Dying in Hawaii
Dying in Hawaii
You gotta love it when Dave Sim (mysoginist/comic creator) eschews any and all professionalism by giving this quote in the top of this ad:
I might disagree with his views on the modern woman, but goddamn would I love to have this quote attached to anything I might produce.
In other news, I went to the screening party for Burkey's Western trailer project the other night. It turned out incredibly well. The lighting was sometimes a little inconsistent, and I could practically name all the libraries the sound effects came from (SIDENOTE: if I was grammatically correct in this sentence, it would almost sound like a 1950's sci-fi title: The Libraries from whence THE SOUND EFFECTS CAME!). Given that we shot all that stuff in three and a half days, however, I'd say we kicked ass...and that's with no budget.
A puzzling thing also happened at the screening party. I walked back into the party after having left to eat my dinner to discover that most of the people had left. The few that were left were gathered around one older gentleman. I won't give the long version because it makes about as much sense as the short version. Here's the fat-skinny of it:
I was introduced to the older gentleman at the center of the crowd. We hit it off because he was a Cardinals fan (I had on my Cards hat), and he pitched for them for a season. Burkey turns to him, says,"You want him?"
The guy's face goes blank. He starts asking Burkey why he might want this "turd". He starts berating me. I play along because it's obviously some macho mind game that's being poorly executed seeing as how he'd already laid out his cards as being a nice guy two seconds previous to this. There's talk of a physically gruelling boot camp. He turns to Freddie-Joe, one of Burkey's best friends who's been hot-shit stunt guy for the past few years. Freddie-Joe looks the guy dead in the face, says, "I want him. He works his ass off. He'll do the job."
The guy glares at me again, asks, "If we put you in front of camera and ask you to do something, will you be able to do it?"
By this time, I can see what's going on. The guy likes to give orders, and I play along. And for once it's an older gentleman that doesn't want to give me the ol' Timbuktu.
Anyway, I just keep nodding my head, and eventually I've passed whatever initiation process they had going. After most of the people walk away, Burkey tells me that I just got in with this guy. I learn shortly after that he and Freddie-Joe are going to Hawaii for eight months to shoot a war epic.
I don't know exactly what this means as far as I'm concerned, but it might mean that I'm going to go to Hawaii for eight months, too. I'll keep you guys posted.
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posted by Drew @ 10:27 PM
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6 Comments:
Hawaii! What the hell can I say that you wouldn't already be expecting? Your life is a goddamn movie. You should be paid for being the principal actor.
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And A few posts back you said you were watching The Prisoner to fill in an Invisibles reference. How was it? If I remember right it's a pretty long series. Is it worth a go? And maybe you can tell me: what the hell does, "You're in the Village," mean?
~Eric
Oh, brother. Is it worth it? It's a definite "yes", but I'm thinking of skipping episodes 13-15 because there's no real continuity. Because The Invisibles refers to the last episode of the show, I'm more interested in just getting on with that.
On the other hand I'm torn because the show is awesome. I won't go into detail because you should see the show for yourself (it's only 17 episodes total), and to answer your question: "you're in the village" is one of the first spoken lines in the series. In metaphor that would mean that "you're in another plane of existence. The normal rules do not apply."
That is, of course, my interpretation of that line after having watched a majority of the series and after tonight's bottle of wine. Take from it what you will...
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I think I should also comment that "the Village" is a place that seeks to duplicate reality. The Village's primary function, however, is to imprison those that live there.
This theme should be familiar with those that have read The Invisibles because it posits that reality itself is a prison for those that live within it.
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Drew-
Hawaii for eight months? I'm green. And I still don't know what you thought of SAW!! ENLIGHTEN ME.
Reva
As much as that's an eyebrow-raisin' way to get a job, i'm all for eight months in Hawaii. i hope it works out for you kiddo. You deserve it.
Love
Kate
Dale Dye??? Holy Crapola Batmite!
Thats Huge! And Yes I knew who Dale Dye was before I looked at his resume.
Hawaii is nice. You should go if they offer it too you.
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