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Your new movie Saltville
- in a few words, what's it about?
It's about greed and power - and hate.
The Saltville Massacre at the beginning of your movie really took place - so could
you elaborate on this for a bit, and what kind of research did you do on
the subject matter? I
heard about the massacre some years back and always wanted to do a piece
on it, the Saltville attrocities that took place are a
little known fact in the history books and you really have to look
to find info on it. I told James Person (my filming partner, a black man)
[James Person interview -
click here] about
it so we started writing a script to compare this kind of racial hatred
during thre civil war area and its metamorphosis to today's modern
times. What inspired you to make the Saltville atrocities the kick-off point of
your film in the first place? To give the audience some
background on what had happened in the Saltville
area 160 years ago. Other sources of
inspiration when writing Saltville? The
lost causers, look it up. Do
talk about Saltville's
approach to the thriller genre! Well,
we wanted to make an entertaining film, and I'm a horror thriller kind of
guy, so is James, so we made it in our favorite genre, but at the same
time we like to give a little history lesson and allow the audience to make
their own decisions on what they are witnessing. A few words about your
directorial approach to your story at hand? Gut feeling. You've
written and directed Saltville
together with James Person - so what was your collaboration like both
during the writing process and the actual shoot?
Many ideas, the strongest tend to win, the script is just a blue print,
we don't finish writing till the last footage is shot. Saltville
isn't the first time you've worked with James Person - so what can you
tell us about your previous collaborations, and how did the two of you
first meet even? We
met at the ole neiborhood watering hole and we would talk about cinema,
I brought up the idea of Crawford Road and the Colonial Park murders,
and James said I'll film it, and 2 years later we released Crawford Road,
which blew up into a big 1st admendment battle, but that's another story
(Price versus Barr). After that we wrote and filmed Ten
Doors and now Saltville. Back to Saltville:
You also appear in front of the camera in the movie, in two roles,
actually - so what can you tell us about your characters, what did you
draw upon to bring them to life, and have you written both with yourself
in mind from the get-go? Ya,
I knew I was writing for myself, I just used Southern characters I
have met in my life, lost causers etc. Do talk about the rest of Saltville's
key cast, and why exactly these people? We
wanted the best actors we could find and I think we found them.
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What can you
tell us about the shoot as such, and the on-set atmosphere?
When we're on set wer'e working and at the same time trying to keep a good vibe. The
$64-question of course, where can Saltville
be seen? We have a few distro deals wer'e looking at but not have signed yet, we
do have some director's cut DVDs and t-shirts we've been selling to recoup
expense money. If interested contact magickeys1@yahoo.com.
Once we make a decision on a distributor it will go to the streaming services
and will have to cut sales. Anything you can tell us about audience and
critical reception of Saltville? Too
early to tell, we're still working on the final cut. Any
future projects you'd like to share? Ya, but that's all I can say right now. Your/your movie's
website, social media, whatever else?
https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=saltville
Trailer: https://youtu.be/wTXYrZRNErY
Thanks
for the interview!
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