red hands diary

Wow, I feel like I just stepped out of a tornado directed by Julian Temple! So much to report and where to begin.

Saturday we started shooting the all guerrilla version of RED HANDS which I'm calling DIRTY RED HANDS (works on a couple levels). We shot at one of the producer's apartment in Santa Monica. Lots of time was spent doing set decoration to make it really gritty and I think we created a truly magnificent place for the actors to really get into their art. For this guerrilla project I am producing, to save money, and also because even though I try to fight, that looks to be a direction I'm headed in if I want to keep doing these sorts of movies. The first day of shooting went really well. Nety and Myles and were absolutely amazing. They had two very intensely emotional scenes that they nailed. Nety in particular had to do an enormous amount of heavy psych-sexual-emotional lifting, and she really came true. You will be amazed when you see the results. Ed was working with our new sound magician, Paul Buck, and they were on it and focused.

In the afternoon Less Mahoney came by to play the OLD MAN and completely saved our lives. He agreed to come in at the very last minute our original actor for the OLD MAN had to decline due to other commitments. Less was so professional and did a fantastic job for what will become the first episode of the movie. My only regret is that I didn't get any pictures of him since the space they were shooting in was so tight. However, PLEASE go to his website and check out this super cool actor: www.lesmahoney.com