I need to stop making films - People are dying.

roxics

roxics

Veteran
One of my friends passed away yesterday. It was unexpected and quick. An aneurysm. She was only 42 and a mother of two high school aged kids. A really great person.
She also happened to be one of the actors in my latest short film that I made last October. The first film I've made in 16 years.
The two latest films I made before that 16 year gap, also saw an actor from each pass away.
In other words, my three latest films have had an actor pass away. That's crazy.

I don't believe in the supernatural. I'm a highly skeptical person regarding that kind of stuff. And I know that this is really just me finding patterns. Especially since these deaths are not right after the films, but are in some cases, years later. Still, it's off putting to know that the last three films I've made, have had an actor from each pass. In this instance it's even a bit more freaky since my last film was about capturing souls on video tape (by stealing the likeness of a person) and she played the ghost.
Even more crazy is that 15 hours before she passed, she had updated her facebook profile picture to just an image of blackness. Which is not like her. It's usually a picture of her or her with someone. It was very unusual.

I wanted to talk about this stuff here, since none of you know her. These thoughts are weird and irrational on my part, and I don't want to bring them up to friends. Especially right now, with things being as sensitive as the are. But I just feel like I need to express them.

It gave me this weird idea for a new film where a guy intentionally casts people in his movies knowing one of them will die, but doesn't know who. Maybe there is even a gambling aspect to it among the people who know the results of his filmmaking. Again, stray thoughts in sad times lead to strange creative ideas.

Anyway, I'll miss her. She was really cool. But there is some part of me that is sort of hesitant to make another film. I was kind of planning to make one for thanksgiving this year. As last year's was Halloween oriented.
 
I had one actor jump off a bridge, one actor get some serious time in jail, etc. It's life. These things happen. My 2 cents. Go make yer film. If I die in the next 24 hours because I replied to this I'm gonna come haunt ya though :)
 
kevin baggott said:
I had one actor jump off a bridge, one actor get some serious time in jail, etc. It's life. These things happen. My 2 cents. Go make yer film. If I die in the next 24 hours because I replied to this I'm gonna come haunt ya though :)
Click to expand...

Lol, no. Replying to my threads only bring people good luck and amazing sex lives. Don't ask me how these things work. It's all a mystery.
 
Yeah it's a bunch of hooey. So, make your next movie but don't cast yourself in it! I like the idea, of incorporating it into a movie.
 
roxics said:
Lol, no. Replying to my threads only bring people good luck and amazing sex lives. Don't ask me how these things work. It's all a mystery.
Click to expand...

Ha Ha ha... I wish. With my luck, the nearest I'll get to sex from being in your next film is to be "over-exposed."
 
It could have been three plane crashes or three car accidents or three cancers or three broken bones or three deaths from covid or three births or three weddings, or three new jobs, or three hair color changes or well, you get the idea. There are endless positive and negative events that we can find happening and then find three of them together and then assign a significance to them. We like groups of 3 for some reason. It's 3 random events. It means nothing.
 
I'm sorry about your friend.

I don't think it's wrong that the thought crossed your mind that there was some connection, especially since you have have made so few films lately. It just means you have an open mind. No matter how unusual something sounds, if there is some reason to give it at least a moment of consideration, you do. Some great discoveries have happened after someone said, "Hmm, now that's odd."

Now, if no hard evidence is found, then you move along (like you seem to be doing). But I can understand why there is some need to share it, if nothing more than to help shake it off. You can't be open-minded and never have incorrect ideas go through your mind briefly. You would have to crush one to stop the other.
 
My friend died recently too - I think your idea is a great one! You'll remember them for a long time - perhaps longer than is 'normal' - You could always do a dedication in the film too?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top