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| Damon Packard
Innerview...........
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What's wrong
with the current "system" and can it be fixed? Conversely, what's good about
it?
I don't know, that's too complicated an answer and/or
situation to contemplate. There are so many perspectives and variables on this,
and
 too many unknowns.
In regards to the film industry -- we
live in world controlled by fear and power structures that (seem to) hold all
the money and resources. There seem to be two camps always in conflict, the
cool people
 and the stiff people and sometimes the cool people end up turning
into stiff people.
The most interesting period to me is the late 60's
early 70's era of film. In this short window of time, things were looser. The
old industry troop were losing control, people were semi-enlightened by heavy
drug usage, and radically independent unique films were being financed and
distributed by major studios.
Was O'Toole's brilliant A Confederacy of Dunces an
influence on your visualization of Bob? In many ways Ignatius O'Reilly
resembles your protagonist, particularly his angst at his undeservedly cruel
fate.
Yeah, I've had that O Toole comparison from others, too.
Confederacy of Dunces is a great book but I can't say I'd want Bob to be
associated with this gastrointestinal Ignatious curmudgeon of a man. Bob
doesn't have the gastrointestinal problems because he takes "ChitoSan"
(scene cut from film) which "binds his fat and dislodges it." |
Buy
the flick on VHS or DVD! |
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