MORE RIGORS OF MOVIE-MAKING: METHOD IN THE MADNESS
NOTE: Barbara's unfailing response to bad movies or TV shows figured in this DBD exchange. She was still working as an extra in films being made in Detroit. --Hi. You’re late. --I told you I would be. --Now, this one’s called Vanishing or something. --Vanishing on Seventh Street.It’s a thriller-slash-horror movie. --How did it go? --Lots of dithering. They didn’t seem as well organized as the people making Crave.They had this huge tent set up next to a multiplex theater. The theater was one of the sets. We were just milling around, not knowing anything. --You said they were filming in the mall. --But first in the multiplex. --I can see you typecast for a role in a movie theatre. --OK, now— --One take is all they’d need. All they have to do is give you about five minutes. It’s the perfect role for you as an extra. --They’d call it a sleeping role. --See? It could be big for you. Huge. The phone would be ringing off the hook. "We need you for a sleeping role at a barbecue. ...