SPIT BALLIN’

What do you do when you’re two creative people in the midst of a pandemic and you can’t do what you love to do? You find a way to do it! John Whitney and yours truly had the equipment and had built up enough creative angst to do “something” rather than sit and bemoan the situation. But what? It would have to be safe distanced, stay in a social bubble they were comfortable with and be shot in one day. Frustration set in. We couldn’t think of anything. How could two creative, established, “been there, done that” filmmakers NOT come up with a tangible idea? And then the question became the answer and SPIT BALLIN’ took on a life of its own. 

A short film about two screenwriters who are creatively “blocked” soars to absurd and ridiculous heights when they take a simple premise and turn it into something completely outrageous. Coming along for the ride was the always incredible Ralph Scott as the other frustrated screenwriter along with Dino Tripodis (me) as his equally frustrated partner. Add the directing, shooting, and editing of the amazing John Whitney, along with some creative assistance from Chip Kocel, SPIT BALLIN’ offers up a small bit of comic relief during a time when we all could use a laugh or two. 

Some people do jigsaw puzzles. We make movies. Enjoy.