I'M A MOVIE STARRRR!!!
May. 3rd, 2003 04:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
avadum, well, ok, not exactly....hmmm,I guess my artwork is a movie star!still cool, no? *takes glamour glasses off and gets serious*
SO, if you go to see the movie 'It Runs in the Family' with Michael Douglas and Kirk Douglas and young DJ Douglas (forgot his name)...my artwork is in it!!! Hee. Ok, here's what to look for: First one you'd see is a bright red square piece with two columns of nail-text in it, this is in Michael Douglas' house/apt and you can see it over and over again when he and Bernadette Peters are dancing and talking near (I think it's) the kitchen. The other piece is my really big piece that I posted here recently (scroll back!), called The Writing Ritual. That's also in Michael Douglas' place, on the yellow wall, flanked by two primitive sculptures on either side, and Bernadette Peters stands in front of it a while..
They had also rented 'Prayers' from me and 'The Book of Questions' but I didn't see those anywhere- if you do, please let me know!!There was one super-quick flash in MD's bedroom when I think he put his keys down or something and it could've been in front of Prayers because there was a grey texture like the nails..but it was so quick that I couldn't be sure. ANyhoo, no one else will catch that either so I'd best forget about that one.
My mom is so excited about this, you'd think I was the leading actress. I'm sure when she went to see it (on the opening day) she was way too loud in all the 'wrong' parts of the movie, "THere! That's my daughter!!No, BEHIND Bernadette Peters!!!On the wall!!" hehe. You should have heard her hysterical message on my answering machine when she caught a glimpse of the red piece in the preview/trailer on TV. (Oh yeah, if you DON'T go see the movie at least look for the red piece in the trailer)
I DIDN'T see my name in the credits, which I suppose I should be miffed about because it was promised, but whatever. I'm not the type to make a stink about it. I just think it's damn cool to see the pieces like that. Very Weird, actually, but cool.
Oh, in case you're wondering how the hell my artwork ended up in the movie..;)it's a long story, but two years ago this lady came around through word of mouth to me and a few other artists in the area, she was working as set designer for an indie film that was going to have scenes shot in a 'Soho gallery' so she was looking for artists willing to loan out the work for filming. So I figured what the heck, was a LITTLE nervous letting the pieces out of my sight onto a truck to who knows where..but it went fine and I got them back in one piece. The movie was never completed, never made it, etc. So I figure that's that, oh well. TIL she calls me last year saying she's working on a MAJOR film and showed the head honcho set designer my portfolio and they wanted to use the works for Michael Douglas' apt. This time I even get a rental fee and insurance.So everything went so smoothly and I got my pieces back so fast that I kind of forgot about the whole thing..but now it's all over and it actually made it out into theatres and wow. look! it's my artwork!
Now that I'm all famoooos (in my little head and my mom's), all I have to worry about is making a living.;)*le sigh*;)
SO, if you go to see the movie 'It Runs in the Family' with Michael Douglas and Kirk Douglas and young DJ Douglas (forgot his name)...my artwork is in it!!! Hee. Ok, here's what to look for: First one you'd see is a bright red square piece with two columns of nail-text in it, this is in Michael Douglas' house/apt and you can see it over and over again when he and Bernadette Peters are dancing and talking near (I think it's) the kitchen. The other piece is my really big piece that I posted here recently (scroll back!), called The Writing Ritual. That's also in Michael Douglas' place, on the yellow wall, flanked by two primitive sculptures on either side, and Bernadette Peters stands in front of it a while..
They had also rented 'Prayers' from me and 'The Book of Questions' but I didn't see those anywhere- if you do, please let me know!!There was one super-quick flash in MD's bedroom when I think he put his keys down or something and it could've been in front of Prayers because there was a grey texture like the nails..but it was so quick that I couldn't be sure. ANyhoo, no one else will catch that either so I'd best forget about that one.
My mom is so excited about this, you'd think I was the leading actress. I'm sure when she went to see it (on the opening day) she was way too loud in all the 'wrong' parts of the movie, "THere! That's my daughter!!No, BEHIND Bernadette Peters!!!On the wall!!" hehe. You should have heard her hysterical message on my answering machine when she caught a glimpse of the red piece in the preview/trailer on TV. (Oh yeah, if you DON'T go see the movie at least look for the red piece in the trailer)
I DIDN'T see my name in the credits, which I suppose I should be miffed about because it was promised, but whatever. I'm not the type to make a stink about it. I just think it's damn cool to see the pieces like that. Very Weird, actually, but cool.
Oh, in case you're wondering how the hell my artwork ended up in the movie..;)it's a long story, but two years ago this lady came around through word of mouth to me and a few other artists in the area, she was working as set designer for an indie film that was going to have scenes shot in a 'Soho gallery' so she was looking for artists willing to loan out the work for filming. So I figured what the heck, was a LITTLE nervous letting the pieces out of my sight onto a truck to who knows where..but it went fine and I got them back in one piece. The movie was never completed, never made it, etc. So I figure that's that, oh well. TIL she calls me last year saying she's working on a MAJOR film and showed the head honcho set designer my portfolio and they wanted to use the works for Michael Douglas' apt. This time I even get a rental fee and insurance.So everything went so smoothly and I got my pieces back so fast that I kind of forgot about the whole thing..but now it's all over and it actually made it out into theatres and wow. look! it's my artwork!
Now that I'm all famoooos (in my little head and my mom's), all I have to worry about is making a living.;)*le sigh*;)
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Date: 2003-05-03 02:43 pm (UTC)congrats!
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Date: 2003-05-03 03:33 pm (UTC)Re: congrats!
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Date: 2003-05-04 12:45 am (UTC)I always notice nice patchwork quilts in films so backgrounds do count.
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Date: 2003-05-04 06:54 am (UTC)hope you got paid enough to NOT have your name in the credits.
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Date: 2003-05-04 11:19 am (UTC)i suppose you could remain happy with having your work in this film and see that little non credit incident as just a little thing to take care of at another opportunity, if it happens.
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Date: 2003-05-21 07:03 pm (UTC)you really inspire me, i hope i can be as great as you with my art some day <3
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Date: 2003-05-22 07:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-05-27 11:38 am (UTC)I don't like it much, but understanding it makes it a little easier to deal with.
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Date: 2003-05-27 02:26 pm (UTC)kredit check
Date: 2003-08-21 06:56 am (UTC)Re: kredit check
Date: 2003-08-21 07:46 am (UTC)So really it's just one of those things for the art collector who likes lists (of which there are more than you would think)...lists of public collections, showings, places art has been shown and seen. It's a novelty resume thing, if they buy one of those pieces.
And also for my poor mum, who stayed in the theatre til the veeeeery end...waiting, hoping...to see a little name...
hehe.anyhoo. get out of this entry already! it's boring. I just linked it because you asked!;);P
SHOO!!