This Savage Art » 2005 » June » 25 http://www.thissavageart.com a steady diet of obsessive cinema and screenwriting in the dark Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:11:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Copyright © This Savage Art 2010 wsperuzzi@gmail.com (This Savage Art) wsperuzzi@gmail.com (This Savage Art) http://www.thissavageart.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg This Savage Art http://www.thissavageart.com 144 144 a steady diet of obsessive cinema and screenwriting in the dark This Savage Art This Savage Art wsperuzzi@gmail.com no no Mamet On My Birthday http://www.thissavageart.com/2005/06/25/mamet-on-my-birthday/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mamet-on-my-birthday http://www.thissavageart.com/2005/06/25/mamet-on-my-birthday/#comments Sun, 26 Jun 2005 01:08:00 +0000 William Speruzzi http://www.thissavageart.com/2005/06/25/mamet-on-my-birthday/ A minimal wordpress theme by Jared Erickson

]]> Yeah, so Friday I turned 38. Reflections? I am a very nostalgic person by nature. Even my memories of the most horrific moments of my life make me look back with the fond reflection of someone who escaped the lava flow at Pompeii and didn’t become one of those statue people. Sure, I bitch like everyone does. I wish I had enough F you money to privately finance my own projects and deal with none of this starving artist bullshit. Truth is, I have a good life with a great woman who supports what I do. That’s a lot to ask for and I got it. Her gift to me was to take me out to dinner, my choice, and to see the stage production of Glengarry Glen Ross. I was dying for BBQ so we went to this place, Spanky’s near the theater. Good BBQ. In fact too good. I always need a nap after BBQ like that and now I had to hear Mamet’s words coming out of the mouths of this stellar cast. I’ve seen the film a number of times which is a part of my DVD collection. The play is a different animal from the same species. It is a before and an after. Before the break in of this purgatory that is a real estate office and after. The film fills in the blanks a little more. The film’s setting, New York. Brooklyn I think. Not that it matters, it could be any large city. The play, Chicago. That’s where we come in. Accents thick, dialogue chewed up and spit out. Mamet truly at the top of his game. This is the one he will be remembered for, taking the baton from Arthur Miller. All the bile and desperation still kept intact from this very capable cast, Liev Schreiber, Alan Alda, Jeffrey Tambor, Frederick Weller, Tom Wopat and Jordan Lage. This isn’t a review just an acknowledgement that profound work does exist, you just have to find it.

Thank you for the gift Linda.

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I would encourage anyone making a film to go union in the talent department. Union actors have a better idea of how a set is run, where they need to be and training that will benefit the quality of your performances. They are professionals. When I made my last short film I was using non-union actors except for one. It turned out because he was SAG and I did want him for my film I needed to sign an agreement with SAG. In the end I went with AFTRA but now it looks like SAG got it together and made our lives a little easier.

Effective July 1, 2005, thanks in part to input from independent filmmakers and actors, the SAG Low Budget Agreements will be modified to make it even easier to work with professional actors.

Some of the highlights include:

A new agreement specifically designed for Short Films.
Increased budget caps.
Elimination or reduction of step-up fees.
New production incentives.
For the first time, sample copies of all the Low Budget Agreements are available to download.

Go here to find out more.

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