Public Access

Public Access is a 1993 American drama film directed by Bryan Singer in his feature film debut. Singer also wrote the screenplay with Christopher McQuarrie and Michael Feit Dougan. The film was shot in 18days for US250,000. It was screened at the 1993 Sundance Film Festival, where it was a joint winner of the Grand Jury Prize. Critics praised the technical direction of Public Access but did not lend similar praise to the films story and the characters.

Bryan Singer, Christopher McQuarrie, and Michael Feit Dougan wrote the screenplay for Public Access. Singer directed the screenplay in 1992 on a budget of 250,000 and with a schedule ofdays. The crew used leftover film stock from Dracula and Hoffa. The director recalled the production experience, Chris and I look at that film and wince a little. Part of our reaction is, Wow, look what we did then. It was so small and undeveloped. Part of it is reliving the circumstances of the days we filmed each scene. This production was fraught with 100 times more turmoil than Usual Suspectsevery day was a crisis. And then we also feel very nostalgic about it. Singer compared Public Access s themes to his followup film The Usual Suspects, The two films are similar in the notion of things not always being what they seem. Theyre also about audiences projections on a stranger. In many ways, Verbal in The Usual Suspects is an extension of Whiley, by being a foil for our projections. Both films are about telling stories and provoking, which segues into my styleusing sound and images and music to create tension.When Public Access screened at the 1993 Sundance Film Festival, it was one of the two films to win the Grand Jury Prize in dramatic competition, sharing the award with Ruby in Paradise. It also screened at the 1993 Florida Film Festival and won the Audience Award for best feature film. Despite the recognition, the film did not secure a theatrical distributor. ........

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