TAGLINE
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SYNOPSIS
Glazed, delves into the psyche of a listless veteran trapped in the past, yet fighting to live in the present. Through haunting images of war and love, we see the torment a soldier puts himself through as he tries to find a reason to go on.
STORY
Glazed is the story of a listless veteran, Bill Malone. Written and Directed by Paul Cuoco and Jeff Loach.
With unknown guilt he describes a Viet Nam as he remembers it, scary and alone. Through his raw and haunting words, we are taken back to the day where his friends were all massacred. Shots ring out in the jungle as a terrible firefight roars in the distance. Bill runs to aid his comrades but is too late. His friends are dead and now it is he who is hunted. Alone and without any remaining ammunition, Bill must face his demon or be consumed by it.
Shot in 2001 using a MiniDV Canon XL1 Camcorder, and grass-roots resources, this film and its companion film Inheritance were the first films produced by Not Afraid! Originally conceived as a war Trilogy, Spoils of War the film was shelved during post-production due to the tragedy of 09/11. The films were resurrected in 2004 and released as a stand-alone films.
In 2022 with the advent of AI tools such as Topaz Video AI, Glazed has been upscaled from SD to HD, and remastered for modern displays. The AI is not magic, and the upscaling does betray some of the softer shots, particularly those utilizing Canon’s XL 3.4 – 10.2 mm lens. However, deailed closeups look excellent and overall this is the best way to see the film on a modern LCD/LED/OLED display.
Bill Malone- Shawn Michael Patrick
“Kid” – Nicholas George
“Wife” – Hally Grounds
Writers/Directors/Producers – Paul Cuoco & Jeff Loach
Executive Producers – Daniel Cuoco, Al Loach
Director of Photography – Doug Delaney
Composer – John Swihart
Casting Directors – Jerry Whitworth
Key Grip – John C. Dunne
Grips – Gary Fitch, Adam Markowitz
Boom Operator – John “Crew of One” Dunne
Script Supervisor – Deanna Varscsak
Make-Up – Rosemary Layman
Still Photographer – Lesa Liston
Location Scout – Joth Riggs
Editors Paul Cuoco & Jeff Loach
Sound Designer – Sandra Holland
Title Design – Paul Cuoco
“Billy Malone”
Written & Performed by
Keith Merrill
Copyright © 2004 Keith Merrill
There are times in your life when you feel very strongly about an incident, a circumstance, or a person. Things happen to you everyday that affect how you think, act, and react tomorrow. The world can change on a dime and usually will. This became extraordinarily evident to Jeff Loach and I during the production of Glazed. A film in and of itself about just that: the precariousness of life and love and sudden change. It was early in 2001, months before 9/11 that we first decided we wanted to make a film about American soldiers and the aftermath and continuing battles of its survivors. We wanted (in that world of relative peace) to remind people of what the American soldier has done for us over the years, and to think about what we are asking of our soldiers when we send them to war. The horrors they will have to endure and the psychological effects war can have upon them. And so, we crafted the story of Glazed, an exploration into the psyche of a veteran who in the blink of an eye, lost everything in his life, both at war and at home and its effect on him still years later. We went into production during the summer of 2001 with conviction, purpose, and a sense of responsibility. As we moved into post-production the unthinkable happened: 9/11. The entire world changed. Our feelings for our film changed. Our conviction and sense of responsibility changed. We began to question. Was this story appropriate now? Americans are uniting over tragedy, they don’t want to be reminded of what’s at stake when you wage war. So, we decided to shelve the project. By the winter of 2004, the world had changed again. The U.S. for the first time had invaded a country on a pre-emptive strike. The country and the world was now divided over whether or not we should have gone to war. The American people began to forget what we have asked our soldiers to do for our protection. The message of Glazed had become appropriate again. With renewed conviction, purpose, and sense of responsibility, we dusted off our tapes and files and carried on. We completed the film filtered through our changed eyes. Is the completed film a searing look at the U.S. Government and their treatment of soldiers? No. Is it a Michael Moore-like political Pandora’s Box meant to spark controversy and ire? No. Is it a small film about how the world can change on a dime, and how we’ll never be the same? Yes, and we think in this post 9/11 world, that that’s something we can all understand.
Paul Cuoco & Jeff Loach