BLACK SCAR BLUES

"THE ACTION SEQUENCES ARE INTENSE AND FULL OF ELECTRICITY."

Film Combat Syndicate

"...HAS AN ARTHOUSE QUALITY TO IT, BUT STILL KEEPS THAT GRITTY OVERLAY THAT I PERSONALLY LOVE IN CINEMA."

City on Fire

DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT

I'm not even sure when this film was "officially" released. It went through so many cuts and iterations over the course of about six years. Hell of a fucking journey this one was.

I think this is the film that put a strain on my friendships too. It's covered a little bit in the About section of this site, but I still won't get too into it here. Basically, what originally started out as a collaboration ended up becoming a singular vision. MY singular vision, for worse or worse. Sure, I was going through a lot of bullshit in my personal life at the time, but that shouldn't have mattered. I should've stuck with the original plan. Edmond's original plan. 

Instead, I made this mish-mash of a film that was supposed to be a story about brotherhood, then became a sort of love-triangle directly inspired by Casino (1995), featuring an actress who was part of another failed project of mine and I tried to Frankenstein her footage into THIS film while shooting NEW scenes with her and her character that started off BEAUTIFULLY, but she ultimately flaked and fucked off somewhere else. So after that, I dropped the love triangle plot and decided to shoehorn-in my girlfriend at the time because I felt like my ego needed it. Add to that my corny attempt at a Blast of Silence (1961) inspired voice over, and what you get is an absolute stretch of a film that's essentially an excuse to finally show the WONDERFUL final action scene between Ed and I. Really, that fight scene is something, one that I don't think I'll ever surpass. It's the pinnacle of my "career" as a screen fighter and action choreographer/director.

I just wish I made a better film around it.

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