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I started writing BETWEEN LIFETIMES in 2006. My son Lucas would sleep behind me as I typed away. I based the child's character on Lucas. My intention was to complete the script quickly, so I could cast Lucas as that child. As the script grew, so did Lucas.

Flash forward. It's 2012. Lucas is at least half a foot taller than me. The story came into its own after more than a few re-writes, and now I find myself on a roller coaster ride of ups and downs in an attempt to bring BEWTWEEN LIFETIMES to the big screen.

Carrie Clark , Lauri Hakola, and I (Antonio Weiss) are preparing to go film in Paraguay south America, in the next few months. BETWEEN LIFETIMES has become EL RIO DE LAS VIDAS, as it was translated in Spanish to adapt it to the culture and languages of Paraguay (Spanish and Guarani)

Thursday, August 23, 2012

The quiet evenings in Montauk are such a contrast to the bustle of New York. It is evocative to step again in the ocean after having left Sayulita, Mexico in 2010, thousands of miles away, so far apart that as the season winds up here, it is about to start in Sayulita and Vallarta, at least 3000 miles fom Long Island. I was looking for locations in Sayulita for BETWEEN LIFETIMES, before I decided to film it in Paraguay. The two deciding factors were that I know people in Paraguay, and the escalating violence in Mexico.
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The sunrise in Montauk is... no need to explain. We were here on a private party to make the lighthouse part of the national monument registry. There were senators, socialites, and Montauk residents. Bill Clinton was mentioned, but he never appeared. The real treat was the lighthouse and the vastness beyond.

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