Sci-Fi Short Film: "Speak Only Good of the Dead" | DUST
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 Published On Jun 29, 2021

A military supercomputer learns about poetry, love and fate.

Based on Kurt Vonnegut's short story "EPICAC"

"Speak Only Good of the Dead" by Jac Viramuerte and Samuel Romero

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More About "Speak Only Good of the Dead":
Speak Only Good of the Dead is a science fiction/drama short film in which a lovesick mathematician discovers that EPICAC, the military supercomputer he works with, is actually sentient. After teaching EPICAC about love & poetry, he attempts to use the machine to win the heart of his beautiful co-worker, Pat Kilgallen, by claiming EPICAC's poetry as his own.

"Speak Only Good of the Dead" Credits:
Director Jac Viramuerte
Producer Samuel Romero
Executive Producers Rafael Romero
Leonardo Weyce
Trevor Miller
Maryam Naqqash
Magaly Pefig
Miguel & Andrea Romero
Associate Producers Michelle Ryan
Robert Ramos
Nicolás Pantaleon
Alejandro Weyce
Julio Weyce
Ana Paula Rocha de Melo
Director of Photography Samuel Romero
Production Designer Robert R. Ramos
Story by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Screenplay by Arminio S. Rivero
Samuel Romero
Pedro Gomez
Line Producer Victor Portillo
Production Coordinator Cristopher Gando
Production Designer Robert R. Ramos
Casting Director Selina Savage

CAST
The Programmer David Cope
Pat Magaly Pefig
Dr. Kuznetzov Alexei Afonin
Major General G.M. Barnes Michael Dean Walker

PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY
1st ADs Isabela Cano
Victor Portillo
Michelle Ryan
Script Supervisor Bryan Suarez

Art Director Edgar Ruiz
Set Construction Howard Benitez
Set Dresser Ashley Hickey
Hair/Wardrobe Pablo Velho
Makeup Artist Kelly Flores
Materials Transpo Christian Galvez

1st AC Humberto Blanco
2nd ACs Tristin Bonachea
Octavio Suarez
D.I.T. Erick Alamo

Key Grip Dannyboi Rodriguez
Grip Onyx Lopez
Gaffer Kufre Eyo
Best Boy Electric Ethan Perez

Sound Mixer Andres Alfonso

On Set Editor Mikey Mechoso
BTS Photographer Gabrielle Garcia

ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY
MAIN UNIT
1st AD Eleni Doucas
Script Supervisor Gaby Caminero

Art Director Ashley Hickey
Set Dressers Anna C. Milczewski
Steven Lee
Raquel Ramirez
Wardrobe Pablo Velho

1st AC Humberto Blanco
2nd AC Tristin Bonachea
D.I.T. Erick Alamo

Key Grip Dannyboi Rodriguez
Grip Ethan Perez
Gaffer Kufre Eyo
Best Boy Electric Onyx Lopez

Sound Mixer Janier Diaz


LIGHTBULB UNIT
1st AD Cristopher Gando
1st AC Tristin Bonachea
Key Grip Dannyboi Rodriguez



POST PRODUCTION
Editors Samuel Romero
Arminio S. Rivero
Assistant Editor Janier Diaz
Colorist Adam Lighterman
Sound Designer Alexis Mondragón
Composer Mauricio Trabanino

Produced in the School of Design & Entertainment, Miami Dade College

Advisor Tommy Demos

Special Thanks
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Kurt Vonnegut Museum & Library
Arminio J. Rivero & Sonia M. Menezes
Paul Bouche
Josh Ellis
Agustin Gonzalez
Adrian Garcia
Daniela Mejia
Egon Stephan Jr.
Deana Williams
Daniela Diaz
Saskia Laricchia
Arantxa Carrion
Hilda Gonzalez Montes
Jenny Pomares
Salvador Camero
Chime Serra
Stranger Things
Diliana Alexander
Oscar Graterol
Kiko Ricote
Deborah Gomez
Raquel Ramirez
Beatriz Felix de Sousa
Andres Simonian
Emiliano Gioffre
Olivia Timmons
Rodrigo Romero Gonzalez
Valerie Vetter
Mark Robbins
Rebekah Clow
Traci Fuller
Andres Monsalve
Melissa Rivera
Lia Aranguibel Angulo
Reni Lakatos
Tom Beaver
Natalia Patino
Jose Martinez
Jordan M. Barker

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