*for more information on the arrival of MM see the "Once Upon a Time in the Midwest" post.
Sorry about the quality- having to compress it didn't help matters.
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Arrival
In response to the latest assignment (#5) I have cheated once again by mining existing material. I shot this short sequence a few years ago in hopes of making a film about the Happy House. It is an historical reenactment of the arrival of Marlboro Man into the lives of Vadra and Mauraway. And like all such reenactments it is fraught with inaccuracies. Therefore I am posting pictures of the real Happy House one of which features the real black mailbox in which Marlboro Man was found. The Happy House has gone the way of the Slime (the house that they tore down next door when we lived there) to make room for more UM parking. In the demolition photo the wall of my former bedroom on the second floor is visible and the door to the bathroom. Fascinating only to the former denizens I imagine but this is a blog and I can ramble with the best of them. Did the mailbox go down with the house? As for the roots of MM- that could be a book unto itself- for now I will just say that he comes from Khaos.
*for more information on the arrival of MM see the "Once Upon a Time in the Midwest" post.
Sorry about the quality- having to compress it didn't help matters.
*for more information on the arrival of MM see the "Once Upon a Time in the Midwest" post.
Sorry about the quality- having to compress it didn't help matters.
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3 comments:
You should post some photos to flickr, or maybe do a recreation with your mailbox? Sometimes when documentaries don't have footage they recreate - maybe you can "find" the lost bw stills.
I have taken some - it turned into a spiritual journey - and post them soon.
Perhaps a quick reminder email?
- lkb
The film IS a recreation using my mailbox. I guess I was too vague in my description. And I just posted some new photos on Flickr.
And feel free to send a reminder to the group. You are good at that. I'm too cynical and figure no one else feels like playing so why bother. Yeah, I give up too easily.
-JL
Oh, I get it now... Maybe all are waiting til the last second like me...
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