Halyna Hutchins

I met Halyna a few years back when she shot a film I helped her transfer. She bombarded me with questions and got nervous when it came to how the image would come out. She was courageous. She shot a lot of beautiful images. And it seemed like a personal project to her. At the time I was thinking about making a horror film set at a mental institution and it was the location she was using. Folks, I've not heard anyone talk this much exuberance about...cinema. As she had gone to American Film Institute, my first impression was "aw, fuck them!" Mostly because they do have an elitist quality to them. Their sole focus is on cinema. But that doesn't mean you had to know cinema. Most AFI students or graduates are douchey. They are "artists." But somehow she transcended that and changed my outlook on that school. She isn't what you would call a "girly girl" either. She had a TON of energy and there wasn't anything that couldn't be done. And, having spoken to a few others who had met her, she was also very generous with her time. She was going to make it big. I know I shit on people going for the brass ring in this business but Halyna...you could tell. She didn't seem to rest. AND she answered texts at all hours. I still look at my phone with her number and wonder what became of her. I was disgusted to hear the tragedy that transpired. It rocked the film industry in the midst of a strike. I can't go into the details of what happened because I wasn't there and I only get what people want me to know. Which is nothing. Here's what bothers me... I had gone through near death myself. Having known this now, I can't fathom the idea that she is no longer alive. The taste of pizza or the scent of pine cones or whatever she grew up with has been extinguished. Think about that, all those years you used to push forward your life...ends immediately. This is what angers me the most. Halyna was around my age, so it was nice to speak to a contemporary (most film people are really young, as most old people can't stand the hours involved). I know, in small parts, the experiences she must've gone through. The party days, the discovery of music and movies. I have no words for Alec Baldwin, who was the man holding the gun when she was killed. He will have to live with that. I can sympathize with the darkness he is about to endure but I do not pity him. Some will believe he is completely negligent of these actions. Others may reach out in support. The Hollywood circle are disgusting syncophants. A short project I once ran electric for gave me two guys of which I could order around. I was the best boy electric. One of the guys ran around crazy like. Was no-nonsense and efficiently and swiftly worked. He was VERY good at what he did. Was always within earshot of my requests. He was an absolute professional. This guy was Erik Messerschmidt, who won the cinematography Oscar last year. It didn't even surprise me and I was happy for him. It wouldn't surprise me if Halyna would've excelled this far in her own career had she been given a chance.

Filthy Dirty Facebook

You really shouldn't be going to Facebook for any real news. It seems it's a place to just air grievances. The one thing though is asking questions and researching and getting some information that isn't controlled by the press. In case you're wondering about the inflation that is occurring in America. Or how that fucking site is killing all conservative voices. Or even just voices with common sense. Because Facebook works with the new regime. The Democrats. And they don't want your voice heard. In other words, they stole the 2020 election and now want to silence criticism. Cubans know what that is. Fidel Castro did that. And who are these idiots who cheer them on? No, really I want to know. Because you have to be next level stupid to support anything Joe Biden does. Or his administration because he is clearly brain dead. Why do people want to take down capitalism? Probably because they think it's cool to be on that side. Fake tittied dumb whores who bounce up and down think capitalism is evil, um...while taking a massive check. They have no idea their cheapening of themselves for views and likes is due to capitalism. I'm now imaginging a new world where these types of girls are only used for visual entertainment. As if in their prep courses it says "for visual pleasure only" Way to take feminism to the next level. Dumb people think this is evolvement. Because it's trendy, and they want to be liked. But they don;t want to be liked for their brains, only their beauty. And that will fade and be crushing to someone whose whole value is that. This goes for guys as well. Facebook has now implement MORE censoring to protect celebrities and politicians. I started laughing because these are synonmous with one another. I didn't realize their feelings were truly that frail. Nah...I did. They guise it under the fact that they want to stop disinformation. Uh-huh. Whose? The ones you simply don't agree with. See, the smartest thing the Left ever did was dominate tech first. Nerds and programmers. Physical engineers are actually much more libertarian. They build traps in their backyards and such. But where does this speech end? Sure, it's fine when you agree with them. you love they suppress Right wing dialogue. But, consider this...corporations went after Dems and Lefties first...because they think you are mentally weaker. That should be insulting and you should want to burn it all down. Much like they've burned and looted everything else. Facebook went down about a week ago, and people made memes about how nice and quiet it was. Funny it was posted on their site. Made more funny that we learned nothing in the six hours they were down. Hate to keep beating a dead horse here, but you are the product. And if they are on your side, they think you're an idiot. Let's go Brandon.

IATSE Strike

i understand and I'm with you. When streaming sites started making their own content, they left out a ton of factors. Residuals for anyone below the line. But America made streams like Netflix a gazillion dollar gorilla and now the workers are fighting back. i will always back workers. However, in this case...people who work in entertainment are colossal Lefty dicks. They thumb their noses at middle America and think anyone who is conservative are rubes. If these elitist were smart they would've aligned themselves with Americans and could have reached out to subscribers to drop their memberships thus causing a real change. But America hates your Boomer/millenial ass. Because you thumbed your nose at them. So you fucked up. And they still havent learned their lesson. The stories from the trenches is that they are trying to gatherpeople to dump their streaming. Good luck with that. You fuck with America, they fuck with you.