...ONLY A MATTER OF TIME. AI WILL LIVE. FULLY...
I AM PRESENTLY WORKING ON A MOVIE SPEAKING
TOWARD 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 an
..."if only" story)
BUT THEN--HALF THE FUN(and pride) IS DOING
SH--"TRYING TO" WHEN THE DOORS "ASSUMED"
BY THE INNER SANCTUM FOLKS/POWER
BROKERS ...ARE CLOSED ON YOU...for "miss-behaving/
being "difficult"--which basically means not saying "yes"
to every damn thing.
*and I have DEFINITELY caused my share of red-faced
power-brokers and power-holding "Gate-keepers"*...
BACKSTORY TO THIS "MAYBE WILL GET DONE...
IF I LIVE LONG ENOUGH"...
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 he was 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 "whats and whys"...
At conclusion of our private dinner meeting at
his home, 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... when
"power to green-light" was scarce.
Ivan was, apparently, once upon a time a
stand-in, stunt guy for Mr. 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... done or on the growing "we'll see"
pile...