The flick: Broken
Hope (Heather Graham) is a twenty-seven year old Midwestern transplant in Los Angeles whose dream of a successful music career has left her with nothing more than a steady gig as a waitress in an all-night diner. She dwells on the solace she once found in the arms of Will (Jeremy Sisto) a handsome, charming bad boy who led her down the primrose path of pain and drugs. She navigates through her own version of the seven deadly sins: Sloth, Gluttony, Envy, Lust, Greed, Pride, and ultimately Wrath—which eventually erupts in the form of a desperate Will, heading back to L.A. in a stolen car, gun tucked in his jeans, dead set on getting his girl back.

The director: Alan White
Alan White was born in London, raised and educated in Australia. A winner of Rock Australia Magazine's Writers Contest, he began working as a freelance journalist while still in university. With degree in hand, he won an Advertising Federation of Australia Graduate Scholarship and enjoyed a brief career writing copy for Cole and Levi's, winning a few awards and playing in various underground rock bands. An offer to direct music videos finally lured him behind the camera.

Over the next few years, Alan played director by day and musician by night. At the time, his notorious "Homer Hudson" commercial campaign garnered a Who's Hot article in Rolling Stone, and his band, The Faith was showcased in the same issue!

Click here to get your tickets to see Broken on Tuesday, June 26th! (You might get a chance to chat with Heather, who is confirmed to attend the premiere!) Read on for Alan's answers to the Big 3!

What movie character would you go out for a drink with? Why?
Queen Elizabeth I (Cate Blanchett), because I'm interested in learning more about my English heritage and Shakespeare. Plus, I'd like to see if I could change her mind about men!

What historical time period would you visit and adapt into a film?
Elizabethan England, because Shakespeare in Love and Elizabeth bore Oscars... No, I would love to make a movie from the '60s in the vein of Head, the Monkees movie, directed by Bob Rafelson and written by Jack Nicholson, but set in New York and about the Velvet Underground.

What surprised you the most about making your film?
How difficult it was to edit! I knew that going into it, but I was still surprised at how difficult it was. A non-linear narrative ultimately means that everybody's opinion about the structure of the story is right. There's no one right way of cutting the film, it's an entirely subjective. But at some point you have to take the brush off the canvas...

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