harvey rochman is a key west recluse. he came down here in the 70's with the rest of the hippies. except, unlike the rest of the hippies, he was stupid rich already. harvey made a boatload o' greenbacks on wall street before he turned 25, and then decided to drop off the face of the earth. harvey then proceeded to produce a few movies (i won't waste my time listing them because i KNOW you've never heard of them....and i also know that no one reads what i write.....you're all "oooh aaaah, look at the pretty picture....blah blah blah.....oooo more pictures!"). anyways, harvey made himself even more rich, and made a couple big name friends along the way. like ed asner. the guy who's in or has produced every movie ever made. he's got like 80 something movie credits to his name. least notably of which, i'd like to mention, is Santa in Will Ferrel's "Elf". haha.
moral of the story is, i think this rochman fellow is a few reindeer short of a full sled-flyin' herd. i got sent by the magazine to take a few photos of him, and he spent the last 5 minutes of the interview trying to convince me to make a 5 minute video of myself reading a script so that he could show it to ed asner and tom hanks because he was just absolutely and unequivically convinced that i was going to be the next big hollywood star. i promptly told him that as much as i'd like to be brainwashed by tom cruise, sleazed on by colin farrell (yep, it's official, "sleazed" is now a verb), and stolen away from my girlfriend by angelina jolie and her lips that are so huge i'm surprised their sheer volume hasn't significantly altered the course of the earth's rotation, I would have to decline his oh-so-generously-far-fetched-and-probably-half-hearted offer. ok, i actually just said "no thanks."
on a brighter note, i'm finishing up my internship here in the big K-E-Y-W-E-S-T (i think maybe you're only supposed to do the spell-out thing for short stuff...like 3 letters or less...oops...). thursday is my last day of work and then i'll be headed back to bbq-texmex-girlfriend land. texas is better than disneyland. no big dumb creepy inflatable creatures running around....well, i guess bush DOES come back to the ranch occasionally....
anyways, i'll see you all soon. unless i decide to go to cuba instead. peace.
1 comments:
Great article!!! I had a talk with this gentleman yesterday and you hit the nail on the head. I am a videographer and I will be shooting an actor reel for a friend that was promised, as you were, a chance to make it in the big time.... Sometimes you just have to go for it! He is quite the character...
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