Sunday, May 10, 2020

Auteur Watch - James Brown

Okay!  Back to work.  How about THIS James Brown?  Nope.  Just an actor.  But look!  A League of Their Own, Midnight in Paris, The NeverEnding Story?  That's quite a resumé!... oh, wait.  That's just under "Free Movies and TV Shows You Can Watch Now."  No relation.  A motley bunch, to be sure!  Well, how about THIS James Brown?  Nah, Security Coordinator.  But look!  A League of Their OwnMidnight in ParisThe NeverEnding Story?  That's quite a resumé!... I think I just got fooled again.  Sorry about that... is that one of the symptoms?
Okay, on to the next.  Post-Production Assistant, Composer, Writer, broken link... boy!  Everything BUT director!  Ah, finally.  Thank God.  Just shows to go ya, it always helps to wear many hats in this business.  I mean, who can forget the Hippie Recruit from the very first Police Academy?  Well, on a shoot like that, sometimes you just gotta really improvise.  Like when Kubrick had Leon Vitali play the Master of Ceremonies at the Big Orgy in his last movie... I forget the title.  Anyway, back to The Guy I'm SUPPOSED To Be Blogging About.  His main passion seems to be as a hair stylist on the set, but like Paul Abascal before or after him, he did have dreams of sitting in the big chair.  And he did!  Once, for something called "Jackie Robinson: An American Journey."  Groundbreaking baseball player, but not so known for his creative hair style.  I gotta go.

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