So 1998 was a wash. The kind of thing where you think you're going to direct features for the rest of your life... and, unfortunately, you act like it, so cast and crew alike think you're an a-hole. Nine years later, no one will still let you direct, but the following opportunity comes up to be a third Assistant Director. Hmm! How far down the food chain is that? But work is work, and it goes without incident, and it's now a beloved direct-to-video classic... right? Okay, the 358th Most Loved Video of 2007. That's ... that's not bad, right? So that was 2007. What a year. The Coens' coronation at the Oscars and all that. Which means we were overdue for a triumphant return to the biz by Peggy Hayes in 2016. And... nothing? I guess she won't get stuck with the nickname "Nine-Year Nandi" then. Good for her! ...Peggy's still just a girl's name, right?
Sunday, November 04, 2018
Auteur Watch - Peggy Hayes
Lately things don't seem the same... wait for it. Anyway, good! Another short one. I appreciate that more and more as my free time grows less and less. This ... Peggy Hayes, as the Mortals refer to her, is responsible for one feature, and one alone, and it's called Nandi. And because I gotta do all the work around here, I can safely say that it's not at either Netflix or Scarecrow. Scarecrow's search feature leaves a little bit to be desired, but there seems to be nothing between Nancy and (The) Nanny, so I'm going to say they don't have it. But I would like to take this opportunity to play a little Six Degrees of Spielberg Kevin Bacon, which seems to have fallen out of favor and or flavor these days, ever since a bunch of monkeys did it on that one episode of "Friends." I believe it's called "The One Where the Zoo Monkeys Play that Stupid Six Degrees Game." But who to start with? Why don't we say that Peggy Hayes directed Nandi, which stars Leland Jones as the Island of Dr. Moreau. Leland was in Domestic Disturbance with... a bunch of people, but the quickest path is that Vince Vaughn is in it, and he was in The Lost World: Jurassic Park directed by Spielberg. So that's three degrees of separation, but now it's just a matter of the strength of the connections. I mean, what good is it if even Leland Jones won't return your calls? You gotta find an entirely new path! All together!...
So 1998 was a wash. The kind of thing where you think you're going to direct features for the rest of your life... and, unfortunately, you act like it, so cast and crew alike think you're an a-hole. Nine years later, no one will still let you direct, but the following opportunity comes up to be a third Assistant Director. Hmm! How far down the food chain is that? But work is work, and it goes without incident, and it's now a beloved direct-to-video classic... right? Okay, the 358th Most Loved Video of 2007. That's ... that's not bad, right? So that was 2007. What a year. The Coens' coronation at the Oscars and all that. Which means we were overdue for a triumphant return to the biz by Peggy Hayes in 2016. And... nothing? I guess she won't get stuck with the nickname "Nine-Year Nandi" then. Good for her! ...Peggy's still just a girl's name, right?
So 1998 was a wash. The kind of thing where you think you're going to direct features for the rest of your life... and, unfortunately, you act like it, so cast and crew alike think you're an a-hole. Nine years later, no one will still let you direct, but the following opportunity comes up to be a third Assistant Director. Hmm! How far down the food chain is that? But work is work, and it goes without incident, and it's now a beloved direct-to-video classic... right? Okay, the 358th Most Loved Video of 2007. That's ... that's not bad, right? So that was 2007. What a year. The Coens' coronation at the Oscars and all that. Which means we were overdue for a triumphant return to the biz by Peggy Hayes in 2016. And... nothing? I guess she won't get stuck with the nickname "Nine-Year Nandi" then. Good for her! ...Peggy's still just a girl's name, right?
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