Perhaps because of the early hour – 10 a.m. on Daylight Savings Sunday – it was a low-key event. More likely, the mood at the March 13 private screening of Complexity reflected the nervousness of a first screening in front of a large audience, the emotion that generally accompanies the completion of an intense undertaking and the down-to-earth nature of the hosts.
Almost 500 people attended the screening at Oakridge Cinemas. Unlike some other launches, where long speeches and other formalities dominate, the Complexity screening featured many held-back tears of excitement (and, no doubt, relief), but few words. Executive producer David Bogoch and producer Mattie Shisko offered brief remarks and thank yous before the film started, while writer/director/actor Adam Bogoch spoke for at most three minutes after the screening, thanking various people, including the Jewish Independent for its In Production series, which started last year when the script was being finalized.
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