Michael De Avila

A trip to Boston to visit a local filmmaker in his studio is followed by a journey to the cinematic facilities of SUNY College in Purchase, NY, and then to the kitchen and living quarters of my mother in the Bronx. My mother is in her most candid mode as we relate and debate. My brother Mike suffers dental woes, too.

Unstable man spends the summer in an empty mansion, where he meets punks, serial killers and witches.

Unstable man spends the summer in an empty mansion, where he meets punks, serial killers and witches.

Unstable man spends the summer in an empty mansion, where he meets punks, serial killers and witches.

A downtown Manahattan gin mill plays host to a series of comic vignettes.