The Down and the Fortress of Numbness

By Tzvi | July 3, 2025
The Down and the Fortress of Numbness
Writer-director Tzvi shares the two letters he wrote to his cast and crew during the making of his upcoming second feature, The Down.
Tzvi is a writer director from NYC. His debut feature film, Killer of Men, made on a $10,000 budget, premiered at the Woodstock Film Festival, which Eric Kohn hailed as “one of the best debuts of 2024” and Oscar-nominated director Ramin Bahrani said “Tzvi has created the definition of low-budget auteur cinema.” Filmmaker magazine called it “an eerily austere serial killer drama, with a (possible) science fiction twist.” In his free time, Tzvi writes short fiction, essays on cinema, and runs the monthly screening series Film Underground, focused on democratizing cinema. He can be found on Instagram @tzvi_shadowplayfilms.