Best Description of “Triple Fisher” Ever.

The SF Weekly just described “Triple Fisher” as “a Rashomon-like retelling of a story which didn’t really need to be told in the first place.”  I couldn’t have said it better myself.

Here’s the entire write-up:

Triple Fisher: The Lethal Lolitas of Long Island

Cultural critics never fail to insist that this is the worst that it’s ever gotten, that the media have never been more sensationalistic or depraved; right now, there are plenty of people who will tell you that TV shows such as Here Comes Honey Boo Boo or Jersey Shore represent a heretofore unimaginable cultural nadir. But the morally outraged tend to have a short memory, which is why they don’t remember mid-1992, when the nation was entranced by the media coverage of Amy Fisher, a 17-year-old who shot her 36-year-old lover’s wife in the head. How entranced were we by this story? Seven months later, ABC, CBS, and NBC each broadcast a made-for-TV Amy Fisher movie within the span of a week, and the versions starring a slumming Drew Barrymore and Alyssa Milano went head-to-head on the same night in a statutory rape-’n’-ratings showdown. But director Dan Kapelovitz has not forgotten those dumb days, and his fascinating Triple Fisher: The Lethal Loliltas of Long Island (playing tonight at the Roxie) is a mash-up of the three pictures, resulting in a Rashomon-like retelling of a story which didn’t really need to be told in the first place. Kapelovitz’s audacious video remix of the worst of the ’90s even makes it worth hearing the word “Buttafuoco” again.

— By Sherilyn Connelly

From the Austin Chronicle:

Only at the Alamo: Triple Fisher: The Lethal Lolitas of Long Island

Not rated, 78 min. Directed by Dan Kapelovitz., Starring Drew Barrymore, Alyssa Milano and Noëlle Parker.

Three made-for-TV movies have been inspired by the Amy Fisher love-and-crime story. In this film, the director borrows from all three sagas to create a fuller portrait of the underage siren and all the sordid goings-on.

Thursday (5/9), 10:30pm

Alamo Drafthouse Village, 2700 W. Anderson

Downtown Independent Screening Huge Success!!!

Last night’s screening was awesome.  After the film, director Dan Kapelovitz spoke to actor Nicky Corello, who had never even seen the original film he was in, “Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story.”  He said that he was busy working when the original aired so he was on an airplane, and noted that this was before DVRs.  We also learned that his character Frankie has a back story.  It turns out that Frankie is a Vietnam War Veteran, and that’s why he’s a little off.

I finally met one of the stars of my film!!!!

I had the awesome pleasure of meeting for the first time one of the stars of my film, Nicky Corello, who plays Frankie.  Frankie has many of the best lines of the film, lines that, in my humble opinion, are up there with cinematic classics like “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn” and “Go ahead, make my day.”

Actor Nicky Corello and director Dan Kapelovitz with an actual original script from “Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story.”

 

 

Nicky Corello from one of the original films will be at Sunday’s screening!

I am thrilled to announce that Nicky Corello who plays Frankie in “Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story” will be attending this Sunday night’s screening of “Triple Fisher: The Lethal Lolitas of Long Island.”

Here is a shot of Nicky Corello on the set of “Casualties of Love.”

And this is Nicky Corello on the set of “Sugar Hill” in make-up that he had to wear on the airplane to get to California to shoot his scenes for the Amy Fisher film.