After premiering at this year’s South By Southwest Film Festival and drawing acclaim through festival screenings across the country, David Boyle’s latest film, the winning \u201cSurrogate Valentine\u201d is available this month in the Cinema Asian America section of XFINITY On Demand. A black and white, indie, rock’n’roll road trip film, \u201cValentine\u201d follows San Francisco musician Goh Nakamura (playing himself) as he criss-crosses the west coast playing concerts, coaching a wannabe actor on the ways of a working musician, encountering oddball groupies, and reuniting with a girl who might just \u2013 or maybe not \u2013 change things completely. With a sly humor and a soulful touch, \u201cValentine\u201d is one of the brightest spots in American independent filmmaking this year.<\/p>\n
\u201cSurrogate Valentine\u201d is built around the San Francisco singer songwriter Goh Nakamura, who plays none other than Goh Nakamura in the film. What was the starting point, the kernel of inspiration which made you realize you wanted to make a film with and about him?<\/strong> I first met him at an after-party for my last film, \u201cWhite on Rice,\u201d and just watching the way he interacted with people was really interesting to me. Some people are just interesting to watch, and that’s when I started to think that he might be a compelling character in a movie. The story development came later; at first it was just this idea of following Goh around that was appealing to me.<\/p>\n