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“AS IN YEARS past, HIFF has a variety of short films, including a student showcase. But Le said Cusick’s “Dress” blew him away.

The film is the directorial debut for Cusick, an actor who gained fame for his role as Desmond on ABC’s “Lost.” He shot “Dress” during the summer in Lanikai, where he and his family live.

“Dress” follows Ben Granger — played by Cusick — as he struggles to cope with the death of his wife and how that has affected his relationship with his children.

The film was shot with donated talent and the post-production work has been the same.

Cusick’s friend, Oscar-winning composer Michael Giacchino, wrote the musical score for “Dress.” They had met while working on “Lost” and all Cusick had to do was ask, he said.

“We were very lucky that we got Michael Giacchino, really fortunate that we got him, a real blessing,” Cusick said.

Giacchino then arranged to have singer-songwriter Grant-Lee Phillips contribute to the film and that left Cusick practically speechless.

The actor and his wife, Annie, are big fans of Phillips and the band he formed in the mid-1990s, Grant Lee Buffalo. The band was such an ever-present part of their daily life that it often showed up in the baby videos they made of their children.

Phillips put vocal tracks over Giacchino’s music and gave him songs, too. It’s made an already special project even more memorable, Cusick said.

“Oh, my God, everything was aligned or something,” he said. “It’s kind of a spooky moment. We thought, wow, Grant Lee Buffalo is going to be in our first movie.”

The whole thing meshes perfectly with Cusick’s Scottish roots and the time he spent doing live theater. He knows he could wind up acting in a lot of short films by friends.

“I am fully aware that I owe a lot of people favors,” he said. “I think that’s fair. Isn’t that what artists used to do?”

*Mike Gordon with Pulse at Star Advertiser*

http://www.honolulupulse.com/2013/10/hiff-2013-local-films/

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