Read the first blog entry by Allyson Sereboff and get a whole slew of new photos! (07/28/05)
[Last night, I watched the amazing documentary Man of La Mancha, about the disastrous making of Terry Gilliam's Don Quixote film. With each crisis, all I could think was: "this is just like the making of Poultrygeist." As actors don't show up or quit mid-shoot, I remember going thru this. as the set floods, and [...]
Chapter Eleven – July 18-22, 2005. Monday, July 18, 2005 Francis We’ve realized that Francis is slightly retarded. After the general PA meeting this morning, where I announced I’d be sending home the 3 weakest performers in the next 48 hours, he spent all day wandering the yard and proudly picking up cigarette butts, announcing [...]
Chapter Ten July 12-17, 2005 Tuesday, July 12, 2005 Lead actors We start shooting in 14 days, and the star of the film (scheduled to join us in Buffalo tomorrow, and start rehearsals) just called and begged for a week’s delay. Something’s up. Ten minutes ago, Kiel was pacing outside, shouting into his cellphone, trying [...]
Since I ain’t no wordsmith, or nothing, here are some pictures. To give you a better idea of what life in Buffalo was really like, here’s a pictoral account of some of the locations on Poultrygeist… The grand stage! We’d hold auditions here. And rehearsals for the 80-100 chicken zombies and protesters. And Lloyd’s dance [...]
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