A lonely man plagued by regret makes a difficult phone call.
A lonely man plagued by regret makes a difficult phone call.
Director's Vision for 'It's OK, Johnny'
With “It’s OK, Johnny,” I wanted to examine the urgency of guilt, regret, and loneliness within an economical approach involving one character in one location. I wrote the script as a darkly comedic character piece, about a man who feels true remorse about his past actions, but also misses being a baddie and just wants someone to talk to.
I embraced a minimalist language which I believe worked in maintaining focus on performance and character. As his monologue shifts emotionally, the camera zooms or dollies closer, ever so slowly. The design elements are there to reinforce how he is unable to escape his past and move on in his life. He still lives at his fathers home, which is a derelict of old wallpaper, framed photos, and in which they still use a landline phone. The past still surrounds him, internally and externally.
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