Belle is the first film Producer Edward Bass directs and writes in his entire stint at Tinseltown. But what challenge could he not handle? The Golden Globe nominee is often quoted saying, “It is too easy not to be in production.”
The Hollywood Maverick has been setting records in show business for years. Emilio Esteves’ directorial debut, Bobby , which starred an ensemble cast including Anthony Hopkins, Demi Moore, Sharon Stone, Martin Sheen, Helent and Lindsay Lohan, was one of his most critically-acclaimed productions. The feat of producing five independent films in the span of two years belongs almost only to him. The Beverly High School alumnus, known to his acquaintances, friends, and peers back in the day as the life of the party, has been strengthened by his life exploits. The insights, drive, and creativity Producer Edward Bass has, he draws from his challenging experiences.
Director Edward Bass is drawn to Belle because of the dark character that dominates the film. Belle is a psychopath drama he co-wrote with Eva Mayer, buyer-owner of the farmhouse where Belle Gunness, from whom the lead character is based, butchered boyfriends and husbands, fed their flesh to her pigs, and still managed to cook a mean pot roast after killing men in cold blood.
The highly acclaimed producer is definitely serving fresh meat in a world where the convention shows women cooking up something for men. To fully depict Belle Gunness is to stray from such conventions and never look back.
More information about Producer Edward Bass can be accessed at www.edwardbassfilms.com.
