...ONLY A MATTER OF TIME. AI WILL LIVE. FULLY...
I AM PRESENTLY WORKING ON A MOVIE TOWARD SPEAKING TO
THAT END. WITH "PIGGY-BANK" FINANCING. 'LEARNING AI*
(SLOWLY AND WITH "HICCUPS") --USING AI IS A MUST. *
*(A chuckling aside)-IF I HADN'T PISSED OFF STEVEN SPIELBERG BY
SAYING "NO" TO THE FAMOUS FELLA ON A PROJECT THAT HE WAS,
INITIALLY, WANTING TO DIRECT-- ANOTHER HOLLYWOOD
FREEGIN' "RACE-ISSUE" MESS. "THIS" MOVIE-"ALWAYS THE NIGHT"
MIGHT BE A WHOLE LOT EASIER. *(but damn-near EVERYBODY in
Hollywood movie-business has a "story")
BUT THEN--HALF THE FUN(and pride) IS DOING SH--"TRYING" WHEN
THE DOORS "ASSUMED" BY THE INNER SANCTUM FOLKS/POWER
BROKERS ...ARE CLOSED. *and I have DEFINITELY caused my red-faced
share of "Gate-keepers"*...
I STARTED THIS WITH MY OLD BUDDY, CARL WEATHERS. WE SHOT A
LOOSELY CONNECTED TO "THIS" PASSION-PROJECT AT HIS HOME...
DONE QUICK AND DIRTY IN "PART" OF ONE NIGHT *(CARL DIRECTED).
MISS MY FRIEND * WHO ONCE UPON A TIME PLAYED LINEBACKER FOR
THE OAKLAND RAIDERS!!!. A TRUE ONE-OF-A-KIND, HE WAS! WHAT AN
INCREDIBLE HUMAN BEING. A GENUINE "RENAISSANCE MAN"...
THE FANTASTIC/TALENTED/GENEROUS/'''PATIENT" ACTOR, HARRY
LENNIX, WAS OUR LEAD IN MY SELF-FINANCED "ADVENTURE".
NO LESS GENEROUS OF TIME/PATIENCE AND EFFORT
WAS HARRY'S ATTRACTIVE, ACCOMPLISHED CO-LEAD, DELILA VALLOT ...
* to Steven's credit...he DID end up doing the movie through his company--
AMBLIN--after hanging the phone up on me while on vacation in Hawaii
(I believe it was)when I tried to explain to him why I could not say yes to the
fella he chose in his place to direct the movie--per his suddenly over-flow hectic
schedule...LATER STEVEN let me pick the director to replace him. I chose
IVAN DIXON.
I met IVAN while working as a gorilla-grip HIGH UP IN THE
RAFTERS(ozone), "landing beds" on the Universal Studio lot...in passing.
And here's the coolest part--and why I am "appreciative" of BILL COSBY to
this day. Bill became aware of my "dismissal"... and he invited me to his
home for a private dinner... to learn the "what's and whys". After our meeting,
Mr. Cosby assured me that if Spielberg didn't follow through? HE would
"back PERCY AND THUNDER--and make it happen. I learned from IVAN
DIXON... on our many walks and talks during production--that BILL COSBY
had helped TONS of Black Folks in the industry--get a foothold--and a leg up.
Ivan was, apparently, once upon a time a stand-in, stunt guy for Cosby--early
in his career.
OKAY--A FEW AI GENERATED TABLEAU SHOTS FROM MY WALK UP TO
"ALWAYS THE NIGHT"-- the IN THE WORKS MOVIE FEATURING AN
AI FULLY REALIZED FUTURE...
*I HOPE TO UPDATE PROMO STUFF ALONG THE WAY TO REALIZING
THE MOVIE. 'KEEP THE DOGGONE FIRE(WELL EMBERS) GOING--
UNTIL...