08-10-2020, 08:37 AM
As I prod my mind for stories from the movies, occasionally stories will appear, or sometimes just scenes, and I can't remember which movie those occurred on. I do have notes but I'm going to get all the stories I know out before I crawl through the notebooks. I'm putting the notebooks off because there will be a lot of me yelling at me for not taking enough notes. I do the same about the photographs. I'm constantly chastising myself for not taking more photographs of the film sets. Although for a lot of the films, it was verboten and it's kind of hard to sneak the old film camera onto the set.
I'm struggling with two lost scenes at the moment. I remember distinctly having to cut candy glass for a film. Our production designer ordered the glass and it was all too long and some needed to be removed. First rule, never let the production designer measure. It always ends badly. Secondly, you can't cut candy glass. All candy glass wants to do is break. Candy glass is just waiting for you to look at it wrong and it shatters. But I had to figure out a way to cut it since we didn't have time to get more candy glass and the film crew needed it for that night's shot. I figured out that if I scored the candy glass very slowly and carefully with an x-acto knife, I could remove the excess glass. Pain in the ass.
The problem is I distinctly remembering doing this. I just don't remember the picture.
the other one is the Greystone or Doheny Mansion visit. I've been there twice for movies. I don't remember when. It's a beautiful place complete with a murder. The blood stain is still visible in the hardwood floor. They use the mansion a lot for film shoots. Jerry Lewis filmed in there and destroyed most of the woodwork by painting it green. They had to sandblast the green paint off which destroyed everything. See? I know I was there. The rat warren that is my brain stored stories. But I can't remember the picture.
I also think on the same movie we had to drop off some exercise equipment to the producers house.
I'm struggling with two lost scenes at the moment. I remember distinctly having to cut candy glass for a film. Our production designer ordered the glass and it was all too long and some needed to be removed. First rule, never let the production designer measure. It always ends badly. Secondly, you can't cut candy glass. All candy glass wants to do is break. Candy glass is just waiting for you to look at it wrong and it shatters. But I had to figure out a way to cut it since we didn't have time to get more candy glass and the film crew needed it for that night's shot. I figured out that if I scored the candy glass very slowly and carefully with an x-acto knife, I could remove the excess glass. Pain in the ass.
The problem is I distinctly remembering doing this. I just don't remember the picture.
the other one is the Greystone or Doheny Mansion visit. I've been there twice for movies. I don't remember when. It's a beautiful place complete with a murder. The blood stain is still visible in the hardwood floor. They use the mansion a lot for film shoots. Jerry Lewis filmed in there and destroyed most of the woodwork by painting it green. They had to sandblast the green paint off which destroyed everything. See? I know I was there. The rat warren that is my brain stored stories. But I can't remember the picture.
I also think on the same movie we had to drop off some exercise equipment to the producers house.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm