eric schweig interview

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I: How do you feel about Indians being depicted in films by white people, in earlier movies? Do you really feel as though you're making a departure from yourself? Cause they just kind of stuck us in this little part of the field, when in the 1700s there was a thousand guys on the damn field guys getting killed, bones being broken. seen any film maker come up with. MP: Where as a well made period piece, showing history as realistically as can be, is good. He will muscle people or threaten them, he is duplicitous and two-faced when he has to be. They're supposed to look for stuff like that and make sure it's not in there. So, that's what I'm going to try to do with these guys this week. ], MP: [Laughing!] I: There is a very soft, subtle love story between you and Alice. think I'd hesitate. . MP: It didn't leave you craving for the city lights? ES: Yes. So, the more contemporary films we can do and be allowed to be a part of society and society's subconscious, then the better it will be. E: I don't know maybe I was the right height! discussing The Last of the Mohicans, but became extremely animated when talking about certain topics, particularly his masks and his involvement in a children's drama group. Personal use on your own home PC is permissible! ES: Yep! There's this woman Claudia who's the He's a nice enough guy. EARLY Schweig plays Andy Fraser, the chief of the fictional Blackstone First Nations tribe alongside an award-winning ensemble cast that includes Gemini winning actor Michelle Thrush, Gemini nominee Carmen Moore and others. We were shooting assault shotguns together, and flintlocks, and hanging out getting to know each other. We're heading out." Something that minuscule I wouldn't remember. A lot of these people are among your biggest fans, which is why many of them came to our web site in the first place. We were in Columbus, Georgia for about a month. They haven't solved it. MP: Yeah, it was a good scene. It's pretty good. you see a lot of them come out of their It starts with the individual person. Copyright 1997 - 2020 by We could work out something. In an interview with ICTMN, Schweig discussed life experiences that have helped him to play his role in Blackstone, his belief in giving back to the community, and how he has obtained such success in his career. I: The scene on the mountain when you run to save Alice at the end you didn't wait for Hawkeye and your father, as per the book? MP: He's been real busy.. doing quite well. Day Lewis. STUDIO: 20th Century Fox. He is such an integral part of our favorite movie. ES: Yeah, I just get a real charge out of it.. so does anybody who's listening. ES: Yeah. It's everybody's favorite spot. He's the guy that showed us how to ES: Yeah. I'm getting a script in a couple of days. I think if ANY Indian actor is going to use their profession, acting, as a forum it should be to advocate things like what happens to you They made me dive from one canoe to another. Why do you think Blackstone is so popular? I had more fun in that one month than I did in principal photography! ES: There's about 14 or 15 kids in it and we get together.. actually, I'm waiting for some plays to come in to a local bookstore here. We go down to the gym and I just. my girlfriend and I, we look around for different monologues and scenes for First, how were you chosen for the role of Uncas? discussing The Last of the Mohicans, but became extremely animated when talking about certain topics, particularly his masks and his involvement in a children's drama group. Directing them, casting them, and what not.. but. so that's what I'd really like to see. They do them and it comes right from infringement! I: When you go down to L. A., do you mix in with the other actors or stay to yourself? When Dances With Wolves came out, the whole thing, it just blew the doors wide open for period pieces about Indian people. E: No, I haven't. Since we came upon, posted, and discussed the above interview, both here and on the WWW Board, we have had the good fortune to be able to talk with Eric Schweig directly. Historical films will always be. A film that tries to cover too much historical ground at least 40 years in too little screen time and winds up becoming a bore because of it. Are you satisfied with the caliber and supply of Native acting talent these days? It was fun! So, while you guys were filming this did you have any sense of bonding? I don't know, that's the editor's fault. Is that something you had experience with before? Even so, it seems to us, one simply must dispute much of what he says. And, you know, it's the If you don't love what you're doing then don't do it. Where as Indian people, for the most part, everybody listens to their elders, everybody takes care of them. You have a rather large following. What is it like working with Blackstone's all-star cast? MP: A lot of the people who come to our web site are coming because of an interest in you. MP: Compared to other directors you've worked with since Michael Mann, how does he fit in to the over all mold of the other directors? MP: It seems sort of a bad time for a love scene anyway at that stage of the filming. I guess it turned out alright. That ES: Uhhh no.. not my adopted family, but I hang out with my Uncle Willie from my biological family once in a while. I don't use it. I'm into it. It is a dramatic thriller, set in 1950s Montana, about two grandparents (Diane Lane and Kevin Costner) hoping to get their grandson back after the death of their son. ES: He was intense. I'm not trying to be antagonistic. It's so big. Eric Schweig has spoken freely about his alcoholism. Until Indian people can gain something of a creative role, then the cold hard facts about that, is that you need money. It's about this concert violinist who befriends all of these wolves in Alaska on his property. Born on the 19th June, 1967, Inuvik, Canada FILMOGRAPHY 1990 : The Shaman's Source : Robert Crow 1992 : By Way of the Stars (TV) :. It sounds like you've done good things with these kids and you'll probably never know the rewards of that in your lifetime. With the village? ES: Yeah, start sending out pamphlets to customs [Laughs], just to tell them . MP: Okay. It is hard to do this if someone is not interested in itmind, body and soul. MP: It looks real good. Right now, with all the school violence and music and art programs being cut all over the US I thought it would be good to interview him. MUSINGS || You know Wes Studi's got his own film company and he's doing . [Wardancer Film Group] How is he different from them? ES: No, not when I was there. So finally, after three or four years of screwing around I got around to it. That's why they cut that love scene out. There's not enough of us. E: No, I don't! We got along with him. It's about me and this guy his name is Christoph and he's from France. mask each and every time? I am a resource assistant for youth, I work in the street. That's where their home is and we're fighting over her MP: Well, would that be something you would consider? ES: Well, no. You know? MP: Okay, many people are sincerely anxious to see you in more films. trains action stars in the use of different tactical weapons. As a former foster child himself, he knows all too well the obstacles that youth can face when growing up in care. effects - without our expressed, written permission, constitutes copyright There was eleven thousand gallons coming through a pump into the pool and then it's sucked back through to create the waterfall. Does he? They worked everybody like dogs, so that was the only beef anyone had. Daniel, he's pretty laid back, to say the least. I love Asheville. Does he know that, in fact, all these characters are not based on fiction? They sold a lemon to the wrong person and find themselves reverting back to their old ways as mercenaries. 1997 - 2020 by We trained with Colonel David Webster [pause] I think that was his last name. [More laughter]. Eric Schweig in War Of The Worlds - Dust To Dust (1989) morakina23 64K views 11 years ago A Millennial Job Interview Dream Reach Media 12M views 4 years ago What It Takes To Be A Good Leader:. And I love to be around the sets, learning things. I work with sex trade workers and I try to hook them up with agencies that can help them. E: I think they wanted that, but the height did come into it. Out of all the scenes that you did, what was the most difficult? I. I mean Russell and I did, but you know, Russell and I Daniel and I come from we might as well be a zillion miles away. Well, I did in '92. [Laugh]. It would seem that carving is the next step or natural progression of skills you already have. E: Yes, it was. I: Well, that explains that! Guide book STILL GATHERINGS || But that's all right. Or, at least wonder why he says it! ES: You know, I don't know where the collection is. It was a real pleasure to have the opportunity to talk with Eric. We're curious about Jodhi May's mother. MP: The scenes filmed at Cameron's Cabin; you've got the night scene when you guys gather around the table, then the next day when the Lt. is trying to recruit colonials to support the British Army, and then later on, when you guys revisit the cabin and MP: You know, in some ways though, contemporary pieces are worse because they're filled with all sorts of horrors and things that wouldn't happen in a million years. That Cooper's "history" was, in many ways, stunningly accurate? We should be running around and, . not running around.. but we should be in, you know, suits.. like everybody else. in normal clothes. Did you ever get a feeling of really being in that MP: Yeah! But unfortunately, the camera doesn't capture it; you just see my feet sticking up. ES: Yeah, but I understand the reason why. like a sauna in the summertime. But when Daniel walks into the Huron village he almost gets his brains knocked out. Also the music by Daniel Lanois, a French-Canadian composer. Then I thought about it and it's just that his work ethic is different than everybody else's. ES: Well, the doors are opening now. It's sort of, if you think about it, it kind of leaves the audience going, "How did all these guys If someone doesn't like you, they are not shy when telling other companies. Anything that had to do with the fort . because it was hot in there and it was stuffy. ES: Yeah, I realize it was about the French and Indian Wars, but if they had focused more on the family ties that are involved with the Indian people that lived in that area, it would have hit home a lot harder. MP: Do you think society all societies. have lost their sense of nurturing and protecting. or seeing children for what they are? It will be cool because it will be the first time I'll be on a set and.. abstaining. Does he realize that all history is written from a viewpoint? ES: There's one. But I've got another offer in Russia, in a production called The Wolves, starting at the end of the month. You know I told everybody when this started. So. you know, we've got to take advantage of it and they'll have nothing left short of Last of the Dog Men which is a ludicrous concept for a film about I had no idea. Just go ahead and tell me how you feel about that. ES: Yeah. MP: To date, you've been in two movies with him, The Last of the Mohicans and The Broken Chain. MP: That's about a hundred years or so. They could stand around and get suntanned. ES: No, I haven't. Many visitors have commented upon the quality of your masks. Blackstone's Eric Schweig provides some fun facts about his life. I haven't met them yet, but I'm going to sit down and try to talk to them and try to get them out of their shells somehow. He kicked off his acting career in 1985 as a cast member of the theatrical show, The Cradle Will Fall, produced at the Actor's Lab by the Theatre of Change. The girls would have been scared of everything! There seems to be something simmering below the surface in much of what he has to say. were there. You know .. they just did whatever they had to do. Should you instead be seen simply as an individual who has chosen acting as a profession? It has been spoken about an awful lot. Eric Schweig The Missing Interview. So, when you carve .. are you trying to recreate an exact image of another mask? Do you have a message for these people? These kids are our future and they're gonna end up going to bat for us when we're sitting around at 80 years old on the front porch. COLLECTIBLES || There were so many locations. I guess it worked out. What was your relationship like with those two actors? Do you see yourself as having an empathy with these kids, since you've walked in their shoes? And they wanted us to have shaved heads. You should do a mask. MP: As you know, our web site centers on The Last of the Mohicans. I: Uncas comes over as the strong and silent character (minus the huge amount of dialogue), but the terrific expressions that you have throughout the film speak for you. when you do too much of anything too much alcohol too many drugs. We invite your comments on our comments, or on the interview, on the And, if there should be any activism it should be to talk to kids you see, if you're going to solve a lot of the problems within the Indian community, as far as civil Would it be as you just described .. to retake possession of them? They sort of fashioned him after Tony Soprano, I think. taken care of and respected and THAT is what makes them, keeps them wise. between walking around the different classes and hanging around the smoking area, it was .. they had a multi-culturalism program that they had figured out for themselves and they were promoting it. It's kind of difficult.. You see a lot of, well, I I've never been, well.. they treated me like royalty. So, after putting it off and saying "Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah". at the time I was running around a lot and too busy to Interviewing is something we hadn't done MUSINGS || ES: Yes! ES: I don't know, they should have stuck it in there. Or do you instead allow your own mood, your color preferences .. that sort of thing, to blend with tradition and then the result being a unique a half, two years ago, Jessica State . she was 9 or 10 years old, about 200 yards from a ball field full of people, she was raped and had her throat cut and one of her hands cut off. If you do good things, good things will happen. They'll get a kick out of that. Tom & Huck or Pontiac Moon if they were done differently, not Tom & Huck, but Pontiac Moon. Could you do me a favor? I: Some of the scenes, especially in the canoes - was that really you guys? In STOREFRONT || I like walking with my gun and my dogs in the woods near here. Available - Free Downloads Only! MP: It is really scary to be a parent now. If someone wants a reference like, "How was he to work with? That's what these guys do in the movies. It's impossible to say. I: What were the good points about the film? The more the merrier. for the running and other activities. Available - Free Downloads Only! And it was one of the six. So, anything contemporary, it doesn't matter. A lot of elders are sharper than most 16 year olds 20 or 30, they're sharper than people half their age. We have them back and now we can take care of them. We realize that there are many more questions we could have asked Eric Schweig. Ava Burnett. ES: He's more meticulous, he's a perfectionist to the power of 10. Available - Free Downloads Only! We have this image of . perpetual image of running around with battle axes and screaming and yelling .. and running around in loin cloths and hats. You know, you gotta start somewhere and they're starting small but they're starting. life cycle. What I thought about the movie was that it was sprawling. Madeleine Stowe. EARLY [Laughter] "Hold on! MP: If they remain in a family setting, or beyond that even, where they feel their worth, I guess they'll remain very vibrant? Yeah, they're making they're redeeming themselves. MP: When you watch the movie it seems as though you guys had bonded. Hopefully, his voice will be heard on this; his "activism" emulated. You know, that's the impression people have. it take to coerce you to be there? the answers, and everybody does that well, basically as human beings we know the difference between right and wrong. Tell us about Andy Fraser, the character you're playing. You know .. especially the people that buy them. When you do that you really have to commit. MP: Well, what I mean is that you guys, in the movie of course, went through every possible trial and tribulation. PART 2: ERIC SCHWEIG: AN INTERVIEW MP: Okay, well.. aside from the masks, which will obviously be going to take a lot of your time and focus are you still pursuing your acting career? In regards to the entire star system and awards systemI don't care who has won what or who has done this or that or the other thing. have anything to do with carving. 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