Remorseless
The flashes of memory that return to Carrie Wallace as she lies bloodied in the street all share a common trait: Each culminates in an insincere apology. A casual bump in the street, a father’s indifference, a boyfriend’s exit, youthful disappointments. But despite her lifetime’s experience, she holds out hope that she may yet witness a true expression of remorse.
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William R. CoughlanDirectorTex: Wisdom of the Old West, Number One With a Bullet
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Robin BrandeWriter
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Kenneth J. CoughlanProducer
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Jennifer MasseyKey Cast
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Nick DePintoKey Cast
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Brooks TeglerKey Cast
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Keith WatersKey Cast
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Mary EganKey Cast
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Sarah Rose CoughlanKey Cast
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Dan FosterCrew
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Project Type:Short
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Runtime:3 minutes 9 seconds
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Completion Date:May 6, 2012
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Production Budget:600 USD
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Country of Origin:United States
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Country of Filming:United States
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:2.40:1
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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48 Hour Film ProjectWashington, DC
United States
May 11, 2012
World Premiere
“Best Of” Selection -
TIVA Peer Awards 2012Washington, DC
United States
November 17, 2012
Silver Award: Editing - Fiction, Short -
Rosebud Film FestivalArlington, Virginia
United States
January 12, 2013
Virginia Premiere -
Apocalypse Rock Short Film ShowcaseWashington, DC
United States
April 27, 2015 -
Central Michigan International Film FestivalMount Pleasant, Michigan
United States
February 12, 2017
Michigan Premiere -
Indiana Comic Con Film FestivalIndianapolis, Indiana
United States
April 16, 2017
Indiana Premiere -
Ocean City Film FestivalOcean City, Maryland
United States
June 9, 2017
Maryland Premiere -
Tampa Bay Comic Con Film FestivalTampa, Florida
United States
July 29, 2017
Florida Premiere -
San Francisco Comic Con Film FestivalSan Francisco, California
United States
September 1, 2017
California Premierre -
300 Seconds Short Film FestivalToronto, Ontario
Canada
September 18, 2017
Canadian Premiere
William R. Coughlan is an award-winning screenwriter and director, and founder and CEO of independent video production company Tohubohu Productions, LLC. He worked for several years with The Advisory Board Company (and its offshoot companies, CEB and EAB) in Washington, D.C., where he began as a graphic designer before creating a full-service in-house video and multimedia department, and then eventually moving into the ranks of creative department management. In addition, he provides creative oversight for the global public affairs firm EGA, is the Creative Director of Jabberwocky Audio Theater, and served for several years on the Board of Directors for TIVA, the Television, Internet, and Video Association of DC, Inc., filling the roles of Treasurer and Vice President before finishing his tenure as President. He also enjoys acting, voiceover performance, design and illustration, editing, animation, and writing autobiographical comments in the third person. He is the illustrator of the therapeutic workbook Stories for Children with Problems & Wishes, has provided schematic graphics for several HBS case studies, designed the acclaimed Protégé clay poker chip line, served as the Critic at Large for the online literary magazine Inkblots, has been a judge for both the TIVA Peer Awards and the Emmy Awards, founded and co-hosted the long-running Tohubohu Producer Podcast, and is an accomplished animator and ambigram artist. He currently resides at a secret compound in Northern Virginia.
“Remorseless” (originally titled “At Last”) grew most directly from my observation of a friend’s self-destructive obsession with eliciting a genuine expression of regret from a personal nemesis. I cannot recall the circumstances of the original offense, but despite having unequivocally “won” the underlying conflict, my friend could not be satisfied with letting the matter drop. Instead she demanded that the offending party had to be sincerely sorry for their wrongdoing. And this insistence on absolute (and impossible) vindication was alienating the very people my friend sought clear acceptance from — effectively undoing the positive results of the original victory. I was fascinated with our innate desire to see genuine remorse in a world all too often filled with false apologies and insincere public expressions of regret, even in the face of personal ruin.