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Year: 1998

Release date: Unknown

Directors: Erick Ifergan

Writers: Erick Ifergan

IMDb: link

Trailer: link

Review by: quietearth

Rating: 8.5 out of 10

Take away the NY and we get one of the most quoted bible passages, John 3:16. "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." (Niv) I am by no means a religious scholar, so with what little I do know I'll attempt to share with you some of the metaphor, ecclesiastic fervor, slo-mo madness and profound acting contained in this indie gem.

At first I thought the story was going to be a parable about the three temptations of Christ, transposed with Johny and the female protagonist Sally, but it's not. It's much larger, and more obfuscated in scope and while trying to narrow it to some specific analysis, another portion of...

I am admittedly a huge fan of Gallo, and when I ran across this I couldn't believe my eyes. Apparently I didn't pay too much attention to his IMDb entry, but this baby was shot in 1998 when Gallo was trying to find completion funds for Buffallo 66. Director Erick Ifergan then reworked it and shot some completion scenes to finish it up in 2006.

"A penniless Street preacher spends his days giving out pamphlets and spreading the word of God. One day, he meets Sarah, a beautiful bereft hairdresser who lost her job. She follows the preacher home and tries to seduce him. Despite his deep attraction to her, he pushes her away. Sarah continues to pursue him, convinced that she can win him over..."

Johnny 316 is a rework of Oscar Wilde's 'Salomé' which transfers it to Hollywood Boulevard. There is an 8+ minute trailer after the break.

Johnny 316...

ROME -- Ryan Eslinger's "When a Man Falls in the Forest", a Golden Bear nominee at this year's Berlinale, and "Numb" from Harris Goldberg are among the dozen films that will appear in competition at the first Drake International Film Festival, set for June 23-30 near Naples.

The lineup was announced amid controversy over the leadership of the new festival, which will be held in the sprawling Reggia di Caserta, a World Heritage Site since 1996. Several of the event's top officials were replaced in recent weeks, with some complaining loudly in the Italian press.

But organizers promise the festival will be a hit.

With a screening schedule that focuses on new filmmakers and innovative technologies, Drake's competition lineup also includes Robbie Moffat-directed action flick "Axe Raiders", "Johnny 316" from Erick Ifergan, Andrew Black-helmed comedy "Moving McAllister" and "The Last Request" from John DeBellis and starring Danny Aiello.

Other competition titles include Nick Lyon's gritty rape and murder mystery "Punk Love"; "Gumiho Gajok" (The Fox Family) from South Korea's Hyung-gon Lee; "The Heart of the Earth", a romance from Antonio Cuadri; Brett Leonard's action fantasy "Highlander: The Source"; "The Melon Route" from Croatia's Branko Schmidt; and Augustin Diaz Yanes' Viggo Mortensen starrer "Alatriste", winner of three Goya Awards earlier this year.