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Let's listen to some music....
10:50pm here and listening to this. What about you?
What a day!
Today was the day when I was gonna be an extra in a new ad campaign. I was excited, because I have never filmed in a prison before. Particularly not in a prison like this which is very famous. When I arrived, two people were already there. We got talking, and we joked around a bit. My first comment was "They finally got me!". They found that one pretty fun! The last few people came to the meeting point, so we were let in. The prison itself is old. It was opened in 1859, but was closed in 2017. Now the prison has been turned over to the local council, and they plan to include it in their urban development - whatever that means.
Anyway!
Once we were led in, we signed a NDA. I am not allowed to talk about what happened, but I am allowed to talk about the basic plot line of the campaign. Once we did that, we were led into a round area, where some chair were waiting for us. There, the costume department came by and looked at what we brought with us. I only had to wear the things I was wearing at the time, so it was pointless to bring a whole bag of clothes.
Once we were ready to start filming, we were assigned our positions. I had the hardest one - I had to lay in a sofa, pretending to play the guitar. After they got their scenes with the actors filmed, it was time for my/our close-up(s). I had to repeat what I did before, while they filmed every extra again. Once that was done, it was time for audio. Everyone went silent. The director looked at me, and said: "Right, what you need to do is play some random stuff. Just pick away, and let it flow."
Everyone looked at me and listened. The director gave me some pointers, like rummaging around in the sofa, making sure they got the sound of creaking leather. Now, I am not one to boast, but I nailed my take on the first attempt.
So to sum up: I spent around three hours in a sofa, playing a guitar.
Being an extra is exhausting.
The ad campaign will air here when this pandemic dies down, and they hire for new prison officers.
Anyway!
Once we were led in, we signed a NDA. I am not allowed to talk about what happened, but I am allowed to talk about the basic plot line of the campaign. Once we did that, we were led into a round area, where some chair were waiting for us. There, the costume department came by and looked at what we brought with us. I only had to wear the things I was wearing at the time, so it was pointless to bring a whole bag of clothes.
Once we were ready to start filming, we were assigned our positions. I had the hardest one - I had to lay in a sofa, pretending to play the guitar. After they got their scenes with the actors filmed, it was time for my/our close-up(s). I had to repeat what I did before, while they filmed every extra again. Once that was done, it was time for audio. Everyone went silent. The director looked at me, and said: "Right, what you need to do is play some random stuff. Just pick away, and let it flow."
Everyone looked at me and listened. The director gave me some pointers, like rummaging around in the sofa, making sure they got the sound of creaking leather. Now, I am not one to boast, but I nailed my take on the first attempt.
So to sum up: I spent around three hours in a sofa, playing a guitar.
Being an extra is exhausting.
The ad campaign will air here when this pandemic dies down, and they hire for new prison officers.
Showtime to Launch Anti-White People Docu-Series
Way to go Showtime. What a great way to commit telecast suicide!
Showtime is launching a new series in honor of Black History Month that marginalizes and demeans people of the Caucasian persuasion.
“everything’s gonna be all white” is a docu-series that will explore the history of race. Based on the trailer released by Showtime, it is definitely anti-white.
“What annoys me the most about white people is when they pretend they are the victim,” one performer said. “What’s also annoying is when they kill us.”
The program features a who’s-who of bigots including Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, Dr. Nell Irvin Painter, Jemele Hill, Amanda Seales, Favianna Rodriguez, Tamika Mallory, Styles P, Margaret Cho and Dr. Nick Estes, among others who dissect the many causal effects of race-based decisions and policies on people of color.
Showtime is launching a new series in honor of Black History Month that marginalizes and demeans people of the Caucasian persuasion.
“everything’s gonna be all white” is a docu-series that will explore the history of race. Based on the trailer released by Showtime, it is definitely anti-white.
“What annoys me the most about white people is when they pretend they are the victim,” one performer said. “What’s also annoying is when they kill us.”
The program features a who’s-who of bigots including Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, Dr. Nell Irvin Painter, Jemele Hill, Amanda Seales, Favianna Rodriguez, Tamika Mallory, Styles P, Margaret Cho and Dr. Nick Estes, among others who dissect the many causal effects of race-based decisions and policies on people of color.
Just A Movie Trailer , That Made Me SCREAM & CRY
This is the Trailer of a movie only .. Yet , the impact was sooo intense , that I couldn't resist my tears ..
It's been said that ,
Truth Is Always Stranger Than Fiction ...
A MUST WATCH ...
It's been said that ,
Truth Is Always Stranger Than Fiction ...
A MUST WATCH ...
The Sound of Freedom
Saw this movie last night, very riveting and disturbing. It is about child sex trafficking. Disney did not want to release the movie which is interesting since Disney is supposed to care about social issues and children. Amazon and Netflix were not interested. The movie was released by Angel Studios and had a budget of $14 million. So far has ticket sales of $125 million. Now will be opening internationally. Jim Caviezel hopes this will have the same effect Uncle Tom’s Cabin had on peoples awareness of the horror of slavery. In the movie it states there are now more people enslaved than at any time in history.
R.I.P. Great Groundbreaking Actor; Sidney Poitier. What an amazing life !
Reading Sidney Poitier's terrific thorough obituary in the New York Times moments ago,
I learned a lot about his life, his choices, and the many challenges he overcame.
It gave me a much fuller appreciation for who he truly was.
His life was an amazing story of achievement, despite the many obstacles.
At one point, he lived in NY sleeping at night using coins to enter pay toilets.
If you would like to learn more about him, I included the beginning of the obituary and a link to the rest of it below.
I learned a lot about his life, his choices, and the many challenges he overcame.
It gave me a much fuller appreciation for who he truly was.
His life was an amazing story of achievement, despite the many obstacles.
At one point, he lived in NY sleeping at night using coins to enter pay toilets.
If you would like to learn more about him, I included the beginning of the obituary and a link to the rest of it below.
In response to:
Sidney Poitier, Who Paved the Way for Black Actors in Film, Dies at 94
The first Black performer to win the Academy Award for best actor, for “Lilies of the Field,” he once said he felt “as if I were representing 15, 18 million people with every move I made.”
By William Grimes
Jan. 7, 2022Updated 11:54 a.m. ET
Sidney Poitier, whose portrayal of resolute heroes in films like “To Sir With Love,” “In the Heat of the Night” and “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” established him as Hollywood’s first Black matinee idol and helped open the door for Black actors in the film industry, has died at 94.
His death was confirmed by Eugene Torchon-Newry, acting director general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Bahamas, where Mr. Poitier grew up. No other details were immediately provided.
Mr. Poitier, whose Academy Award for the 1963 film “Lilies of the Field” made him the first Black performer to win in the best-actor category, rose to prominence when the civil rights movement was beginning to make headway in the United States. His roles tended to reflect the peaceful integrationist goals of the struggle.
Although often simmering with repressed anger, his characters responded to injustice with quiet determination. They met hatred with reason and forgiveness, sending a reassuring message to white audiences and exposing Mr. Poitier to attack as an Uncle Tom when the civil rights movement took a more militant turn in the late 1960s.
“It’s a choice, a clear choice,” Mr. Poitier said of his film parts in a 1967 interview. “If the fabric of the society were different, I would scream to high heaven to play villains and to deal with different images of Negro life that would be more dimensional. But I’ll be damned if I do that at this stage of the game.”
At the time, Mr. Poitier was one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood and a top box-office draw, ranked fifth among male actors in Box Office magazine’s poll of theater owners and critics; he was behind only Richard Burton, Paul Newman, Lee Marvin and John Wayne. Yet racial squeamishness would not allow Hollywood to cast him as a romantic lead, despite his good looks.
“To think of the American Negro male in romantic social-s*xual circumstances is difficult, you know,” he told an interviewer. “And the reasons why are legion and too many to go into.”
Mr. Poitier often found himself in limiting, saintly roles that nevertheless represented an important advance on the demeaning parts offered by Hollywood in the past. In “No Way Out” (1950), his first substantial film role, he played a doctor persecuted by a racist patient, and in “Cry, the Beloved Country” (1952), based on the Alan Paton novel about racism in South Africa, he appeared as a young priest. His character in “Blackboard Jungle” (1955), a troubled student at a tough New York City public school, sees the light and eventually sides with Glenn Ford, the teacher who tries to reach him. ......
Sidney Poitier, Who Paved the Way for Black Actors in Film, Dies at 94
The first Black performer to win the Academy Award for best actor, for “Lilies of the Field,” he once said he felt “as if I were representing 15, 18 million people with every move I made.”
By William Grimes
Jan. 7, 2022Updated 11:54 a.m. ET
Sidney Poitier, whose portrayal of resolute heroes in films like “To Sir With Love,” “In the Heat of the Night” and “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” established him as Hollywood’s first Black matinee idol and helped open the door for Black actors in the film industry, has died at 94.
His death was confirmed by Eugene Torchon-Newry, acting director general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Bahamas, where Mr. Poitier grew up. No other details were immediately provided.
Mr. Poitier, whose Academy Award for the 1963 film “Lilies of the Field” made him the first Black performer to win in the best-actor category, rose to prominence when the civil rights movement was beginning to make headway in the United States. His roles tended to reflect the peaceful integrationist goals of the struggle.
Although often simmering with repressed anger, his characters responded to injustice with quiet determination. They met hatred with reason and forgiveness, sending a reassuring message to white audiences and exposing Mr. Poitier to attack as an Uncle Tom when the civil rights movement took a more militant turn in the late 1960s.
“It’s a choice, a clear choice,” Mr. Poitier said of his film parts in a 1967 interview. “If the fabric of the society were different, I would scream to high heaven to play villains and to deal with different images of Negro life that would be more dimensional. But I’ll be damned if I do that at this stage of the game.”
At the time, Mr. Poitier was one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood and a top box-office draw, ranked fifth among male actors in Box Office magazine’s poll of theater owners and critics; he was behind only Richard Burton, Paul Newman, Lee Marvin and John Wayne. Yet racial squeamishness would not allow Hollywood to cast him as a romantic lead, despite his good looks.
“To think of the American Negro male in romantic social-s*xual circumstances is difficult, you know,” he told an interviewer. “And the reasons why are legion and too many to go into.”
Mr. Poitier often found himself in limiting, saintly roles that nevertheless represented an important advance on the demeaning parts offered by Hollywood in the past. In “No Way Out” (1950), his first substantial film role, he played a doctor persecuted by a racist patient, and in “Cry, the Beloved Country” (1952), based on the Alan Paton novel about racism in South Africa, he appeared as a young priest. His character in “Blackboard Jungle” (1955), a troubled student at a tough New York City public school, sees the light and eventually sides with Glenn Ford, the teacher who tries to reach him. ......
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. Another from John Carpenter; this political satire portrays a world where special sunglasses reveal that the elite, ruling, wealthy class are really aliens manipulating the rest of society.
It looks fine. The sunglasses world is particularly startling. Good music but slightly disappointing sound overall. The underpinning story of underclass values destroying middle and lower class life was fascinating although I think that the target audience possibly missed that. Biggest issues for me were the main guy being a terrible actor and the alleyway fight scene looking like god-awful wrestle mania. Not very scary but certainly very interesting and relevant...
Nada (Roddy Piper), a wanderer without meaning in his life, discovers a pair of sunglasses capable of showing the world the way it truly is. As he walks the streets of Los Angeles, Nada notices that both the media and the government are comprised of subliminal messages meant to keep the population subdued, and that most of the social elite are skull-faced aliens bent on world domination. With this shocking discovery, Nada fights to free humanity from the mind-controlling aliens.
Release date: 4 November 1988 (USA)
Director: John Carpenter
Starring: Roddy Piper; Keith David; Meg Foster
Adapted from: Eight O’Clock in the Morning
Budget: $3 million
Distributed by: Universal Pictures, Carolco Pictures.
at the end....
Nada kills Holly and destroys the transmitter, and is fatally wounded by aliens in a helicopter. Nada gives the aliens the middle finger as he dies. With the transmitter destroyed, humans all over the world discover the aliens hiding among them.
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. Another from John Carpenter; this political satire portrays a world where special sunglasses reveal that the elite, ruling, wealthy class are really aliens manipulating the rest of society.
It looks fine. The sunglasses world is particularly startling. Good music but slightly disappointing sound overall. The underpinning story of underclass values destroying middle and lower class life was fascinating although I think that the target audience possibly missed that. Biggest issues for me were the main guy being a terrible actor and the alleyway fight scene looking like god-awful wrestle mania. Not very scary but certainly very interesting and relevant...
Nada (Roddy Piper), a wanderer without meaning in his life, discovers a pair of sunglasses capable of showing the world the way it truly is. As he walks the streets of Los Angeles, Nada notices that both the media and the government are comprised of subliminal messages meant to keep the population subdued, and that most of the social elite are skull-faced aliens bent on world domination. With this shocking discovery, Nada fights to free humanity from the mind-controlling aliens.
Release date: 4 November 1988 (USA)
Director: John Carpenter
Starring: Roddy Piper; Keith David; Meg Foster
Adapted from: Eight O’Clock in the Morning
Budget: $3 million
Distributed by: Universal Pictures, Carolco Pictures.
at the end....
Nada kills Holly and destroys the transmitter, and is fatally wounded by aliens in a helicopter. Nada gives the aliens the middle finger as he dies. With the transmitter destroyed, humans all over the world discover the aliens hiding among them.
Today's inspiration...Appreciating the challenges that others face can be life changing
A film maker documents an inspiring interaction that he had with a deafblind man.
CITIZEN X - My Movie Review
One of the Best Serial Murder Investigation Movie based upon True Incidents ... 
Sometimes it's not the crime or criminal , you are fighting against , but it's the system you have to fight against , which in fact was supposed to protect you from the crime...
And
Sometimes we just need only a few people to stand tall , stand firm , against all the odds , to make the difference ... Never underestimate the power of a single man...
To bring justice , we don't really need a full army , we need a few good men...
Sometimes it's not the crime or criminal , you are fighting against , but it's the system you have to fight against , which in fact was supposed to protect you from the crime...
And
Sometimes we just need only a few people to stand tall , stand firm , against all the odds , to make the difference ... Never underestimate the power of a single man...
To bring justice , we don't really need a full army , we need a few good men...
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