Filmmaker Alexander Davidis has directed commercials for international advertising agencies and documentaries about historic race cars. Then he had an experience with a psychopath, and now wants to help tell the world that these predators live among us.
Davidis already started by interviewing some of the world’s leading researchers on psychopathy. To complete the project, he’s listed it on Kickstarter, which is the world’s largest funding platform for creative projects. He wants to raise at least $60,000.
Kickstarter is interesting. Anyone can be a backer, pledging as little as $1 on a credit card. In order for the money to be collected, the project must reach its entire goal by the deadline. If the project doesn’t reach the entire goal in pledges, none of the money is collected. In other words, the backers’ credit cards are only charged if enough money is raised for the project to go forward.
So, check out the trailer that Alexander Davidis has produced for the film. If you believe the project is important, you can become a backer.
Psychopathy—and why you need to know, on KickStarter.com.
Portrait
“I followed your link to your FB and from there clicked on Mrs Grimms Blog. Very nice, I liked it very much, it paints a great portrait of a spath. I particularly like this blog post:
“ http://mrsgrimm.blogspot.com/2012/01/twisted-words.html ”
Skylar,
Mrs. Grimm does nail it, doesn’t she? The author is a good friend and published poet, wishing to remain anonymous on her blog for now. But it is the accuracy and style of her posts that draw me to read them when I might not have time to read so many others.
skylar
Portrait,
thanks for the links, I’ll be following Mrs. Grimms blogs from now on.
ErinBrock
Donna,
Yes….I understand about keeping ‘creative control’……but this is a documentary, essentially presenting facts about psychopothy……and if you found a financier who believed in the project enough to finance it…..I bet not a lot would need to be changed enough to have the producer feel he lost his creative control.
The movie bus is full of ego’s……..tantrum throwing creative folks……it’s mine, it’s mine…..I would think the producer would avoid working with someone as such by virtue of being victimized.
BTW…..I coulnd’t find anything about his experience with a spath? I’d be interested in hearing his story…..it would be helpful to know more about him.
Thanks for your response Donna.
darwinsmom
I weighed in the pros and cons (pun intended) and decided to pledge 10$, for the same reasoning as Oxy gave.
aussiegirl
THIS POEM IS PROUDLY BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE MAKERS OF “MRS GRIMM” (and the smallish and rather insignificant matter of round-about-kind-of-blog-theft by one Australian wench)
The Psychopaths’ Alphabet
A is for arrogance, they have it in spades
B is for bullying, bruises and blades
C is for cocksure (though often quite flaccid)
D is drugs ”“ crystal meth, cocaine, acid
E is for entitlement (because they’re worth it)
F is for fucking in public an’ shit
G is for gaslighting, sending us mad
H is for hoodwinking ”“ yes, we’ve been had
I is for impulsive, they cannot say no
J is for jealousy, the jail where we go
K is for kingliness, they rule all our lives
L is for lazy, they bunk off and skive
M is for manipulate, manage and mould
N is for negligent ”“ they just won’t be told
O is for outrageous, they flout every vow
P is for pushover stamped on our brow
Q is for querulous, quintessence of spite
R is for raging and never not right.
S is for shaming, they make us feel bad
T is for tyrannical ”“ well, yes, just a tad
U is for untruths they tell all the time
V is for vileness, the fruit on their vine
W is for wooing, then leave on the shelf
X is for xenophobes who love just themselves
Y is for you and I, free, living well
Z is for zapping them straight back to hell
Just found this on the “Breadcrumbs” blog mentioned above (Mrs Grimm)
It was too good not to share but I am worried I might not be allowed to do it this way? Wasn’t sure how else to do it – can anyone help me out here? I’ll remove it if I have done a naughty thing 🙂 but I really wanted everyone at LF to benefit from it.
What a clever funny person that “Mrs Grimm” is!!!
THIS LINK IS PROUDLY BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE MAKERS OF “PORTRAIT” – http://mrsgrimm.blogspot.com/2012/01/psychopaths-alphabet.html
AND THE FACT THAT THE LINK SHOULD BE POSTED HERE AT ALL IS PROUDLY BROUGHT TO YOU BY “DARWINSMOM” (there now – that should just about cover all bases)
darwinsmom
Just add the link to the source blog, and it’s ok… you’ve referenced it.
Portrait
Mrs. Grimm’s Breadcrumbs are delicious, sometimes leaning more toward humorous and sometimes more toward poignancy.
http://mrsgrimm.blogspot.com/
From the moment I first read the blog post that Aussiegirl pasted above, I considered it a masterpiece.
http://mrsgrimm.blogspot.com/2012/01/psychopaths-alphabet.html
sharing the journey
Hi
I too have my doubts about the project.
Normally I am a great fan of the Arts (son is an artist as well as brother) and I support enthusiastically.
But my ex spath H would say to me often before the big reveal, that he would be rich if he could only persuade everyone to donate a £1 to him.
My gut didn’t like what he said–but I put it down to some sort of ethical fantasy he had, like an entrepeneur. He was great at creating websites.
As it turned out–he was evil.
Who better to target than previous victims as well as getting a buzz from doing so. I don’t know–something got set off in me–red flag.
He just doesn’t seem ‘WOUNDED’ enough.
It just seems that if somewhere down the line a $1 gets taken from your account–you just wouldn’t bother about it-but it has made someone rich.
Portrait.
Mrs Grimm’s breadcrumbs looks good. Will definately look at it. Thanks.
xxx
New Beginning
LWHorse,
It’s brought up a red flag for me too…..and a few more were added by the end of the second sentence into the clip. It may be my individualized red flag monitoring system but that’s enough for me.
~New
New Beginning
Aussie, thank you for sharing the P alphabet and getting my day started with a chuckle! 🙂
~New