Tim was also good enough to spend a bit of time answering a few questions about himself and the film.
What is your background in film?
I went to USC Film School and also have a degree in philosophy from there.
Black Velvet is full of faces we have seen in many other things – Ray Wise, Lin Shaye, Chad Lindberg, Lee Arenberg to name but a few. How did they get involved in the project?
We got very lucky. A lot of them were friends of friends. Since we were making an art film (which is different than an independent film), most of them worked for less than normal and helped us get other cool people involved. I think a lot of actors/artists look for funky projects where they can take risks and get weird.
Being a big fan of Ray Wise I have to ask what was it like working with him?
It was amazing. He showed up a few hours early, drank some Miller Lites from a leftover keg at the pool house of the ranch we were shooting at while he hung out by the pool, watched Lee Arenberg (from the Pirates movies) do a scene and then proceeded to eat almost 20 tangerines for a scene. And he nailed his part perfectly.
What is your favourite scene in Black Velvet?
About 10 minutes in there’s a scene with a drug dealer (played by Chad Lindberg with some Hunter S Thompson flair) who’s selling psychedelic worms and carrots on the side of the road. He’s got a strung out half naked chick with him and our main characters try to decide if they’re going to buy anything from him. If that sounds interesting to you, you might like our movie.
What is the first film you remember watching?
I remember vividly seeing the original Batman in the theater with my mom. And I remember my dad renting my first batch of R rated movies: Alien, Terminator, Total Recall and Die Hard.
Favourite sci-fi film?
Return of the Jedi.
You are also behind the excellent Fallout series Nuclear Coleslaw. How did that get started?
The first episode was supposed to be a camera test for Black Velvet but it was so well received that Machinima asked us to make a series out of it. Shooting episode 6 tomorrow (featuring a cameo with our leads from Black Velvet and a weed smoking ghoul).
Top 5 favourite video games?
Fallout, Madden, Civilization, Oregon Trail and the Mario Brothers (1 & 2).
Why do you think we have yet to see a really good film based on a video game?
Bethesda hasn’t asked us to make their official Fallout film yet…
If you had the opportunity to remake any movie which one would it be and why?
Mr. Arkadin by Orson Welles. Its an amazing story but due to budget restraints I think its the only Welles film that wasn’t executed as well as it could have been.
If you were being killed by a movie monster / maniac which one would it be and what are your final words?
Always thought an alien bursting through my chest like in Alien would be cool. “That sucks,” would probably be my final words. I remember saying that as I was bleeding from the head after a near death car accident.
How can John Carpenter get his mojo back?
My buddy Jeff Kongs (whose website 30films.com is pretty funny) turned me on to Carpenter’s Masters of Horror episode Cigarette Burns and it was amazing. Got a feeling Carpenter’s got 1 more burst of films in him.
What are you working on next?
More episodes of Nuclear Coleslaw, a movie version of a play I wrote called DOLL (where the main character gets a voodoo doll that lets him have sex with any girl in the world for 1 night but every time he uses it, he loses a year of his life) and a post-apocalpytic stoner adventure comedy I’m writing with my brother and sister.
When will we be able to see Black Velvet?
We’re playing the festival circuit later this year and then releasing Black Velvet online and On-Demand at the beginning of 2012.
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