Interview with Screenwriter Colleen Asbury (The Dance of the Desert Mermaids)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about?

Colleen Asbury: An older man stumbles through the desert, lost. He has no idea where he is or how he got there; he is just pulled by the silky siren song of the Desert Mermaids. He doesn’t know they are there, and when they appear after he spits a mouthful of water at the bottom of the dune, he is transfixed. He spends one final night on earth with them, a beautiful, wild night, before he is turned into a cactus. One of the last shots is of many other cacti dotting the dunes, which were other victims also pulled in by the soft, sighing singing of the Desert Mermaids.

2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?

Fantasy.

3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?

I hope the visuals are unique, and everyone has some sort of attachment to…