12.30.2004
EVIL EYES
Mark's second feature, Evil Eyes, is now available on DVD at your local Blockbuster, Hollywood Video and yes, even Netflix! Yeah! We went to the theatrical premiere Monday morning at 10:00 a.m., and because of it's incredibly early hour, it was pretty much a private screening. But we had a great time anyways! Mark did an incredible job, especially considering that he rewrote the entire script, directed and shot it in 12 days! The cinematography is really beautiful. Udo Kier was great as the EVIL PRODUCER, and Adam Baldwin gave a very good performance as a screenwriter, struggling against evil forces. Jennifer Gates was also very good in her feature debut. Overall, the film is very entertaining, good performances, interesting storyline, great cinematography, and enough gore to make anyone cringe! Unfortunately, however, Mark was excluded from the post-production, and the editing leaves something to be desired. He is currently working on a Director's Cut, which we will give a proper Premiere, at a much more suitable time (breakfast with your premiere anyone?). Yours truly had a couple of cameo roles, as Udo Kier's other evil secretary, Ursula (you never really see my face), and then as Jane Rolf (extreme closeups on the eyes and mouth), although The Asylum managed to exclude me from any title credits!
Me as Ursula, Udo's Other Evil Secretary
Udo Kier does Evil so well...
Adam Baldwin, very convincing as the writer who makes evil things happen.
...And the mixed emotions continue.
I mean, how can anyone feel and act completely normally when right now the death toll on the other side of the world is 117,000 and mounting (1/3 of those are children). I was at Starbucks when I picked up a New York Times and saw the headlines, with pictures of dead children lined up in a row and a mother weeping for her lost child. The tears just came, and I stood there in Starbucks, fighting, fighting the tears, and losing, and wondering how we can just pretend that everything is okay, when there is so much grief, agony and loss on the other side of the world. Yet I know that I must; that we all must. That life does go on....
A homeless Sri Lankan woman Sukhriti cries as she mourns the loss of her eight-month-old son who was washed away by the giant tsunami waves which devastated two-thirds of the country's shoreline
Mark's second feature, Evil Eyes, is now available on DVD at your local Blockbuster, Hollywood Video and yes, even Netflix! Yeah! We went to the theatrical premiere Monday morning at 10:00 a.m., and because of it's incredibly early hour, it was pretty much a private screening. But we had a great time anyways! Mark did an incredible job, especially considering that he rewrote the entire script, directed and shot it in 12 days! The cinematography is really beautiful. Udo Kier was great as the EVIL PRODUCER, and Adam Baldwin gave a very good performance as a screenwriter, struggling against evil forces. Jennifer Gates was also very good in her feature debut. Overall, the film is very entertaining, good performances, interesting storyline, great cinematography, and enough gore to make anyone cringe! Unfortunately, however, Mark was excluded from the post-production, and the editing leaves something to be desired. He is currently working on a Director's Cut, which we will give a proper Premiere, at a much more suitable time (breakfast with your premiere anyone?). Yours truly had a couple of cameo roles, as Udo Kier's other evil secretary, Ursula (you never really see my face), and then as Jane Rolf (extreme closeups on the eyes and mouth), although The Asylum managed to exclude me from any title credits!
Me as Ursula, Udo's Other Evil Secretary
Udo Kier does Evil so well...
Adam Baldwin, very convincing as the writer who makes evil things happen.
...And the mixed emotions continue.
I mean, how can anyone feel and act completely normally when right now the death toll on the other side of the world is 117,000 and mounting (1/3 of those are children). I was at Starbucks when I picked up a New York Times and saw the headlines, with pictures of dead children lined up in a row and a mother weeping for her lost child. The tears just came, and I stood there in Starbucks, fighting, fighting the tears, and losing, and wondering how we can just pretend that everything is okay, when there is so much grief, agony and loss on the other side of the world. Yet I know that I must; that we all must. That life does go on....
A homeless Sri Lankan woman Sukhriti cries as she mourns the loss of her eight-month-old son who was washed away by the giant tsunami waves which devastated two-thirds of the country's shoreline
BACK FROM THE DEAD...
It's been exactly a month since I've posted. Kind of a crazy month - a mixture of good and bad. Challenges and good times. In some ways, I've been in a very difficult spot, emotionally and financially. I haven't been completely myself. I haven't called, or e-mailed anyone this past month. So I apologize to everyone who thinks I vanished from the face of the earth. I'm back now, and ready for a new year...ready to make 2005 an even better year than 2004. In retrospect, 2004 was a great year, inspite of various emotional and financial challenges.
The last few weeks have been a mixture of family and good friends, and I'm very thankful for the very special people in my life. Holiday parties galore, a trip to the opera (La Boheme), lots of movie going (Sideways (greatfilm), The Aviator (great film), House of Flying Daggers (best film), The Life Aquatic (very good), National Treasure (your basic studio film), Finding Neverland (another great film).
Here's a few pics from Dale's (star of Night Orchid, Mark's first feature film) crazy birthday party a few weeks back. The theme was "Rockers and their Groupies". As you can tell, we had a lot of fun!
What am I, you ask? A Plaster Caster. What is that in my hand? A Plaster Cast, of course. Of what, you say? I'll give you one clue. SHOCKING!!
Here is the birthday boy's (Dale with buddy Scott) reaction when he saw my Plaster Cast. Needless to say, it was a successful cast.
Me and Jimi Hendrix (What? Jimi looks a little paler than usual? Well, what do you expect? He's been dead for thirty years! Leave it to me to bring him back with my plaster caster!)
Why drink one beer when you can have two?
At some point, the party got a little out of hand. Here's Jimi, Dale, Andy (The Korean Cowboy) and two people I don't know, getting a little crazy.
Here's Jimi with his agent, Jeff Williams.
It's been exactly a month since I've posted. Kind of a crazy month - a mixture of good and bad. Challenges and good times. In some ways, I've been in a very difficult spot, emotionally and financially. I haven't been completely myself. I haven't called, or e-mailed anyone this past month. So I apologize to everyone who thinks I vanished from the face of the earth. I'm back now, and ready for a new year...ready to make 2005 an even better year than 2004. In retrospect, 2004 was a great year, inspite of various emotional and financial challenges.
The last few weeks have been a mixture of family and good friends, and I'm very thankful for the very special people in my life. Holiday parties galore, a trip to the opera (La Boheme), lots of movie going (Sideways (greatfilm), The Aviator (great film), House of Flying Daggers (best film), The Life Aquatic (very good), National Treasure (your basic studio film), Finding Neverland (another great film).
Here's a few pics from Dale's (star of Night Orchid, Mark's first feature film) crazy birthday party a few weeks back. The theme was "Rockers and their Groupies". As you can tell, we had a lot of fun!
What am I, you ask? A Plaster Caster. What is that in my hand? A Plaster Cast, of course. Of what, you say? I'll give you one clue. SHOCKING!!
Here is the birthday boy's (Dale with buddy Scott) reaction when he saw my Plaster Cast. Needless to say, it was a successful cast.
Me and Jimi Hendrix (What? Jimi looks a little paler than usual? Well, what do you expect? He's been dead for thirty years! Leave it to me to bring him back with my plaster caster!)
Why drink one beer when you can have two?
At some point, the party got a little out of hand. Here's Jimi, Dale, Andy (The Korean Cowboy) and two people I don't know, getting a little crazy.
Here's Jimi with his agent, Jeff Williams.
