Film Stories

The DVD Release trailer for Eric Werthman's striking film "Going Under" starring Roger Rees and Geno Lechner. American Montage produced this clip for William Lustig and his essential film distribution company Blue Underground.

The "Going Under" project was brought to AMI by cult film director turned distributor Bill Lustig. His company Blue-Underground, distributes DVDs for an amazing array of films and specializes in creating superb box art-work and packaging as well as in depth DVD extras and "making of" programming.

"Going Under" is the story of a New York therapist, played by Roger Rees (Robin Hood: Men in Tights) and his obsessive love for a dominatrix, played by Geno Lechner (Schlinder's List).

It is a gem of a film directed by Eric Werthman. Bill wanted to give the film an appropriate DVD package.

He contracted AMI to make a few trailers, and then to make the making of featurette. By the time AMI was contacted the interview of Geno Lechner, was already completed. However, the interview of Roger Rees needed to be filmed. Eric conducted an in depth interview on Roger's preparation for this challenging role. "Pushing the Boundaries" the revealing making of featurette can be found on the Going Under DVD.
 

Actually titled "My Journey Through the Unforgiving Empire" this is  an an excerpt from the feature length story behind the making of "Guiana 1838" Rohit Jagessar's telling of Indian indentured servitude by the British Empire after they abolished slavery and yet still needed a form of servitude to supply sugar from British Guiana.

The film explains how the film Guiana 1838 was made and more importantly how the history it is based on came to be.

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