A refined stranger arrives at a run-down diner where he encounters a sharp-tongued, quick-witted waitress. As incompatible as they seem, PAUL and CHERYL share a common vulnerability.

Both characters must take the Hero’s Journey as they face their inner demons. Through a dramatic revelation affecting both, their personal strength and grace leave them both with the choice of how to continue their lives.

This is a story of courage, acceptance, forgiveness, and healing.

While sitting at a diner (an appropriate place regarding the story) after one of the performances with the cast and the crew for the play, Gail (CHERYL) casually said, “Hey, wouldn’t it be fun to make this a movie?” Bruce, Matt, and Gail all immediately agreed that it would, indeed, be fun. More importantly, it became a mission to all of them as “it simply must be done!”

Matt soon contacted the story’s playwright, Roy Berkowitz, to ask him how he felt about 'Neitzsche' becoming a film. It didn’t take long for the two to become comrades in this quest to tell this story to a film audience. Roy’s blessing and excitement instantaneously ignited 'Neitzsche' to the fielding of our tremendous team of professionals who are committed to telling this story to a wider audience in film.

DIRECTOR’s NOTE – WHY IS 'NEITZSCHE 'SO IMPORTANT?

So many times, we see movies, hear stories, and read articles of revenge. For me, the most important
message that 'Neitzsche' offers is three-fold. First, the grace and courage it takes each of us to accept
ourselves and circumstances beyond our control rings through us as human beings in this story. Second,
to forgive others and ourselves also is a path each of us must take to happiness. Otherwise, we are
destined to a world of misery and inner turmoil. Third, through acceptance and forgiveness, we are
ultimately able to heal deep-rooted wounds to our souls and achieve inner peace. These are the themes
that 'Neitzsche' offers audiences: acceptance, forgiveness, and healing. This story must be told.

Some of the famous quotes from this story are cleverly intertwined into the meaning behind the lives of PAUL and CHERYL and that of our humanity.

Frederich Nietzsche, a nineteenth German philosopher, was widely known for his influence in existentialism (the perspective of philosophical thinking is determined by the individual and the experiences of the individual). This was in contrast to the widely-accepted Scientific thinking and Moral thinking in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

"That which does not kill me, makes me stronger."

~ Frederich Nietzsche

Victor Frankl, and Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist was famous for his influence on humanistic psychologists and existential philosophy. A Holocaust survivor, Frankl is known for his best-selling book, Man's Search for Meaning.

"Suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds meaning."

~ Victor Frankl

Richard David Bach, author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah, and known for his love of flying, was also quoted in the early manuscript of 'Neitzsche.'

"You're never given a wish without also the power to make it come true.

You may have to work at it, however."

~Richard David Bach