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Alfredo De Villa came up with the concept of Adrift in Manhattan while flying to a festival in Havana, Cuba, to present his 2002 film Washington Heights: While I was naturally thrilled and excited, I was also exhausted.
Adrift in Manhattan: Directed by Alfredo Rodriguez de Villa. With Heather Graham, Victor Rasuk, Dominic Chianese, Marlene Forte. The lives of three lonely strangers intersect while commuting on New York's 1 and 9 subway lines.
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- Alfredo Rodriguez de Villa
Sep 21, 2007 · Filmmaker spoke to De Villa about his transition into filmmaking, his cinematic homages to William Friedkin and David O. Russell, and how Darth Vader changed his life. ALFREDO DE VILLA WITH VICTOR RASUK ON THE SET OF ADRIFT IN MANHATTAN. COURTESY SCREEN MEDIA FILMS.
The concept had come to him a few months earlier on airplane flight to Havana, Cuba, where de Villa was screening his first feature, WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, and since then he had been unable to get it out of his mind.
Sep 21, 2007 · Sept. 21, 2007. Incubated at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, “Adrift in Manhattan” is an all-too-familiar wallow in urban woe and artfully photographed isolation. The ultra-slight story (by...
- Alfredo Rodriguez de Villa
Jan 26, 2007 · Several lonely big-city lives intersect to a somewhat cathartic effect in “Adrift in Manhattan,” Alfredo de Villa’s (“Washington Heights”) second feature.
He is best known for directing award winning films such as Adrift in Manhattan, [2] which was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in 2007, and Washington Heights, [3] which won a special mention for directing and acting at the Tribeca Film Festival.
