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“No other recent Brooklyn product defines its people by the nature of their neighborhood more than Brad Saville’s Williamsburg. A riff on Richard Linklater’s Slacker, Williamsburg basically unfolds as a series of static shots following various despondent personalities, each of whom claims to be an artist but fails to produce any actual art.

Saville, a playwright in his late twenties, is originally from Virginia. He dreamed up his black-and-white condemnation of aimless Brooklynites in response to a perceived laziness overtaking the neighborhood. “People come up here looking for something to do and attach themselves to other people who have like-minded ambitions,” he explains. “They have those stagnant two years after school where they try to get out of their system whatever they need to get out of their system, like being an actor. So they spend a couple years up here, and then they get married and move away. They form these groups of people who hang out and they all prop each other up. You surround yourself with seven or eight people to help legitimize yourself. I think [Williamsburg] lends itself to that.”

Saville rejects the sitcom vision of the Williamsburg elite popularized by the shortlived web series The ‘Burg.“It’s like, let’s take the joke and rape it,” he says in a rant. “OK, I get it, a stockbroker lives with a guy who has black-rimmed glasses, and they don’t get along. What’s next? I was interested in doing something about ambitious people in Williamsburg who were failing miserably.””

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“Saville notes that the Williamsburg manifested in his film has vanished to the extent that he wouldn’t make his movie today. “I think the circumstances have changed, and the people have changed,” he says, noting that

Anytime Cafe, which used to offer cheap drinks and provided a space for his production free of charge, no longer exists. “It’s gotten to be so expensive that I don’t know how anybody that can call themselves artists and live there. At the time, it was interesting, but I don’t feel the flame the way I felt it four years ago.””

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The Collector’s Edition DVD has special features, including commentary with film critic John Lingan,Deleted Scenes, and Behind-the-Scenes.

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Good News!!! Regardless of your politics, race, age, troll-like demeanor, or nefarious, past associations with domestic terrorists,you will have a reason to celebrate on November 5th: the “Williamsburg” Collector’s Edition DVD will be available for purchase online and at your favorite NYC video stores, and it’s time to celebrate. The Collector’s Edition DVD has special features, including commentary film critic John Lingan (Splicetoday.com),Deleted Scenes, and Behind-the-Scenes footage. So, on November 5th 9 to 11 pm, come to Desmond’s Tavern for the “Williamsburg” DVD Release Party: there will be 2-for-1 Stella Artois Pints and $2.50 Shot Specials. As for entertainment,actors from both “Williamsburg” and the stages of New York performing the short plays of Brad Saville: “Jism”, “Yermon Blues,” “The Brother’s Slaughter,” and “Crazy.” Performances by: Carmel Amit, Selena Beretta, Penny Bittone,* Sarah Mollo-Christensen, Anne Fidler, Anna Lamadrid,* David Marcus,* Russ Russo*, Tim Scott, and Luis Vega.

WHERE: 433 Park Avenue South (Between 29th and 30th)

WHEN: Wednesday, November 5th

TIME: 9:30 to 11:30 pm

ADMISSION: $10

For admission, Atendees will receive Drink Specials, a copy of the “Williamsburg” Collector’s Edition DVD, an 11’’ x 17’’ poster, and a front-row seat to the revelry that is American Theatre and Politics.

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Peter Filichia at the Theatre World Awards 2006 (courtesy broadwayworld.com)

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Williamsburg will be screening every Tuesday in June at Galapagos Art Space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. This is first time the film will have screened in the very neighborhood at which it pokes loving fun.

A Party every Tuesday in June at 7:30 pm. $10 at the door. Followed by the Rock n’ Roll stylings of Psychomodo.

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