Now for a real blast from the past!
"Forest Bandit", my bizarre experimental take on the Samurai film genre, was part of my portfolio for film school applications senior year of high school. Featuring both some very color blind casting choices. I put Lebanese, Filipino, Iranian, Indian, Croatian and Korean actors in the roles of the Japanese characters, as many theaters do for productions of Shakespeare and classical opera. The cast even includes Habeeb Khan, Fareed from the later "Prep School Blues" as a Samurai!
A true blend of genres, "Forest Bandit" mixes eastern and western storytelling to create a film that is tragedy and comedy, that takes a detour down the road of surrealism and ends up a heartfelt romance. Watch the full film below:
Oh the memories. To think we were ever all that young! Thanks for watching!
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