Private Project

The Tao of Bobo

Every relationship is a crime scene waiting to happen.

  • Daniel Appleby
    Director
  • Daniel Appleby
    Writer
  • Mark Spartz
    Producer
  • Daniel Appleby
    Producer
  • Dan Polsfuss
    Producer
  • Melissa V.
    Key Cast
  • Bruce Bohne
    Key Cast
    Fargo, Dawn of The Dead,
  • Bobo Beaudry
    Key Cast
    The Story of Bobo, Conflicted, Getting Lucky
  • Project Type:
    Short, Television, Web / New Media, Other
  • Runtime:
    2 minutes 45 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    July 2, 2014
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Roma Cinema Doc 2015
    Roma, Italy
    July 20, 2015
    Italian Premiere
  • MAC Festival in São Paulo
    Brazil
    August 5, 2015
    South American Premiere
  • Minneapolis Underground Film Festival
    Minneapolis , Minnesota
    October 8, 2015
    North American Premiere
Director Biography - Daniel Appleby

Bio/Resume in brief

Daniel Appleby the writer/ director/producer of the submitted work.

Current - Appleby co-founded Mag 7,Productions, a virtual production company which develops and produces commercials, videos, webisodes, TV projects, and screenplays.

Appleby's films have screened at the Cannes, Cork, and London, International Film Festivals among others. He wrote and directed one feature length film, which recieved mixed reviews and a limited theatrical release here and abroad. Appleby is a Writers Guild West member, and has been for several years.

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Director Statement

The character Bobo, is intended as a live action comic strip version of the male id. The girl, the knife, the hula hoop; all symbols of the id.

The id in this case, is a psychological term that describes the part of the unconscious mind that relates to basic needs and desires.

Also known as the part of the psyche that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principal.

In mentally and emotionally healthy individuals, such impulses are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.

But of course, mentally and emotionally healthy individuals are rare commodities in an increasingly absurd and dangerous and dysfunctional world.