European director Shervin Youssefian who entered the US in 1992
has splashed onto the Hollywood market with one of the most
original screenplays since the Sixth Sense, called Machiavelli
Hangman. While the team of acclaimed producers behind this
project have done all they could to keep the story hush hush and
on the QT like most of Peter Jackson's projects, some word has
slipped through the cracks about the origins and subject matter.
Machiavelli Hangman
is said to be a combination of films such
as Pulp Fiction, Crash, Star Wars and Lord of The Rings. As
incredible and unlikely as this may be,
Shervin Youssefian has been known for his sense of broken narrative and most of his
films have always referenced to out of the this world dimensions.
As the Passion of the Christ picked up a following early last
June upon its release, Machiavelli Hangman seems to already
gather a fan base who can't wait to see what all the buzz is
about. Some say that this is the next Pulp Fiction while others
who have glimpsed at the script believe it to be a totally
different beast. "Having worked at a script development company
for two years and having read over a 100 scripts, this was the
first that caught my eye and I realized that this wasn't your
ordinary script."
These were the same thoughts that went through producer Artin
Nazarian's mind when he first read the script. "I immediately got
interested because it's so different than what you may see on the
conventional film market."
Machiavelli Hangman is expected to be the next broken narrative
film to break conventions after Pulp Fiction and other Quentin
Tarantino films and more recently Memento.
While writer-director Shervin Youssefian could not be reached for
comment, associate-producer Lusine Kachoyan offered an
enthusiastic explanation "We wanted to make a film on a low
budget like Napoleon Dynamite but on a smaller scale and
completely revolutionize the film industry. We want to mark the
official birth and initiation of digital filmmaking into the 21st
century."