Premonition of, Eyes Wide Shut – Chick Bloodhound PART 1

This is a low budget film I produced and directed that was made prior to the release of Stanley Kubrick’s, “Eyes Wide Shut.” It was my prediction and interpretation of what Kubrick’s thoughts or intentions might have been for his last and final film (not counting, “AI”). Essentially, this film also served as my “NYU film school’. Stanley Kramer, one of my former mentors, urged me and others to, “just go out and do it” and, “step over your grandmother if you have to”. Kramer was right and his advice works. “Chick Bloodhound” was shown as an official selection of the 2001 Seattle International Film Festival. Interestingly enough, I met Jan Harlan there, Stanley Kubrick’s executive producer. He was there presenting his documentary about Stan’s life entitled, “Stanley Kubrick – A Life in Pictures” which I enjoyed greatly. And as I’m sure you might have guessed, Jan was quite a decent director in his own right. My conversation with Jan Harlan was brief but important nevertheless. Jan impressed upon me the importance of obtaining a quality script. Looking back, I interpret this as: get a well told story you can sell. He suggested securing the rights to a book. This piece of advice is quite solid: base your idea on an already sold idea. This concept was much akin to Stanley Kramer’s advice to cull stories straight from newspaper headlines. Also, he alluded to the idea, “if aint on the page, it aint on the stage’ belief which Hollywood has mastered quite well. Of interesting note …