For those who have been following the antics of Camille, JJ, Jane, Gabrielle... the story of
Red Feline is very well known. For those who are not familiar with us, an all too brief review of the events that got us to where we are, should be enlightening.
JJ, as he was known then, after 1998, is a filmmaker who had been very active for a long time, before the times of video, internet and so on. His very first film, a docu-nightmare, as he describes it, a film set in Haiti, was very successful in the festival circuit, was sold to TV in the US and Europe, and won him awards. In that film there is a crucifixion.
So, he set his eyes to shoot two feature films, one in Bolivia and the other in Cuba. That's where it got interesting. The film he wanted to shoot in Cuba had a great script. It called for a very special young woman to play the main character. In that story there was a Crucifixion. While in Bolivia, unable to raise the money for the Bolivian feature, he settled for a television mini series. That's when he met Camille. She played the main female character in the miniseries, as well as her twin sister who is tortured and killed.
That encounter was critical. JJ saw in Camille the potential actress for the role of Maricelli, the film he was dreaming of doing. The film tells the story of a young woman in colonial times Cuba who has a fascination with martyrs and who somehow ends up crucified. JJ needed to visualize the mechanics of a crucifixion in film. Something that he would need to orchestrate. Before Camille he experimented with me.
Time passed so I was no longer in the age of Maricelli. However Camille was, and she agreed to begin a series of video sketches for a crucifixion.
To be continued...