"Watercolors" The Movie: "Everything that 'Brokeback Mountain' was supposed to be..."

ChicagoPride.com says that David Oliveras' debut film, Watercolors, is "Everything that 'Brokeback Mountain' was supposed to be."


And there's more:

“This is a film that I am glad I saw. I laughed; I cried; and my feelings for the film will always be warm and enthusiastic. I've always been a hopeless romantic and a sucker for a good love story and this film pushes all by buttons.”

...Plez’s Blog

“Compelling, provocative and heart-wrenching, Watercolors is everything that Beautiful Thing should have been and everything that Brokeback Mountain was supposed to be. It's one of the best, if not the best, movie featured at Reeling this year.”

...Jason P. Freeman, ChicagoPride.com

“Writer/director David Oliveras has created a powerful and erotic feature length debut with Watercolors and is a filmmaker to keep an eye on.”

...Gregg Shapiro, Chicago Free Press



I had the honor of traveling with Writer/Director David Oliveras and one of his Watercolors stars, Kyle Clare (along with Executive Producer Adam Kasoff and actress Jessica Amal Rice), to take in a screening of Watercolors at Frameline, the 2009 San Francisco International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, so I couldn't be more delighted to report that the film is reaching more and more audiences in the United States and abroad.

Starring Tye Olson, Kyle Clare, Greg Louganis and Karen Black, Watercolors is an original, moving, poetic and beautiful film, as demonstrated by the growing list of awards the film has received (and this is just a partial list)...

Best Gay Film, Fort Worth Q Cinema Festival
Narrative Feature, Filmout San Diego
Direction - David Oliveras, Filmout San Diego
Actor in a Feature Film - Audience Award - Tye Olson, Filmout San Diego
Actor in Supporting Role - Kyle Clare, Filmout San Diego
Cinematography - Andrew Park, Filmout San Diego


"When a gifted, young artist (Danny) arrives at the opening of his first New York exhibition his erotic paintings evoke memories of his first love (Carter), a troubled athlete whose depression and self-denial impacted all those around him. Through a series of flashbacks," explains the official synopsis, "we see Danny and Carter struggle with their mutual attraction. With the encouragement of three strong and very different women, Mrs. Martin, a free-spirited art teacher, his best friend, Andy, a young girl with a severe physical impairment, and his mother, Miriam, a recovering alcoholic, Danny learns to use his creativity to transcend his grief. Fifteen years later, Danny is faced with the possibility of losing Allan, his current lover, unless he keeps his promise to never paint the boy again."


CAST

Tye Olson
Kyle Clare
Ellie Araiza
Casey Kramer
Jeffrey Lee Woods
William C. Mitchell
Ian Rhodes
Edward Finlay
David Schroeder
Introducing Brandon Lybrand
Featuring Greg Louganis and Karen Black





EDITOR

Martinos Aristidou

PRODUCTION DESIGNER

Ron Hansford

ORIGINAL SCORE BY

Marcelo Cesena
Dorian Rimsin

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Melissa Holt

PRODUCERS

Larry Allen
Penny Styles Mclean

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS

Adam W. Kassoff
Ben S. Louie
Lucia Owens

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY

David Oliveras


(Opening in Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco in January and February, 2010. For additional screening info, visit the official U.S. web site.)