I recently reconnected with an old college friend of mine named David Reichhold, who asked for a copy of a student film we both worked on in 1986-1987. So I dug it up, re-edited some of it, and put it on YouTube, so David can see it and torture his wife and children with it. David came up with the cigarette bit on his own, and I think it’s one of the few genuinely funny moments in the whole movie.
Watching the film again, after 21 years, surprised me. I’m still in touch with a number of the performers (David, Richard Schindler, Bill Bruehl, Sabado Lam), and yet there are so many whom I have completely forgotten: names, faces, their entire existence. I also had to laugh at some of the doubling: Georgia plays both the jailhouse guard and a gatekeeper. Robbie plays both the love interest and my captor. Would love to hear from anyone involved who comes across this blog.
Obviously, I was obsessed with Buster Keaton in those days. Still am. I’ve got two other student films along the same lines. If I think they’re passable, I’ll post them too.
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