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5 Telephone Conversations
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Total Runtime 12:54 |
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Meeting through an internet dating Web site, John and Korey find a unique connection through a series of telephone conversations. Despite never meeting face to face, each person affects change in the other in an unconventional yet touching love story about finding your counterpart in a technologically-isolated world.
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Travis Cook
Producer, Director Travis Cook is 23-years-old. He was born in Denver, Colorado, attended Loyola Marymount University and lives in Los Angeles, CA. His first project was Lemons, a short film about an obsessive compulsive man who has a truckload of lemons spill across his front lawn. His most recent projects are Next Exit, Main Street, a feature length documentary about American identity http://www.nextexitmovie.com. and What I Love, a video documentary podcast.
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Q: What inspired you to make your film? Was there any specific reason you chose to make your film? How did you come up with the idea for your film?
Travis: 5 Telephone Conversations arose from my past experiences with internet dating and the dynamic that develops between two people who have never met. While never having a chance to interact in person, two people can share amounts of trust, deception and love over the telephone that rival conventional relationships.
Q: What do you hope to convey through your film?
Travis: I wanted to approach the gay subject matter with total normalcy. My goal is that every viewer, heterosexual or homosexual, sees past the gender of the two main characters to share in their love story, giving the audience a hopeful outlook over the technologically-induced loneliness we are all familiar with.
Q: Who are your favorite filmmakers/what are a few of your favorite films and why?
Travis: I am fascinated by stories with complex characters trying so hard to achieve inner peace, despite the chaotic world around them. I feel like the two directors who capture this struggle best are Robert Altman and Paul Thomas Anderson. Some of my favorites from these two directors are Nashville, Short Cuts, Boogie Nights, and Magnolia.
http://www.travis-cook.com/
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