EMILY DICKINSON movie - 3 of 3

"This set has really come to life because of Marianne Meyer-Garcia supplying 80 percent of the props," Tomasini commented on the help they received with the production.

"I saw all the auditions, When these two people came up for their audition ...they were the characters. They were so good they gave me chills," he said of Meyer and Clark. "Through these actors you can really feel the subtle nuances of the script and the emotions that can be evoked with just a single word, especially since Emily Dickinson was a poet and words were so important to her."

In the movie, even though Higginson did not publish Dickinson's poetry, he was very attracted to her during their meeting. The film ultimately closes with Dickinson's death in 1886, and the events that unfold in later years, which ended with Higginson finally publishing her poetry.

"The movie starts to piece together the missing holes of this historical meeting," Lugones said explaining how he built the emotional framework in the film around this meeting. "In the late 1800s, Higginson finally wrote in the Atlantic Monthly about his meeting with her (Dickinson) and started to publish her work. He put together a book and it started to sell like hot cakes."

The producer plans to enter the movie into all the major film festivals. In addition, he will return to Belvidere to show area residents the film. "Anyone and everyone in town that has helped, has been very, very cooperative...which is rare," Lugones said.

Dennis Auction Service, Major Hoops Emporium and Meyer-Garcia supplied the period antique furnishings used in the film.

During Victorian Days or Sept. 8 and 9 there will be a Special Emily Dickinson Tea at Meyer-Garcia's home, which will include the actors from the film reading Emily's poems.

"Whether it had been my home they chose or another one, my goal was to have the filming take place in Belvidere," Meyer-Garcia remarked. "Whenever they show a film at a festival, people ask where the filming took place. I wanted Belvidere to be known as the town that the film was produced. It's a perfect Victorian town."

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