Copyright (c) 1989 Martin Scorsese

A New York University Department of Television, Motion Picture and Radio Presentation, Summer Motion Picture Workshop. Faculty Advisors: Haig P. Manoogian, John Mahon.

Director/Screenplay: Martin Scorsese.

Cast: Zeph Michaelis (Harry), Mimi Stark (Wife), Sarah Braveman (Analyst), Fred Sica (Friend), Robert Uricola (Singer), Martin Scorsese (Man in the photograph). Music Score Composed and Conducted by Richard H. Coll. Song: "Swivel Hips Sal;" Music by Richard H. Coll, Lyrics by Sandor Reich. Assistant Director: Louise Stephanic. Still Photography: Frank Truglio. Sound: Sandor Reich. Sound Editor: Maria Stoller.

Running Time: 9 minutes.

Synopsis: A young writer is obsessed with a photograph of a man standing in a boat. Desperate to take his mind off the picture that is "really nothing to look at," he throws a party, where he meets and falls in love with a girl. They marry, and the photo of the man in the boat no longer haunts him. But he becomes obsessed with another photo, one of an empty seashore. His analyst advises him to confront his fears. In doing so, he is absorbed into the photo--swimming off into his ocean waves shouting, "Life is fraught with peril."

Copyright (c) 1992, David Ehrenstein