FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.queenscourier.com NOVEMBER 13, 2014 • BUZZ • THE QUEENS COURIER 61 Photo by Troy Benson LIC fi lmmaker uses neighborhood as backdrop for fashion-themed movie FALL SPECIAL SAVINGS ONSITE DOCTORS • EYE EXAMS • CONTACTS • 1 HOUR SERVICE • VISION PLANS ACCEPTED • SUNGLASSES • LOWEST PRICES FLEX SPENDING Use it or lose it! 2 PAIR OF EYEGLASSES QC QC QC $99 Includes: EYE EXAM, Frames & Lenses Select frames with clear plastic, single vision lenses+/- 4 sph., 2 cyl. Not valid with any other offers, sales, vision plans or packages. Must present prior to purchase. Offer valid at this location only. Offer ends: 12/11/14 NO-LINE BIFOCAL EYEGLASSES $99 Includes: EYE EXAM, No-Line Bifocal Lenses & Frame Select frame with select clear plastic no-line bifocal lenses +/- 4 sph., 2 cyl up to 2.50 add. Not valid with any other offers, sales, vision plans or packages. Must present prior to purchase. Offer valid at this location only. Offer ends: 12/11/14 BAY TERRACE SHOPPING CENTER 211-51 26 AVENUE • BAYSIDE, NY 11360 718.631.3699 *FREE with the purchase of glasses. Contact Lens Exam and EYE EXAM tting add’l. *See store for details. QC DISPOSABLE CONTACTS $99 Includes: •EYE EXAM •2 Boxes of Lenses Contact Lens Fitting additional. Clear Soft contacts brand clear spherical lenses.Not Valid with any other offers, sales, vision plans or packages. Must present prior to purchase. Offer ends: 12/11/14 DESIGNER SUNGLASSES st STARTING AT $99 QC of the 2013 THE QUEENS QueensCourier.com Place Some Restrictions Apply. See Store For Details. In Stock Items Only. Not Valid with any other offers, sales, vision plans or packages. Must present prior to purchase. Offer expires: 12/11/14 buzz BY ALAN CAPPER editorial@queenscourier.com/@QueensCourier Long Island City residents, are used to fi lm and television cameras on the street. Usually they are for network or TV companies who have now discovered LIC. How exciting, therefore, for one of its own residents to be writing, producing and directing an independent feature fi lm, much of which is being fi lmed in Long Island City. Roberto Mitrotti, a television and fi lm producer, has been a resident of LIC for well over a decade. For some years, he produced and directed a number of travel fi lms, including “The Compulsive Traveler” for CBS Television. His company, RPM Media, probably has one of the largest libraries of travel footage held by a private company. His previous feature fi lm involvement was in writing the script for “The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud” distributed by 20th Century Fox. “Stealing Chanel” is a contemporary story about the coming of age of Giorgio, a young designer, set in the world of New York fashion brands and stores. Born poor and raised in Queens, he believes that fashion can improve people’s lives and wearing the right clothing is the only way to rise above his condition. So he shoplifts as a way to get close to and live the magic of fashion. When arrested, he has to go through a brutal rehabilitation program with Chanel, an arrogant Park Avenue therapist who is a badly dressed heiress with class issues. As they struggle for control and reluctantly fall for each other, she helps him acknowledge his true talents as a designer and break into the professional fashion world. At the same time, he uncovers the softer woman beneath the armor. Mitrotti has wanted to fi lm in Long Island City since he fi rst moved there from Manhattan. “When I fi rst saw Long Island City, it made a huge impression on me and I thought it was one of the most photogenic locations in New York—even more now with all the recent developments.” He has chosen locations like the court in Court Square, the spectacular waterfront, several charming side streets and even factory complexes near the canal. Mitrotti was invited by designer Dennis Basso to fi lm behind the scenes at New York Fashion Week at Lincoln Center in September. “It adds an insider dimension of fashion to the background of the fi lm which is all about the fashion world,” he said. Mitrotti has been fortunate in bringing together a high-profi le cast in the key roles. This includes supermodel Carol Alt, a Long Island native who began her career in modeling, appearing on the cover of over 500 magazines in the ‘80s including Harper’s Bazaar and Sports Illustrated. In the fi lm, Alt’s character drives around in a spectacular yellow vintage Porsche convertible which was loaned by another LIC city resident, Robert Rogal, owner of auction house RoGallery. Acting alongside Alt is Adam LaVorgna in the role of Giorgio, best known for his work in “7th Heaven” and “Outside Providence,” supermodel Lydia Hearst in the role of Chanel, Margaret Colin from “Independence Day” and “Gossip Girl,” and John Rothman from “The Devil Wears Prada.” The fi lm will be released in the fall of 2015.
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