MP: Were they downplaying the Uncas/Alice relationship? We have them back and now we can take care of them. E: No, I didn't. Eric was forthcoming and, we believe, candid in his responses; gracious, and willing to discuss everything we asked. So, the more contemporary films we can do and be allowed to be a part of society and society's subconscious, then the better it will be. AMERICAN HISTORICAL SIMULATIONS. that would be upsetting, too. COURIER ||
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There is an endless amount of historical fact they dredge up from the past and twist it around and suck all the blood out of Indian people to paint their own pictures. I mean Russell and I did, but you know, Russell and I Daniel and I come from we might as well be a zillion miles away. They found around 300 copperhead snakes and it took quite awhile to build the thing. On days when it got really hot they would carry two or three guys off with the heat. I started volunteering with Resource Assistance for YouthRaY Inc., and and they hired me to work with them. [laughs] There could have been a few more women. They were stiff, the leather in them was REALLY stiff, so you could carry it
Do you really feel as though you're making a departure from yourself? That's good because anything that can you know what I'm into in? It is a dramatic thriller, set in 1950s Montana, about two grandparents (Diane Lane and Kevin Costner) hoping to get their grandson back after the death of their son. friendly towards each other or any of that. You know what? I had no idea. They can get egotistical. Indians.. one of the worst. We find the content startling in several regards, and will comment, at length, following the conclusion of the interview. He was one of the leaders of the 70-day siege at Wounded Knee in 1973, an incident which arose out of an AIM dispute with federal and tribal authorities. Where as Indian people, for the most part, everybody listens to their elders, everybody takes care of them. Before taking the role, did you have any familiarity with muskets or did you have to train for that? like a sauna in the summertime. MP: Okay. In an interview with ICTMN, Schweig discussed life experiences that have helped him to play his role in Blackstone, his belief in giving back to the community, and how he has obtained such success in his career. I didn't see a hell of a lot of women in that movie. He can do a lot of stuff with his looks. have been because they had aged so much and the paint had flaked off. it was aged down, but we just took a shot at it and it turned out wicked. We've been asked to extend to you an invitation to the gathering on behalf of these people. MP: Well, I'll tell you what, if you said you'd consider it I think they'd say "anything"! He didn't socialize. It was shot in Vancouver and I talked to Wes after he finished it. MP: OK, take all the movies you've been in if you could only be in one of them again, which one would it be? He's a nice enough guy. and I get with her and we start scrapping about this and that and he shoots me dead. STOREFRONT ||
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She was pretty nice, Jodhi's mom. I: Was it all shot outdoors or were there any indoor shots, i.e., like the cabin scene? Yeah, they cut that out, they must have. It's jacked up obviously for television so the story is more interesting. effects - without our expressed, written permission, constitutes copyright
MP: Was it a pleasant experience then, to be filming in the area? That, though, can go on endlessly. Besides that, North Carolina is
MP: Do any of the locations stick out in your mind as a favorite place? But that was a superb scene! Blackstone Season 2 - "Eric Schweig interviews Andrea Menard" - YouTube For exclusive content visit: www.blackstonetheseries.com For exclusive content visit: www.blackstonetheseries.com. MOHICAN PRESS
[Sad voice. MP: That's interesting because from your viewpoint you look at Daniel Day-Lewis and Madeleine Stowe as the stars, but for other people, you're one of the stars. So, anything contemporary, it doesn't matter. Was she on the set all the time? I like walking with my gun and my dogs in the woods near here. E: The only stage shot was the waterfall and the cave. A lot of these people are among your biggest fans, which is why many of them came to our web site in the first place. There were also a few scenes cut out that should not have been. It was huge. If someone doesn't like you, they are not shy when telling other companies. They were the two stars so they couldn't take the focus off of them. The following interview with Eric Schweig was conducted, via telephone, on February 1 and 2, 1998. I don't think. Just throw out a couple of opinions on working with her. Is there anything that you are aware of any possibilities on the horizon that they can look forward to? Just a cop. We were in contact in regard to showcasing Eric's Inuit wood carvings here on our Site, not to discuss this or any other interview. Guide book STILL
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MP: Do you have any relationship with your family? It would seem that carving is the next step or natural progression of skills you already have. But there are so many questions we would like to ask of him! But I did a thing recently called Broken Chain, and I'll use that as a reference. It's about me and this guy his name is Christoph and he's from France. it to them. Things like that, you know, the time of day or whatever, but .. if you mean were we planning to strike up a business or something or go skydiving, or meet each other's family .. it was nothing
you know, and isn't psychotic. The girls would have been scared of everything! Vincent Schilling, Akwesasne Mohawk, is the associate editor and senior correspondent at Indian Country Today who enjoys creating media, technology, comics, and movies. [Laughing! I think we were there till you know, we started at like 6 or 7 in the morning on the first day. Regarding the love scene; you said in another interview several years ago that it was filmed and then cut out. I also am an adult survivor of abuse by my adoptive parents. and.. of course they're not gonna care and they're gonna forget everything. And if he could magnify that with a damned megaphone, he was happy as hell. He is such an integral part of our favorite movie. ignorance. Blackstone Season 1 - "The Ladies Want to Know" 48,230 views Nov 24, 2011 217 Dislike Share Save BlackstoneTheSeries 1.14K subscribers Eric Schweig answers questions about Last of the. MP: Have you had any contact with her since filming LOTM? scripted, which was more than "puppy love". You seem to be down on period pieces because they cast Indians in loin cloths and stuff like that. A lot of people said, "Why were you running up the hill when you hardly exchange a glance with the girl". It's box office numbers. We, and certainly your fans, appreciate it. PATHFINDING ||
a couple of days and then meet the director, I guess. E: I got along with everybody! ES: Oh yeah! ], MP: [Laughing!] Where's Marion? MP: Throughout the film there is featured some terrific landscapes. I keep trying to get people to get into acting so we have someone who can focus on just being a funny guy or a bad guy or a psycho or a love interest. Being brothers, we would be the same. As you've read in the interview, a film project is likely to materialize. Do you enjoy the stage? Return To Part 1 Of ERIC SCHWEIG: AN INTERVIEW, See Eric As Uncas, From The DVD-version: UNCAS & ALICE, A cause dear to his heart, read:
We were shooting assault shotguns together, and flintlocks, and hanging out getting to know each other. If you do good things, good things will happen. People are treating kids like animals. He's a nice guy. E: I think it was a mix. So what was it like to work with Michael Mann? MP: Okay.. again, regarding art.. a strong quality of any artist's work is the individuality of their creations. ES: Something I'm considering. Everything just soars in it. I: Well, I was thinking more along the lines of your [??] After studying traditional Pacific Coast carvings Eric refined and directed his talent toward the recreation of the traditional masks of his ancestors, the Inuit. Was it meant to be like that? ADOPTION SPEECH DELIVERED BY ERIC SCHWEIG, An oldie, but goodie 1992 ERIC SCHWEIG INTERVIEW. MP: The problem, then, is if all an Indian actor can get cast as is something like that.. that's definitely a problem. E: Yes, but I got restless.
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You can't put some little guy next to someone like Daniel Day-Lewis. If they take VERY good care of them you know. It is hard to do this if someone is not interested in itmind, body and soul. think I'd hesitate. They sold a lemon to the wrong person and find themselves reverting back to their old ways as mercenaries. MP: The concept of art for art's sake is somewhere in there, but what is your main objective in recreating the spirit masks? MP: Well, having been here already, would you ever want to revisit western North Carolina, the scene of the crime? He was ALWAYS doing that. He was just all work, then go home. That Cooper's "history" was, in many ways, stunningly accurate? ES: Well, no. I didn't do a lot of talking. There's not enough of us. MP: Well, would that be something you would consider? And I love to be around the sets, learning things. And, I play a lot of guitar. I: Was there another person in your canoe one that wasn't scripted?
All of our content is free. But when Daniel walks into the Huron village he almost gets his brains knocked out. Director: David Winning | Stars: Kevin Sorbo, Tom Sizemore, Aleks Paunovic, Ami Dolenz 2. I'm getting sick of looking at the same usual suspects all the time. Can you turn it into a greater good by reaching out to those kids? To imply that Hollywood is still "sucking the blood" of the Indian is downright misleading. taken care of and respected and THAT is what makes them, keeps them wise. I: Do you think European women would have been able to stand such a life style? LINKS
I was raised in the country so, you know, I didn't have any it didn't bother me in the least. when you do too much of anything too much alcohol too many drugs. We're heading out." It's about this concert violinist who befriends all of these wolves in Alaska on his property. He also creates his own designs and concepts. Since we came upon, posted, and discussed the above interview, both here and on the WWW Board, we have had the good fortune to be able to talk with Eric Schweig directly. MP: Okay, many people are sincerely anxious to see you in more films. it take to coerce you to be there? MP: Okay. MESSAGE BOARD, STOREFRONTS! anti-anybody. They had a pool and a waterfall. [Laughs] They're not making Spaghetti Westerns. We have this image of . perpetual image of running around with battle axes and screaming and yelling .. and running around in loin cloths and hats. ES: Yeah. MP: That's true. GATHERINGS ||
ES: Oh yeah, Lake James. I now work with homeless people in Winnipeg, Manitobawe feed them and clothe them. ], 45's and shot guns. PART 2: ERIC SCHWEIG: AN INTERVIEW MP: Okay, well.. aside from the masks, which will obviously be going to take a lot of your time and focus are you still pursuing your acting career? Certainly, we have a new found appreciation for interviewers! ES: I don't know, they should have stuck it in there. Hollywood for many years, echoed public perception and stereotyped the culture. COLLECTIBLES ||
want them to live like I lived from. you know. when I was drunk for 10 years.. Because it's ugly and it's not us. Massive games; twice the size of a football field and we are,
Daniel, he's pretty laid back, to say the least. I don't know what he does now, but he was when we were on the set. His filmographic credentials include a slew of TV series such as . And I was told at 7 a.m. the next morning that I was hired! ES: Yeah, THE INDIAN. If you cultivate that, when he is 30 years old he would be the best possible asset for his community. I believe you have been growing it for eight years? Eric Schweig is a Canadian actor of mixed Inuvialuk, Chippewa-Dene and German heritage. HISTORY ||
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They could stand around and get suntanned. I: The dialects in Mohicans what are they? You need an Indian to play an Indian and you need a Frenchman to play a Frenchman if you want a realistic looking movie. And, you know, it's the
You know, even though they stole them, they kept them in excellent condition to put on the front of this book so you can duplicate it. like boxing in a telephone booth. There's this woman Claudia who's the
I'd go in there and buy 50 CDs at a time. Until Indian people can gain something of a creative role, then the cold hard facts about that, is that you need money. E: I think they wanted that, but the height did come into it. Maybe Vern and I can take one of them out there. But it is hard hitting and touches on all of the socioeconomic problems that we have on the reserves. It's so cheesy. And I just like the idea of, like I said before [in a previous conversation], reaching back into time and duplicating the mask and taking them back from the people who stole
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It's impossible to say. And who they focus on and who they promote is gangster rap. He was in Columbia, SC at a conference called "Calling All Colors" at the American Indian Center of South Carolina He went to talk to kids about Turning Anger into Art. Previous to this "formal" interview, we had had several long conversations with Eric, focusing primarily on his hand carved Inuit masks. Hollywood will flog it to death. There was a golf tournament out there. I never met my biological mother. Anyway, we were all downtown. I: There is a very soft, subtle love story between you and Alice. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. them have had really, really rough lives. to say the least. I: Yes, I guess that's a little difficult to survive. I teach them and they teach me. It's not in the middle of downtown San Francisco where they
And it seems to me, we could have been more of a family unit. Senility is a social disease. Over near Lake James. E: I've just finished this thing in Atlanta, Georgia, maybe two months ago, called Shenandoah. like that. That scene has repeatedly come up because following that, when you're getting your wound dressed by Cora ES: Oh yes. Sometimes on the set they have raunchy attitudes and I'd rather be away from it. We hung out with him a lot. Available - Free Downloads Only! a half, two years ago, Jessica State . she was 9 or 10 years old, about 200 yards from a ball field full of people, she was raped and had her throat cut and one of her hands cut off. before it was a tad more difficult than we'd anticipated. ES: Yeah, all up and down there; all over here. HISTORY ||
MP: Well, what I mean is that you guys, in the movie of course, went through every possible trial and tribulation. Historical films will always be. MP: We've heard about those. Uhm hmm. I was homeless when I was a kid. So, gradually it will get better and .. we won't be so misunderstood and maligned. One of our problems is finding a voice and speaking up, speaking out really loud too, if you want to. And try to teach them to watch out for the warning signs. Right THERE! ES: Oh, probably Tom & Huck. Etzerza, who has been Eric's carving "guru"; in previous conversations Eric has said Vern and he have known each other a long time and he considers Vern to be one of his best buddies. Suddenly, surprisingly, Alice gives a look to her sister and jumps off after him. Have you seen the movie? wasn't the only time he did that. I'm an actor who just happens to be an Indian. The Cliff Trails. MP: It looks real good. ES: Or even Vern. I think a lot of them are. I: Have you seen the whole film unedited? You've given a positive image of a Native American. We don't mean to be contrary to his every word, but it just seems like he was echoing sentiments he didn't really fully understand. RIGHTS RESERVED - Use of material elsewhere - including text, images, and
Why do you think Blackstone is so popular? Not to portray these times would be to "twist" history. MESSAGE BOARD, STOREFRONTS! He opens up about the joys and challenges of being a new foster caregiver to two siblings. ES: Tell them, "Thanks for your support. And, if there should be any activism it should be to talk to kids you see, if you're going to solve a lot of the problems within the Indian community, as far as civil
different states and different coliseums .. and they're harmless! Directing them, casting them, and what not.. but. so that's what I'd really like to see. I assume that you didn't have much knowledge, before landing the role of Uncas, of the period history behind LOTM not only of
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