THE (LAST) ROOMMATE (50 min., L.L. Productions ©1985). A Film by: Peter Boza, Tinnee Lee, Mark Yellen, Rick Schmidt. https://filmfreeway.com/projects/2993709

It's been 38 years since this production (mentioned numerous times in my book, "Feature Filmmaking at Used-Car Prices"), so overdue(!) for a viewing. TO WARN: it does take on the issue of abortion.

SYNOPSIS

A woman has advertised for a roommate and when a young man answers the ad he seems like the ideal candidate for sharing her apartment. She soon gets romantically involved before she realizes that he is, indeed, the "bad man" a psychic warned her about several years earlier. When she visits a clinic for an abortion--the procedure is described in disturbingly graphic details by a nurse––she battles with the pros-and-cons, since it may be her last chance to have a child.

LEAD ACTOR JEAN MITCHELL.

Grab a library copy of my ‘how-to’ (some inexpensive copies on ebay: <https://www.ebay.com/itm/354620799282?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=354620799282&targetid=1529314450790&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9030538&poi=&campaignid=19851828444&mkgroupid=145880009174&rlsatarget=pla-1529314450790&abcId=9307249&merchantid=191373216&gclid=Cj0KCQiAh8OtBhCQARIsAIkWb68ygLVVLv70e9cLlqvT1ye9yeq19Vp68x5niCgICB4pt6dY5PbCNvkaAjF2EALw_wcB>.

YOU’LL FIND SEVERAL ENTRIES ABOUT “THE ROOMMATE, how it was developed during three month-long summer classes at CCA (then called CCAC) in 1985.

Here’s LINK to see movie (I’ve listed page numbers of INDEX entries for STEPS OF PRODUCTION OF “Roommate” in “DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT: https://filmfreeway.com/projects/2993709

Like to give kudos to Director of Photography Kathleen Beeler, who did a great job of helping me and my small band of students deliver a pretty good looking flick! (her IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0066420/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

And huge thanks to David Heintz, then head of the CCA(C) Film department at the California College of the Arts, <https://www.cca.edu/>). lateR author of an important book; BACKLASH RECKONING: <https://www.amazon.com/Backlash-Reckoning-Prevent-Climate-Catastrophe/dp/069216457X>. He supported my concept for creating feature-length movies by collaboration at school, with what I called FEATURE WORKSHOPS. He made it happen, kicking off that first attempt in an educational setting.

The stars, Jean Mitchell and Bruce Parry, must also be thanked for delivering a good PERFORMANCE of drama (THANKS AGAIN!).