Post 9/11 Film warns about a future security culture

Independent film ponders what American society will become as terrorism creates heightened concern.

(PRWEB) August 30, 2004 -- As national security becomes an increasingly greater concern, a soon-to-be released independent feature film warns of the possible consequences of a culture of hyper-security.
   
Yes, we all have to worry about terrorism," says William Lee, director of Room 13: The Terrorist Project." But we have to be careful and make prudent decisions about how to combat it. It wouldnt take much for government officials to make George Orwells 1984" become a reality."
   
Room 13: The Terrorist Project" is a story of a solution to terrorism that has gone horribly wrong. The main character, Vincent Kamiglia, has been assigned the task of directly dealing with terrorist agents. Things go out of control as Kamiglia becomes increasingly obsessed and starts to eliminate anyone he considers being evil, or just in his way. He is aided by people in a security bureaucracy who are more concerned with getting a job done than the ethics of how results are achieved. Harlow Keith plays the role of Monroe, a government official who directly oversees Kamigilias activity. His experience playing Monroe has left him deeply concerned about the security society that spring from anti-terrorism efforts.
   
An institutional culture maybe the breeding ground for a social virus that you may not want," explains Keith. Any specialized national security work force has a support bureaucracy. The clerks who make up a behind- the -scenes staff can be just as criminal as the guy who pulls the trigger. Keep in mind when you see the movie that behind every terrible thing Kamiglia does, there is someone like Monroe who keeps data on the victims, files requisitions for torture devices, and takes a coffee break afterwards."
   
Aside from its stark language and the skillful juxtaposition of moving images and still photography, its ability to predict events is the movies most disturbing quality. Prison interrogation scenes, intended to be fictional, were filmed several weeks before the Abu Gharib scandal went public. In June, the Federal Bureau of Investigations announced they had apprehended a man who was plotting to bomb a shopping mall in Columbus, Ohio. Room 13" was shot entirely in Columbus and within a few miles of retail centers that were probably on the list of targets. Given this, the possibility that the films final scenes may be a foretelling of things to come worries everyone connected to the project.

It doesnt take much for an activist of any stripe to be labeled an ‘enemy of the state ", says Keith. It just takes the right circumstances. We have got to move with exceeding caution in the coming months as we confront the issue of terrorism. If we arent judicious in future decisions, an obsessive need to have security could create an American totalitarian state that would make Orwells nightmares look like utopias."

With its world premiere only weeks away, Room 13: The Terrorist Project" continues to raise the disturbing question: Will what it portrays actually come to pass?" The public may know the answer in the very near future.

William Lee is available for interviews and interested parties should contact him directly at (614-471-5512). A trailer for Room 13: The Terrorist Project" is available upon request by email at insaneslugger@msn.com. Media press kits are available upon request by email at KEITHBOOKS@aol.com.

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