27
Jul 09

Film Diary 2

This week, Brian Huberman (BH) productions are off in Silver City, New Mexico to continue filming for the work-in-progress, Geronimo Country.

The crew will meet up with Jerry Eagan, explorer and Vietnam War veteran, who is responsible for guiding the filmmakers through all of the Geronimo-country they have seen so far.

This trip, Brian hopes to learn more about Eagan’s past as a volunteer infantrymen in the Vietnam War. Clearly, his experience as a point man, moving through the jungle, on the lookout for “the enemy” has very interesting resonance with the less visible subjects of the film: the Apache Indians, like Geronimo, who once roamed this now fenced landscape freely.

Eagan maintains a website, Hiking Apacheria, which he uses to sell photographs from his treks in this historically signficant landscape.


14
Jul 09

Film Diary 1

This weekend, BH productions traveled up to Austin for a day to meet friend, Kim Henkel, who introduced us to friends of the late, great Lou Perryman.

Because of Perryman’s tragic death, this film project has become a lot like the previous BH project: John Wayne’s THE ALAMO, which was made after Wayne’s death.

Creating a film about a particular subject, who you cannot film, becomes a strange exercise in exploring negative space: you must go after the people who know your subject best and try to fill in around the empty space their absence has created.

“Lou Perryman” is a film in progress, tracing the life and tall-tales lead by an actor, cult-hero and Texas archetype.