Writer’s Statement
Winner of 86 AWARDS, 8 HONORABLE MENTIONS, and with an additional 124 Nominations, Finalist, and Official Selection accolades (On FilmFreeway) — and counting, the currently unproduced feature film screenplay for ‘Morituriosis’ is about two things: 1) alcoholic hallucinosis and 2) the dangers of complacency. I have experienced alcoholic hallucinosis myself. ‘Morituriosis’ does not have a social agenda, nor a disingenuous view of alcoholism/addiction/substance abuse.
At heart, ‘Morituriosis’ is a horror film. ‘Morituriosis’ challenges, frustrates and assaults the senses of the audience, in a way that is aggressively surreal, gradually intensifying during the protagonist's incoherent plunge into the abyss. As an unhinged experience, ‘Morituriosis’ is supposed to be about as much fun as trying to solve a murder mystery, while hallucinating from severe alcohol withdrawal.
Bottom line: the audience will never forget it.
— Jesse Dorian
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Jesse Dorian
ADD/bipolar screenwriter/actor/editor/film director/songwriter/composer/musician, ex-drug dealer, community college dropout, with dumb little gothpop music project on the side; also (as of 2022) newly a small e-commerce business owner, and apparel designer (LostScorpion/LostScorpion Apparel).
Had one full-on manic episode/nervous breakdown in 2012… years later, came out on the other end with an unfinished, 95% completed feature film/directorial effort that never saw the light of day-- plus, 5 separate story ideas that in 2021, would be revised competently into 5 different, coherently-readable documents... er, better yet-- 5 professionally-organized feature-length film screenplays.
Endgame is to station in Los Angeles and focus on acting and music. Would also excel as a writer/actor, and would ideally fit in writing/producing/directing independent projects for distributors A24, NEON... with long-time mainstream prospects including creation of/writing/producing/directing franchise and world-building feature film projects for Universal Studios.
Has 2 rescue cats named Fred and Caramels.