* Starring * Michelle Tea
Love is blind is about the age-old adage of the same name… Just why do we make the choices we make in Love – who knows….?
Betty is a girl out of luck and out of love – she has had it with her rock star girlfriend Crystal. She is clearly distraught, discouraged – she meanders around eating cheese curls.
& Saskia Hagen Groom
Lucy however is a horse of a different color – she’s a renegade, a firecracker. She’s a whiskey-drinking Mama with the mouth of sailor. She’s also legally blind.
When Betty and Lucy meet the sparks fly… and so do the – um… bullets!?!
The Shoot...
Our first task began with make-up and wardrobe. Jeremy O’Neail zipped into Jamaica Plain (the site of our green room) to begin the “aging” process on Saskia.
Lucy is a 70-plus year old woman – Saskia, who played Lucy is a lot younger.
The makeover for Mz. Tea was not a stretch… - young, urban, chic… with Cleopatra eyes.
As for the make-up on Hiram, Tom and Gaetano – check out this great recipe for blood…
When we were filming some of the more “dangerous” scenes - three times we had to stop filming and explain to a few braves souls, that this was just a movie…
I mean, who know that a young bike messenger would leap from his bicycle to impede a car-hijacking. Who knew that a homeless man would come to the aid of Betty & Lucy as they were jeered with derogatory names? And finally, Who knew that a man would offer another fellowman a cigarette as he lay dying on the sidewalk.
The honor, bravery and integrity displayed, was notable and commendable. I was impressed – seriously!
