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Capital News Service By Justin Fanizzi nder pressure from politicians in The Connection UNorthern Virginia, Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) appears to be back- urke resident and George Mason ing away from a staff comment that he University senior Dex Curi be- would continue using a school funding for- Blieves that art should do more mula that takes money from more affluent than produce chip laughs of third- localities and gives it to less affluent ones. rate thrills, and he is willing to back up his Last week, McDonnell’s press secretary, words with action. Contributed Stacey Johnson, told Capital News Service With the help of his brother Julian and that the governor planned to uphold the friend James Wright, Curi created New funding-formula freeze proposed in Decem- Thought Pictures, a film company whose ber by then-Gov. Tim Kaine (D). mission may seem lofty but to its creators, “The governor plans to keep the current is wholly attainable. Simply put, they want Julian Curi, James Wright and Dex Curi freeze,” Johnson said in an e-mail on Fri- their movies to change the world. day (Jan. 22). “We will put out more spe- “I want people to watch the films we make ter may be controversial, the filmmakers are spending about 40 hours shooting film for cific direction to agency heads next week.” and be stirred in the soul and walk away simply using it as a vehicle to covey their the 6-minute film. He said that Wright pro- However, on Tuesday, Johnson backed with their conscious- message of aware- vided the story, which Dex Curi then turned away from that statement. In a statement ness raised,” Dex Curi ness and thinking be- into a script. Curi then recruited Julian to sent to Capital News Service she said, “We said. “We want stories fore acting on an im- be the director and cinematographer, be- are evaluating all of the components of the that change the “We want stories that pulse or desire. cause Julian had prior experience. Then current budget and will be working with world.” “A lot of people are they began were scouting locations. After House and Senate budget conferees to Their first attempt change the world.” careless when it they received permission to shoot in cer- gather their input on existing spending re- at reaching that goal — Dex Curi comes to sex and are tain locations, they started filming. Curi said ductions as well as potential new cost sav- has come in the form think that they can- that they shot so much film because the ings strategies. of their debut movie, not get [HIV/AIDS],” script was a work in progress and they “No final decisions have been made re- the 6-minute long “WILL,” the story of a said Wright, who wrote the screenplay for needed to make sure they filmed anything garding the composite index freeze by the young man who is confused with his sexu- “WILL” based on a short story he drafted. they could possibly use so a story could be legislators or the governor’s finance team.” ality. In the film, which is available on video- “Many of my friends are gay, and a couple constructed in the editing phase. At issue is the Local Composite Index, a sharing Web site You Tube, the man has a of them have HIV because they were care- “I’ve done work on a lot of projects, but I formula that determines how much school relationship with another man he meets on less. Whatever your lifestyle, it should be saw a lot of potential in this project,” Julian funding a county or city would get from the campus, and ultimately finds himself in a lived safer.” Curi said. “They came to me asking for help state government. life-altering situation that leaves him with According to Dex Curi, the film was The LCI assigns each school division a remorse and regret. While the subject mat- posted to You Tube in early