Circa 1999, I was cast as the Flesh Merchant, in the short silent film "Always Pay the Flesh Merchant." It was a briliant film written and directed by Dikran Ornekian, who is now making an imprint in LA. Obviously the Flesh Merchant was the villan. The hero was played by Mike Daniel who was nominated for an Oscar (I think?).
I haven't seen the film in years and have been bugging Dikran for months to send me a copy but to no avail; he obviously is afraid of what I will do with the copy once I get it (post to youtube?) or he has so much stuff cookin' in LA he has no time for the talent of one of his old silent films.
My favorite part of the making of "flesh" was my wife was casted as one of my whores. In her scene I busted into the room and yelled at her and slapped her, but in every single take she couldn't help but laugh. She was a horrible actress and would never make it in the silent film world (or hooking on the street). Dikran had no choice but to replace her with another whore.
After seeing Mr Ornekian work his magic in "Flesh" and other fine films such as "American Gangster," I had high hopes for his movie career- he moved to LA right after a brief stint at my company; you can check out his career here at IMDB.
I love Flesh. I wanted to get it earlier, but it turns out that I don't have it on mini-dv, which I could have transferred myself. I have the master on DVC Pro tape, so I will have to go to a shop to get it transferred. Which I will, as soon as I find the time.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, you did turn in a performance for the ages...