USA

Company:

Quintessence Films

Beautiful, sometimes touching. A therapy project that turned into art.

It's incredibly beautiful, and tells the story very well. With well-composed tunes it goes through costume drama, to animated film, to fantasies with mermaids in the ocean. At first the beauty amazes you, and then you realize just how complex it is.

The films are different little pieces of the story, some say more than others, some are connected to each other.

Dead Meat: a great opening. It's a costume drama piece. Very beautiful, dramatic. Fencing scene.

Parachute: a beautiful scene at a kind of circus place. Deals with the question of what's real or not. Leaves you puzzled.

Wait For Me: a wet fantasy, so to speak. Mermaids and a Lennon in a boat. Beautiful, embroidered history of lost love.

Friendly Fire: about the relationship between the girlfriend and the best friend. Lennon plays his late friend Max Leroy.

Spectacle: seems like a bagatelle at first. You laugh at it, but you will realize it's a bit deeper than you thought.

Tomorrow: Beautiful song, video is beautiful but doesn't really do the song just.

On Again, Off Again: connected with the Friendly Fire film. Symbolic way of showing that he's been blind.

Headlights: sort of a break, it's more like a music video than the other films. Its strenght is it's beauty. Not much of the story in it.

Would I Be The One: a follow up to Headlights. An animated adventure, beautiful in it's simplicity. Also bears a message.

Falling Out Of Love: probably the most beautiful of the videos. Takes on where On Again, Off Again left off. It's dramatic, touching, and the end of the story.