And God Spoke director Arthur Borman leaves faux documentary for fiction with his second film, Shooting Lily. Borman continues to play with cinematic constructs in this dark romantic comedy cast entirely with seasoned actors from improv troupes Second City and The Groundlings, an L.A. staple whose graduates include Paul Reubens, Jon Lovitz and Lisa Kudrow.

David Hitchcock's losing his wife, Lily, because he's become so obsessed with recording their lives on video. Filtering everything through the camera lens, he deals with reality only in playback mode. Shooting Lily's about his obsessive attempt to understand their break through old tapes which document the progress of their marriage. Shades of Sex, Lies and Videotape? Borman says not. "I use the home movies to mock their history and play with point of view, and the tone I'm trying to establish is closer to Albert Brooks."

A native of Detroit and graduate of UCLA's School of Film and Television, Borman cut his teeth directing PSAs and music videos for Motown Records before meeting producer Richard Raddon, who put together the "low six-figure" budget to shoot Lily mostly in 35mm color through private investments. (The video/home movie sequences we see David shoot and watch, roughly a third of the total film, were shot in Hi-8 before being blown up to 35mm.) Borman reports much of the film's actual cash budget went for travel - scenes were shot in Paris, Mexico and Las Vegas. Because Lily is the story of two people who want to be together but part company at the beginning of the film, Borman had to use David's videos to depict a nuanced relationship that makes the audience root for an eventual reunion, and that meant the videos had to be more engaging than the average vacation diary. "We mocked five years in this couple's life in three weeks," says Borman, "changing hair styles, furniture and cars and staging their wedding, bridal shower and birthday parties." At press time the filmmakers were locking picture and gearing up to mix sound; all rights are still available.

Cast: Matt Winston, Amy Smallman, Roy Jenkins, Mike Hitchcock, Deborah Theaker, Kelly Kidneigh, Burt Goodman. Crew: Producers, Richard Raddon, David Baxter; Screenwriter/Director, Arthur Borman; Director of Photography, Mark Parry; Production Designer, Jamie Foley; Casting, Maryclaire Sweeters, Editor, Danny Canovas; Composer, John Massari. Contact: Richard Raddon or Arthur Borman, Home Movies Productions, P.O. Box 3463, Los Angeles, CA 90078. Tel/Fax: (310) 208-8008.

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The Delta - Ira Sachs
Fame Whore - Jon Moritsuga
Girlfriends - Marlies Carruth
Lewis & Clark & George - Rod Mccall
Loose Women - Paul Bernard
Occasional Hell - Salome Breziner
Rudy Blue - John Werner
Sam - Richie Vetter
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