THE MISSING PIECE: Mona Lisa, Her Thief, The True Story: July 2009

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

THANKS, IAN AND GARY

I want to thank Ian Karr of the IKA Collective in NYC for having his colorist Gary Scarpulla color grade our 5-minute featurette with their amazing Scratch system. We'll be posting our featurette on August 21, the 98th anniversary of the theft of the Mona Lisa.

http://www.ikacollective.com

Friday, July 24, 2009

FILM FESTIVAL ACCEPTANCE

Just got word that our short doc "The Friends of Independence" was just accepted into the FirstGlance Film Festival Philadelphia which will be held October 22-25, 2009. We did the film for the Friends of Independence Hall National Park. It can be seen here:

http://www.travelistic.com/video/show/8544/Friends-of-Independence

Saturday, July 18, 2009

WHY HAS THE THEFT OF THE MONA LISA TAKEN US TO FLORIDA?

When you get a lead, you follow it -- even if it takes you across the country to sunny, muggy Florida. We're here to do 2 interviews. One with the grandson of a prominent journalist who published two articles in 1915 -- articles in which Peruggia confessed that here WAS someone who convinced him to steal the Mona Lisa and return it to Italy.

The other inteview shall for the moment remain top secret. But it could potentially blow the lid off everything we've know. Stay tuned.

HOW IT STARTED

It all began in 1976 when I read this sentence in a book: "...On August 21, 1911, Vincenzo Peruggia, an Italian mason, stole the picture to take to Italy." Ever since then I've been trying to find the truth about why he did what he did. This has led me on some amazing adventures, including meeting and becoming friends with the Peruggia family, especially his wonderful 86-year-old daughter Celestina. She didn't know much about her father so in my film we bring her truth about this elusive and strange man. And there's one thing I learned in doing all this -- there's a little bit of him in all of us.

www.monalisamissing.com

BECOME PART OF MONA LISA'S HISTORY

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