Box of Moonlight & Notes from Overboard: A Film-Maker's Diary

by Tom DiCillo

Al Fountain, the main character of Box of Moonlight, is a driven, ambitious man whose determination to succeed has alienated him from his family, friends and work-mates. A chance encounter with a young drop-out, dressed in a purloined Davy Crockett outfit, changes his life irrevocably and rescues Al's humanity. Like one of the characters in Shakespeare's Arcadian comedies, Al enters the forest and is transformed. Tom DiCillo has mapped Al's odyssey in search of his self with a lightness of tone and a poetic touch that transcends the familiarity of the situation.
DiCillo's production diary, Notes from Overboard, charts his five-year struggle to get the film made - a journey that takes him to the Lido of the Venice Film Festival, and the snow-covered hills of Sundance.

183 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1997

Reviews

[Mike Hatfield · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fabulous film and book!