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What inspired you to make this piece?
I was inspired to make this film because things were going so well on the film called ONE ARM BANDIT, which we were shooting on the weekends. The actors were so good and everything was going so well that when it got dark I decided we should continue shooting back in my apartment. So we had to invent a simple script based on what must have happened to this guy's arm, the actors improvised it, that's how it happened.
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Tell us a little about the process involved in making this work.
The process of making this film involved hanging a few lights and filming two nights and one day and then waiting to finish it because we had only enough resources to complete the ONE ARM BANDIT film. I thought of combining the two and did some editing over the years, but finally, 25 years [later], I added music when I had some extra resources, and it stood on its own.
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Do you have any interesting and/or amusing behind-the-scenes stories about the making of this particular work?
Oh, lots. Paul Price didn't want to fall down the stairs, so in order to make it seem like a real fall we had to shoot some of it frame-by-frame and reassemble the picture in editing. Larry liked having his throat stroked by Vickie; he started to emit love noises during the take.
Is there a relationship between your work as a video/filmmaker and life in the New York metropolitan area?
Absolutely. But at this time, we had moved to this apartment, a third-floor floor-through in Brooklyn, and it was quite nice. But in other places I've lived in the city, you were always on the watch for a burglary. So perhaps I was feeling I could have fun with it here.
How has the burgeoning independent movement affected your life and work as a video/filmmaker?
I'm not sure, but I like it. Certainly, there is more interest in films of this sort and more networking opportunities for filmmakers. I feel glad that there is now a chance that more of my work will be seen.
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