Tag Archives: film

Cinema Scope

Posted on May 11, 2022 by John Biscello

A catalog of my film scripts, and accompanying loglines, listed on Stage 32.

Posted in Artwork, Cinema, photography, Press, Prose, Publications, Theater, Uncategorized | Tagged adaptations, Books, Cinema, features, film, indie, plays, screenplays, screenwriting, shorts, stage 32 | Leave a comment

Jack Kerouac

Posted on March 5, 2022 by John Biscello

Cinematic poetic tribute to Jack Kerouac, honoring his centennial birthday (March 12, 2022).

Posted in Audio, Books, Cinema, photography, Poetry, Press, Prose | Tagged beat generation, beat tobop, film, jack kerouac, kerouac centennial 2022, Poetry, Spoken Word, Video | Leave a comment

Rio Grande Serenade

Posted on February 21, 2021 by John Biscello

Got to contribute, as a writer, to this wonderful, New Mexico-based film project, honoring and celebrating the Rio Grande River. Rio Grande Serenade is being released as a docu-series, with the first episode focused on “River Guides.” Produced by Taos-UNM … Continue reading →

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State of Address

Posted on January 7, 2021 by John Biscello

A salon. After hours. Dimly lit. We see a red styling chair. Behind it are a counter and a wide mounted mirror. In the right upper-corner of the frame there are dismembered mannequins set against a wall. The salon OWNER, … Continue reading →

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Film Treatment

Posted on October 22, 2020 by John Biscello

Silence, within a dark empty theater, starring you on a blank screen.

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Wendigo

Posted on September 9, 2020 by John Biscello

Long-distance shot of a snowy landscape, a tundra. Completely silent. A MAN enters the frame, running. He is wearing a bulky white parka, its fur-lined hood pulled over his head, and flying a fire-orange kite. We continue to see the … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema, Prose, Uncategorized | Tagged film, grief, inner landscape, John Biscello, sorrow, the journey, wendigo, Winter | Leave a comment

Cuckoos in Toyland

Posted on February 2, 2020 by John Biscello

When you’ve grown up, my dears, And are as old as I, You’ll often ponder on the years That roll so swiftly by, my dears, That roll so swiftly by. And all the many lands You will have journeyed through … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Cinema, photography, Press, Prose, Uncategorized, Video | Tagged ballad of the cuckoos, childhood's land, film, island of misfit toys, John Biscello, laurel and hardy, scavenger hunt, toyland, toys | Leave a comment

Still Life w/ Cuckoos

Posted on June 30, 2019 by John Biscello

Meet Marilyn and James. Film stills from Ballad of the Cuckoos. Indiegogo campaign launching soon. Stay tuned.

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Pilgrimage

Posted on May 31, 2019 by John Biscello

Sometimes you’ve got to walk alone through the desert to know your true place among the company of stars.

Posted in Books, Cinema, Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged desert, film, John Biscello, little prince, poem, solitary expansion, Stars, the walk | Leave a comment

Cabinet

Posted on November 26, 2018 by John Biscello

A white room. Like burnished ivory, like karmic burden. Cut to a close-up on the back of a shaved head and neck. Several scars are visible on the back of the head. Cut to a medium distance shot, in which … Continue reading →

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