NOTE: This was the original landing page for this website. My consultant rightly advised me to create a shorter landing page. I wasn’t ready to throw this out. So, I included it as a “concluding” message.
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Hey! I’m Justin and thanks for stopping by.
I wrote a screenplay called “Eros & Amara Sol.” It was inspired by the novel Emmanuelle, Plato’s Symposium and Cosmopolis by Stephen Toulmin. I’ve written a lot of drafts (about 30). It’s ready. I’m excited to put it on the screen.
I should say upfront it’s a piece of erotica.
What inspired me about the novel Emmanuelle was how artistically it portrayed sexuality. It’s a story of a woman’s sexual advancement told with literary skill, intelligence, beauty. At times it’s even philosophical. The vision behind this movie (and limited series) is to portray sexuality in a similarly artistic, positive way.
That’s how Cosmopolis and The Symposium are involved. Cosmopolis critiques how we sometimes see the body as something “dirty” that needs to be suppressed. Plato’s Symposium offers an alternative: physical desires or sex can be married with soul.
In fact, I used an ancient Greek myth called “Eros and Psyche” as the story line.
In that myth Eros, Aphrodite’s son, was the god of sex. Psyche, Greek for “soul,” was a princess whose beauty rivaled Aphrodite’s. Despite obstacles (namely Aphrodite), Eros and Psyche fall in love and marry.
The script is basically a modern re-telling of that classic story.
It’s a story about living life from the heart. About how sex and spirit aren’t opposed but intersect. And it critiques the modern agenda that sees body and soul as dichotomous with its social implications. So, the story explores instead the idea that body and soul can be married.
Again, thanks for stopping by! Feel free to contact me here or leave a comment below. I would love to hear from you.
Eros & Amara Sol 