Arts & Entertainment
Enthusiastic Crowd Enjoys 'Bad Kids' Premiere
The work of two local filmmakers is shown at the Upper St. Clair Community and Recreation Center.
Two filmmakers premiered their short film Bad Kids to an enthusiastic crowd at the Upper St. Clair Community and Recreation Center Wednesday night.
Bad Kids, written and produced by Peter Rosati and Dominic Rodriguez, is the story of seven runaway boys and a pet ferret that let a knife toss on a map decide their destination.
The boys are seen building a campfire, playing various games, and catching and killing their dinner.
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According to Rosati, the first part of the film is pure action adventure. The second part of the film explores a particular sadness the main character has and becomes more emotional.
Rosati and Rodriguez shot and edited the film over the summer with the help Point Park University cinema student Corey Sweazen, who served as directory of photography for the film.
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During a heat wave in Upper St. Clair, the dedicated actors and film crew spent days in the middle of the woods shooting the film.
Rosati and Rodriguez are graduates of . Rodriguez currently attends Point Park University, while Rosati is a student at Emerson College.
The project was a family affair, Samantha Rodriguez, Dominic’s sister, was make-up artist and ferret wrangler on the film.
Shebl Rosati, Peter’s brother, starred in the film, along with other Upper St. Clair residents, Liam Carse, Jack de la Parra, Maxwell Turnwald, Anthony Rach, CJ Hess and Ethan Bowman.
After viewing Bad Kids, the audience was shown Bad Men, a humorous behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of the movie in which the young actors talk about their favorite parts of the project.
Perhaps their favorite part of their work was the food fight scene—when they got to throw paper mache fruit which was filled with pudding.
The seven young stars of Bad Kids were given a round of applause before the film was shown a second time.
Rosati and Rodriguez have entered Bad Kids in several competitions, including Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers Film Festival, and the prestigious Sundance Film Festival.
The film can been seen again Saturday night at 7:30pm at the GRW Theater, 414 Wood Street, on the campus of Point Park University in downtown Pittsburgh.
