Phantom of the Paradise, 1974, dir. Brian De Palma
Midnight Mass
Book IV: Lamentations
““He (David Byrne)’s a genuine eccentric,” says Eno. “He’s always been exactly like that, and I’ve seen him remain like that in quite extreme situations. For instance, we were mugged together once in New York. It was quite frightening; we were mugged by 14 people. My enduring memory is of David being dragged off into the bushes, saying ‘Uh-oh!’ That’s absolutely true; it was like a cartoon scene.””
— Brian Eno (via treefingering)
vulpesvulpess asked:
Hi Mike! Are you a big Twin Peaks fan (this is mostly rhetorical as I've found great creatives are and I figured you'd be anyway)? What was the process like of bringing Russ Tamblyn to Hill House? I was so thrilled to see him pop up, do you have any other TP actors you'd like to work with or have attempted to include in your projects?
flanaganfilm answered:
Hey there! I am a Twin Peaks fan, but I wanted to bring Russ into the show because of Robert Wise’s The Haunting (‘63).
Russ played Luke in the very first adaptation of Shirley Jackson’s novel. The character was of course very different from the one we presented in the series, but as one of the only living actors from that amazing movie, I really wanted extend the invitation.
Russ was retired when we approached him, but the chance to return to Hill House appealed to him and I was elated when he said he’d join us. He was only on set for one day, but it was a remarkable day. We made sure to allow time to sit at his feet and listen to his stories about working with Wise, and about his experience with The Haunting (though I peppered him questions about West Side Story for at least half an hour). It was a great honor for me to give him a tour of our set, and watch him light up as he recognized the overlapping elements (he particularly liked the spiral staircase).
I most remember him being on set with Victoria. Early in the day of their scenes together, he asked her what she had done before this. “This is my first job,” she said. He smiled and said “That’s fantastic. I think this is my last job.”
It was a surreal experience, and one of the brightest points of that production for me. It was an honor to bring Russ Tamblyn back to Hill House.
sexual machines: heavy factory machinery, computers that take up entire rooms, tvs with tubes in them, power lines, vhs player, synthesizers
unsexy machines: iphone, extension cable, toaster oven, all computers made after 2005, minivans
