Mobsters and Mormons promotional screening
Last night I saw myself in a big movie, speaking lines with big actors, thus enlarging the size of my head. At least, my head was really big on a big screen.
I enjoyed the film a lot. I thought there were a lot of very funny scenes, that it was a riot on the whole, and also that it held together while being poigniant, which is a very difficult thing for a comedy to do.
Afterwards a friend asked if it was weird to see myself on the screen. Yes, it was disorienting – the shots for my scene were assembled with a timing and sequence different from what I imagined, and the improvised lines weren’t used. I was so distracted wondering about the cause it took me a long while to suspend disbelief again.
Good shots and lines can be taken out of films if they break editorial continuity – not matching other shots, etc. It can be painful but better the film.
I’ll look forward to seeing the official Utah premiere without my distractions, on the 7th.
