WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER: THE WISDOM OF AGING, 50min., USA
Directed by Don Scioli
Who Wants to Live Forever, the Wisdom of Aging is a one hour documentary film about the myths, facts and contradictions in the never-ending battle for both longevity and healthy aging, produced by Zan Media. The filmmakers behind this movie offer no conclusions but suggest each viewer examine the information and decide for themselves whether living longer is a good thing or a bad thing. Is real progress being made in the field of healthy aging? Are folks being taken advantage of in the quest to remain young – and how? Who are the charlatans? Is aging actually a disease or a natural, degenerative process? How much longer would you actually live if the diseases associated with aging are cured? What is the real role of diet and exercise in aging? What is the difference between lifespan and healthspan?

http://www.aginginc.com/

Get to know the filmmaker:

1. What motivated you to make this film?
Immortality has always been one of mankind’s most interesting topics and living under the hill where The Buck Institute for Aging is located, I thought it would be a good topic to explore. We’ve come so far in aging research in the last decades that I thought an examination of the many theories of aging would be interesting. Also, we seem to equate aging with mortality and religion and death together and this would be an attempt to exam them.

2. From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to make this film?
S3veral month os research on the topic of aging them several months of shooting to get all the experts on camera. Then several months of editing a complex story together. Docs are much harder to editing then theatrical as there you have a script. With docs, you write as you cut.

3. How would you describe your film in two words!?
Compelling vision

4. What was the biggest obstacle you faced in completing this film?
Getting the right experts was a challenge with their busy schedules as well as separating the bogus theories with the true ones.

5. There are 5 stages of the filmmaking process: Development. Pre-Production. Production. Post-Production. Distribution.

What is your favorite stage of the filmmaking process?

I like all the phases as each one comes with its own set of challenges and creative input. I like the actual filming probably the most but editing is great because you have to work with what you have. That gets reaqlly creative.

6. When did you realize that you wanted to make films?
When I got into The University of Southern California’s Cinema School

7. What film have you seen the most times in your life?
A Clockwork Orange

8. In a perfect world: Who would you like to work with/collaborate with on a film?
Clint Eastwood

9. You submitted to the festival via FilmFreeway. How has your experiences been working on the festival platform site?
Very good, quick and easy with lots of feedback.

10. What is your favorite meal?
Breakfast

11. What is next for you? A new film?
Getting my TV series, WHAT'S IT WORTH in syndication and selling my theatrical script of John Milton’s Paradise Lost.