Heywood's Interlude: Archive

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Apr 18th

Review for "Rhineland", 88MM Productions

War Movie Blog “Then there’s the direction, most notably during the combat sequences. It’s just frenetic and intense. At times it was highly reminiscent of scenes from Band of Brothers or Private Ryan. Further proof that you don’t need a big wallet to pull this kind of thing off. Tons of handheld “following” shots, getting right into the mix and...

Apr 18th

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Like Clockwork

May 29th

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Titus Adronicus, The Tin Ceiling

Pleasantly surprised to see the following in my mailbox from the Tin Ceiling this morning: The reviews for Titus are in! “Titus Andronicus receives a compelling staging from director Robert Strasser…” Paul Friswold, River Front Times “Alan David, I think, stands out especially as the exquisitely villainous Aaron. Small, slender, agile, terribly focused, and with...

Dec 12th

Watch

unclepilot: LO-FI SAINT LOUIS, Episode #120, Zombozo a short documentary on Zombozo’s production by local filmmaker Bill Streeter My old foe and accomplice Monsieur Lauderdale has given me an excuse to try this Reblogging function, for good or ill. I’m the guy who looks like the kind of guy arrested for loitering outside of a middleschool during recess. I’m referring to the guy...

Nov 6th

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Nov 6th

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Oct 14th

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Playwrites' Wrights

My laudable opponent managed to sober up long enough to offer some wisdom, and perhaps the last word, on the subject of creative control vis-a-vis The Text. From the St. Louis Newline theatre group thingy: “”In the end, maybe it just comes down to the individual writer and his license. Albee, Simon, and Beckett want to be strict about it, but what about Suzan-Lori Parks, Jeff Goode, or...

Aug 29th

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Vogon's Corner: Ode to an Autumnal Hangover

There appears to be a wildebeest in my head, stampeding, Bouncing off the walls and generally misbehaving, It must have been there hiding in that cask of Old Peculiar - It’s like a cow, you see, but around the front its woolier - You say you have one, too? Then surely there were two! Squashed inside that cask of Old - Peculiar, wouldn’t you say? A brace of wildebeesties hiding in a common...

Aug 15th

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Making War Movies

All the boredom, tedium, and confusion of Real War without the possibility of being put out of your misery. Photo taken on the set of 88 mm Productions’ “Rhineland”, St. Clair, MO.

Mar 8th

Skybastard and the World After The Next Bender

Jan 1st

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You May Know These Feet From Such Greats As...

As an actor, my feet are important to me. I choose to abide by a strict regimen of exercise, paired with a high protein, low cholesterol diet (with vitamin supplements). It’s absolutely vital to keep the ol’ slabs in tip-top condition, fungus-free and ready for action. They have their own agents, you know. My feet taking some much needed R&R. My right foot in Seven/24, by the...

Oct 11th

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Getting Dustin Hoffman on this thing...

For reasons I cannot divulge due to the need for absolute secrecy, it is required of me to get in touch with my inner geek. I’m not usually a method man, but something tells me that my usual Orson Welles-calibre approach isn’t going to cut the mustard this time around. This is Robert De Niro’s turf, after all. When, during the filming of Marathon Man, Lawrence Olivier told...

Oct 10th

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How not to bore your patrons

Sage advice from Anthony Neilson: “…many plays are far too long. All writers should be made to visit the venue where their play is to be performed and sit in the seats with a stopwatch. When your arse and spine start to sing, check the watch. That’s your running time. Exceed it at your peril.”

Sep 4th

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Glengabby Glenda Rosey

There is a heated discussion currently taking place on the St. Louis theatre Yahoo group (requires registration) concerning a local theatre company’s future staging of Glengarry Glen Ross with an all-female cast. The point of contention is whether a play should be performed in keeping with the playwright’s original vision or whether there should be ample room for the director, cast...

Aug 23rd

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The Fall of the Golden Scarab

Cut down in its prime. It almost happened to Apocolypse Now, it did happen to The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, and so it happens to Chris Grega’s and 88mm’s latest 48Hr Film Festival entry, ‘The (Curse of the) Golden Scarab’. Written in the best traditions of Film Noir by Jason Lauderdale, Scott Dorough and Chris Grega, this was to be the movie that changed the fortunes of...

Jun 11th

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The joys of being an extra...

Ah, the joys of being an extra. For comfort, I’d definitely opt for the American GI threads; although the trousers do chafe a bit, there isn’t nearly so much leather to deal with. For style and sophistication, though, the Wehrmacht outfit is a chic eye catcher. Although, ideally, the jacket goes better with a nice pair of starched riding britches. Top photo by TheDudeTim, All Rights...

Jan 12th

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You May Know Me From Such Greats...

The road to becoming the next Rutger Hauer is long and fraught with danger. Not to mention the soul-destroying waves of bitter disappointment (I am still slowly recovering from 88mm Production’s painful rejection by Julianne Moore and the other judges of the Red Cross 48hr Film compo). I am far from the heady heights of stardom that Rutger has attained, and the possibility of starring in...

Sep 21st

Apr 6th

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The Dark Side of Theatre

Good God. I just received an epistle containing a most dark and introspective discourse. It seems the poor author has succumbed to the Siren’s call, and gotten himself beached pretty damn good on the rocks of self-doubt. This is not the time to place any blame, but clearly this is the work of agents provocateur. Funny, how when we think of Agent, we naturally think of Orange? Anyway,...

Dec 14th

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Vogon's Corner: A word in your ear, master Death.

Oh, Death, it really would appear, Your aim is far from fair, In cutting one, your edge reaped two, Did part a third soul’s hair. Please answer to your recklessness, That last to take the fall, Did she duck a shade too late, Or was she just too tall? As meek and lowly mortals doomed, We can but ask, ‘But why?’, Dispose our grievance to the air, And wait for no reply. In kind,...

Aug 11th

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On Dr. Samways

Acting - Promotional/Commercial Stuff Promotional for Zombie Squad, St. Louis. Shown as part of the Zombie Squad lecture series given at Archon Sci-Fi convention, 2006. Role: The last soldier. Click Here and Perfect World viral commercials for Infuz web design, St. Louis, 2006. Directed by Shawn Donoho. Role: Working man. Acting - Independent Film ‘Game of the Year’, 88mm...

Apr 19th

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The Gode Mr. Heywode

[From the Encyclopedia Britannica, eleventh ed., Vol XIII. Cambridge University Press, 1910. p 438-9] HEYWOOD, JOHN (b. 1497), English dramatist and epigrammatist, is generally said to have been a native of North Mimms, near St. Albans, Hertfordshire, though Bale says he was born in London. A letter from a John Heywood, who may fairly be identified with him, is dated from Malines in 1575, when he...

Aug 11th

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