It’s summer 1992..
Obsession
Production titled; YOUNG, because our main character is hellbent on realizing his potential, at any cost, before the world deems him as “old, washed, forgotten.” Deemed the ‘Orson Welles of our Generation’ in the tabloids years ago, he wrote and directed a feature at a very young age, but has failed to follow up to the expectation placed upon him. Falling into Hollywood lust, distraction, and vanity, he has been an absent passenger of time for the last six years, leaning on a supporting role in a cheap-thrill action show for cash. Now wondering if he has lost his chance to prove something to the world, he scrambles to finish his next screenplay before it is too late, and he drowns in lost potential.
Alienation
When one completely and unwaveringly commits one’s life to one’s purpose, an island forms in which only they, and their self-imposed prophecy, exist. Seemingly everyone and everything fades. This story not only exemplifies the heartbreak of this doomed isolation, but the inevitability of it, for anyone cursed with a gnawing voice deep within echoing “you have to do this”.
Tragedy
Obsessed, alienated, a tragedy then occurs when our peripheral becomes compromised and all we can see is what we have yet to accomplish. Like a steam roller, we tread right on over everyone, even those that could have loved us, those who could of mended our loud minds and heavy hearts -- we outcast.
Time
At the core of this intimate portrait of youth, is time. Our main character sits right in the phantom space between nostalgia and potential. He yearns for the innocence of childhood, but at the same time aches for time to continue it’s haunting momentum so he can move toward his dreams. The two women of the story represent the opposing pillars. Mia, still possessing innocence and time. Charlotte, facing the reality of age. An existential love triangle forms, forcing a decision, that will change his life thereafter.