Ironically, I'm out to correct this wrong.
I'm planning to make a film which will hopefully be able to enter into Sony Tropfest (for those who don't know it, it's the biggest short film festival in the world). Basically, I want the film to be a study of the idiosyncracies of Aspergers, shown in 7 minutes, about the life in the day of an Aspie.
If anyone wants to support this, feel free to suggest ideas of your experiences. Things I want to bring to this are the little details, like how an Aspie might deal with a neighbour, how they feel on a bus. Those moments.
I'm collecting a list based on my own experiences, but having viewed these forums, there are others that seem to have more intense moments than myself. I would like to include an instance of sensory overload by the film's end, if I can. It's not something I experienced myself, or at least to the level indicated by others. So any contributions on personal experiences would be personally appreciated.
I plan to direct it also, and I want to really put the audience into the characters mind. Show that confusion and alternate interpretation that we experience.
PS. Was Matt Damon's Will Hunting an Aspie or HFA? His technical memory was incredible and had poor empathy. He didn't seem to understand other's emotions, but in conflicting evidence, he did seem comfortable around the Minnie Driver character. Any thoughts on that? Yay or nay?
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