Day 4:
And then there's this (not my video)
Ahem.
I had completely forgotten that a different actress was Tammy (Eladio's wife) originally. Debra Michel is the name on the call sheet.
On my Facebook page for the past week, I've been posting pics from a movie now making the festival rounds called KICK ME - shot in Kansas City KS in 2012, with some reshoots taking place 1 1/2 - 2 years later. Hired as the script supervisor, I lasted 14 days into a 30 day shoot - well nights, as most of the action was to take place in a single night. I demanded that my name get taken off the film, which was honored.
The film got finished, premiered at the Another Hole In The Head Film Festival in San Francisco, CA in Dec. 2022 and had its Kansas City premiere at the Kansas City International Film Festival, March 2023.
What follows are pics & vids from the 14 days I was involved in the film.
Day 1:
I was originally cast as Luthor's Father - Sean Hill (Luthor's Mother) is still in the film, but she's not clearly seen. Walter Coppage was cast in the reshoots and the film is much better for it.
Day 2:
Gary and Jason Cantu, who was the first DP. If you've read the FILMMAKER MAGAZINE interview, there's a darkly amusing anecdote Gary tells about hiring him. It makes a great story...
Anyway - he was hired last minute, so he probably was not Gary's first choice.
This sequence was reshot later on after DPs changed. Note Santiago's shirt - his wardrobe got changed to what's now in the film.
Day 3:
When Santiago runs into Betsy - original version.
Notified that my account is 'currently restricted' on FB for the next couple of days due to 'hate speech', which is defined by using the word 'trash', especially when preceded by the word 'White' and with pics/videos of Marjorie Taylor Greene's behavior. FB has no problem with the word 'Nigger' however, which apparently does NOT fit their definition of 'hate speech'.
Interesting...
So I won't be able to immediately comment there on the sad news about Jen Angel's death in connection with a robbery she attempted to prevent.
I met her briefly during her time as zine editor, when she attended the Midwest Underground Media Symposium in KC, MO back in 1999. She started a bakery in Oakland, CA in 2008 and it looks as though they will continue on, in the wake of her death.
Here's some video from that Symposium featuring her:
