After seeing the film assembled for the first time and feeling great relief that it wasn’t as bad as all that, I leaned over to Lisa Houle, who I was nuts over, and whispered, “Well, thank Christ, now I never have to watch it again.”
Later, at a party for some event, Lisa sought me out. She had been worried, she explained, that I didn’t like the film. I was quite alarmed by this. I did like the film. I loved her in it. In fact — and this is another odd fact about filmmaking — you have these momentary raptures about other people. Stephen McHattie is a shaman to me. Bruce McDonald is a shaman to me. I asked Lisa why she thought this? She reminded me of what I had said to her at the screening. She looked hurt. I smiled. Actors. Sheesh.
“Oh darlin’, you should know I never say anything I can’t take back later.”
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Copyright © Tony Burgess, 1998, 2009
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