Submarine ChannelDid you know that the most memorable scene from Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction, in which Travolta injects adrenaline into the heart of a woman who overdosed, is based on a true story? It happened to Steven Prince. In ’78, Martin Scorsese made a movie about his friend, Prince, whose life was more fascinating than what any screenwriter could dream up. The documentary that emerged, ‘American Boy‘ was to become Scorsese’s “lost” film. Having never been properly released, it gained cult status among cinefiles over the years through bootleg copies and influenced a whole generation of filmmakers. Now Tommy Pallotta brings us ‘American Prince’, where he draws out Steven Prince once more to recount his days since ‘American Boy’. ‘American Prince’ premieres at SXSW on 14 March, and will be distributed online for free by SubmarineChannel through Bittorrent sites and the like.
