Megan Holley gives a fresh perspective on the political issue of cloning and the importance of her film "Snowflake Crusade" to the issues addressed at this year's Virginia Film Festival.
Cavalier Daily: What originally spurred the concept of this movie in your mind? Could you call the idea of cloning part of the modern age?
Megan Holley: Well, I guess it was currently very much in the news, and so I think it was just hearing about it every day on NPR and the different controversies. Everyone seemed to be so afraid that we were on the cusp of something horrible. And then I thought it would be great to use that as a way to explore more universal ideas like living up to expectations and dealing with loss.
CD: Then were you making any statement on the issue of cloning in the news today?
MH: I didn't want it to -- I wanted to take this broad political issue and not really treat it like a political issue. More of a way of looking at issues that play out in all of our lives; I didn't want to have a statement pointing to negatives or positives. I specifically tried to make the ending more ambivalent. Certainly Marigold kind of betrays [Clive's] wishes and clones him; it's kind of hopeful at the end that this time around it will be a positive experience.
CD: What would you say is "Snowflake Crusade's" importance/relevance to the film festival and its theme of "Wet"?
MH: Certainly the title -- it might be a stretch, but certainly that metaphor. I use water imagery at the turning point of Clive's story to represent his downfall. We use rain. So we do use water imagery.
CD: Now that "Snowflake Crusade" is finished and screening, what are you working on?
MH: Well, I'm just finishing up a new script, and it's about two sisters who start a crime scene clean-up business. It's kind of using that backdrop of them cleaning up other wrecked lives as a way to have them explore their own lives.
Megan Holley's film, "Snowflake Crusade," will be shown at 7 p.m. Saturday at Newcomb Theater. Holley will attend the screening and discuss her work afterward.
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