Mr. Lau,
Someone called me late one night and said:
"Hay man you're in this movie I'm watching."
"I told you to get off those drugs. What happened to the 12
steps?" I say.
"No, no really man." he says
"Put your girlfriend on." I say. She comes on sounding a
little surprised. I knew her pretty well.
"You're in this movie," She says to me. "You're . . .
"Jesus! He's got you on the stuff now!" I say.
Thanks. And later me and my wife rented it, and it was
really fun when I heard the actress saying my name right off
the bat! (I laughed for some reason; it makes you laugh like
a little kid.). And the mother of all plugs! I owe you a
large drink.
kent
BaxDeal@aol.com wrote:
In a message dated 9/13/05 3:48:40 PM,
pm_farrell@hotmail.com writes:
> John Lau wrote:
> >I was just kidding, Kent. didn't
really buy the other guy's book. but I
> >was so impressed with Dia De Los Muertos, that I
had a character plug both
> >it
> >and you in a movie I wrote, which unfortunately
pales in comparison to your
> >fine novel
>
> Was that movie Second Skin? I remember seeing
this on VHS (ah, videotape -
> seems so long ago now). From memory, I think
the movie's femme fatale
> (Natasha Henstridge) asked the bookstore owner about
Jim Thompson and Kent
> Harrington books. A good thriller, and I was
pleased to see a movie
> acknowledging its written influences. The
movie also had a real sting in
> the end.
>
wow. somebody actually saw it. thank you very much
specifically, Natasha's character is in a used paperback
store, chatting up the owner. he asks her what kind of books
she likes and she rattles off the genre as well as a few of
her favorite practitioners of the black art of which she is
ostensibly fond. all in the name of foreplay. she gives him
the translation of the book title to foreshadow the story
they are beginning
I'm not sure the sting at the end really works after story
compromises we had to make in production
glad you enjoyed it. but again, it's no Dia De Los
Muertos
John Lau
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