You know .. especially the people that buy them. They were the two stars so they couldn't take the focus off of them. I don't know what Russell's up to. I: The editing in the film is a little off sometimes. Okay, you recently turned your attention to yet another craft; wood carving. Invited to the conference to share his own experiences and perspectives, Eric was pleased to have the opportunity to speak on a topic close to his heart. My birth name is Ray Dean Thrasher while my adopted legal name is Eric Kurt Schweig. You can find some of his films, including his two favorites, "Tom and Huck" and "Pontiac Moon", listed He doesn't speak any English so it was hard to, it's hard to color a picture if you only have one color crayon. I had no idea. He's the guy that showed us how to Yeah, they cut that out, they must have. Previous to this "formal" interview, we had had several long conversations with Eric, focusing primarily on his hand carved Inuit masks. I haven't met them yet, but I'm going to sit down and try to talk to them and try to get them out of their shells somehow. ES: Oh yeah. [Laughter]. MP: It is really scary to be a parent now. He's pretty intense. We were particularly struck by his comments pertaining to children which seemed It's also the truth that you have to do something about it. ES: He's more meticulous, he's a perfectionist to the power of 10. We need to come together as a global indigenous community. What else? you have to bring to the forefront. On days when it got really hot they would carry two or three guys off with the heat. Or was it a sex scene? The copy we were given is very poor, and was somewhat difficult to transcribe. MP: The scenes filmed at Cameron's Cabin; you've got the night scene when you guys gather around the table, then the next day when the Lt. is trying to recruit colonials to support the British Army, and then later on, when you guys revisit the cabin and MP: Do you see that on the other end of the spectrum too, with the elderly? of symbolic imagery. Copyright 1997 - 2020 by MP: We've heard about those. You should do a mask. In fact, he stayed at that, not a chateau What's the name of that I: Where there any significant problems with the movie? And, I play a lot of guitar. For some, those are scenes that evoke a sense of the times more than any other .. they really hit you. You seem to be down on period pieces because they cast Indians in loin cloths and stuff like that. It was the 1700's, so unless you're over 200 years old you can't really say what went on back there. STOREFRONT || MP: She's working with you with these kids? So, you have the tradition to work with. but are you interjecting your own mood? I: And I presume the Hurons were speaking French? Like the kiss between Hawkeye and Cora? Certainly, we have a new found appreciation for interviewers! He was somewhat reticent, probably because of the time lapse, about He was somewhat reticent, probably because of the time lapse, about He was in good humor throughout. Smokies, or that Uncas does indeed leave to rescue a daughter of Munro ahead of Hawkeye & Chingachgook in the novel. It's there with each of these kids, though, and they'll carry that with them. And it's really hard, I guess it's hard, I've never been a parent, but it'd be hard to differentiate your child's freedom and their safety. So, when you carve .. are you trying to recreate an exact image of another mask? ES: I don't know, they should have stuck it in there. went to a school to speak in Denver. E: Something like that. MP: Okay! ES: Well, the doors are opening now. He was just a guy. How is he different from them? Suddenly, surprisingly, Alice gives a look to her sister and jumps off after him. They sort of fashioned him after Tony Soprano, I think. We could work out something. I am a resource assistant for youth, I work in the street. I don't Or, at least wonder why he says it! Do you really feel as though you're making a departure from yourself? As a former foster child himself, he knows all too well the obstacles that youth can face when growing up in care. . You see a lot of people, like I was telling Gail the other day, you see the PMRC , the Parents Music Resource Center, and Tipper Gore and her butt head husband and they're running around bands like Marilyn Manson, and they're banning them from Even at night. I: I saw the movie three times and honed in on the role of Uncas. I: Do you think European women would have been able to stand such a life style? They scratched the money together and made T-shirts. EARLY Hollywood for many years, echoed public perception and stereotyped the culture. I lived in hostels and I was an alcoholic until 14 years ago. the answers, and everybody does that well, basically as human beings we know the difference between right and wrong. E: I think they wanted that, but the height did come into it. There's not enough of us. COURIER || I thought it would stink! them to do. MP: Cast as the Indian all the time, but you'd prefer to be offered a role because you're a good actor? MP: Did you get closer to Jodhi May would you say, than to say, Madeleine Stowe? I'll see you at the movies.". MP: Though we feel The Last of the Mohicans is your best film, certainly the most popular MP: I sense a certain dissatisfaction within you regarding that film. Personal use on your own home PC is permissible! They would have liked to have seen that scene kept in or at least the relationship more developed, alongside Hawkeye and Cora's. Yeah, you know, I am a good guy. 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 hope all who read this feel they've gained more insight, or a better ES: Oh, that took all night. anti-anybody. 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? 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. (A boyish laughter interrupts the train of thought.). It's retarded. Teile diese Show mit deinen Freunden. MP: Granted, we've held this film up to extreme scrutiny, but how do you reconcile this meticulous behavior with some of the flaws, like the blue cap and megaphone at Massacre Valley, that made it into the final cut? Personal use on your own home PC is permissible! MP: Have you remained in contact with either one? If that's all you can get then, yeah, that's a problem. It could have been developed more. Where are you? I love jamming. Yeah, I love playing blues. Eric Schweig is a Canadian actor of mixed Inuvialuk, Chippewa-Dene and German heritage. Historical films will always be. I walked the streets with holes in my shoes and I stood in line at soup kitchens. Like this week. there's 7 or 8 guys that I'm going to speak with. ES: Yeah, they taught us how to pack the wadding and the powder and the ball and all that kind of stuff. Please Note: This interview is the property of Mohican Press. And you know, most of them are but where most of them will do 3 or 4 takes of something, whether it's a close up or an establishing shot he'll take 12 [laughs] . or 13. If there's any kind of panic, it started at the top with the producers. They had a pool and a waterfall. When not doing that, she's writing books on classic Hollywood, including Lew Ayres: Hollywood's. "ALL THESE CHARACTERS ARE BASED ON FICTION!". If you go onto a reservation and you see the dogs and their heads are hanging, that's a bad sign . you know, people don't care about them. 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. ES: Well, that's hard to say because mostly all I did was run. We were down there for about a month and we worked with this guy with a beard who was a real outdoorsman. On the featurette that is included with the THX video, you say something to the effect that director Michael Mann has created a monumental work. I thought I was forgotten, apparently not. Sometimes I felt like I wanted to scream or something. RIGHTS RESERVED - Use of material elsewhere - including text, images, and People, Indian or otherwise, are not born to hate each other. 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. To his credit, he has appeared in over 30 movies over a span of twenty years. infringement! private or he was. They sort of fashioned him after Tony Soprano, I think. I: Have you seen the whole film unedited? That's why we had, sometimes, 15 or 16 hour days. I: How did you feel about the battle scenes, especially the scenes when the deposed British troops are leaving the fort and the Hurons are waiting for them? MP: Do you recall any special problems that were presented by the rugged terrain that LOTM was filmed in? Eric was forthcoming and, we believe, candid in his responses; gracious, and willing to discuss everything we asked. I can't remember. I play an Alaskan conservationist who comes to help him out, because the mining company starts poisoning all his wolves. The scenes the way it was shot. MP: We've read that you have been involved in a children's drama group. COLLECTIBLES || E: No, I didn't. Or do you instead allow your own mood, your color preferences .. that sort of thing, to blend with tradition and then the result being a unique it's burnt out. That's no lie either. I think a lot of them are. I love. What's he like on the set?" I was homeless when I was a kid. Want To Purchase One Of Eric's Videos? Deidre phoned me up and told me . it's a contemporary thing where I play a sheriff. You know I told everybody when this started. before it was a tad more difficult than we'd anticipated. So what if the film was not shot in the It'll probably never happen, but if it came around, I would. ES: He was intense. Twitter @VinceSchilling TikTok @VinceSchilling Email vschilling@indiancountrytoday.com he is also the opinions editor , to submit email: opinion@indiancountrytoday.com. MP: Are the original masks, the ones you are recreating are they in museums in Russia? But there are so many questions we would like to ask of him! You know what? I see a lot of people who look all over the place for answers, except inside themselves. ES: Or even Vern. 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 It's pretty cool, and that's part of the whole process. E: I'll stay in movies until I can get enough money to buy a ranch in Montana, live the life of a hermit get 10 or 15 dogs sounds good, doesn't it? Titel: 500 Nations - Die Geschichte der Indianer - Staffel 0 Folge 3 : Episode 3; Luftdatum: Renommierte Gste: Fernsehsender: CBS. Just HUGE games. Out of all the scenes that you did, what was the most difficult? E: Yes, but I got restless. ES: Well .. it was more or less just business to me because nothing's ever historically correct. You should do THIS!" Okay, I just want to backtrack just a little bit. Available - Free Downloads Only! E: I think it was a mix. E: I've just finished this thing in Atlanta, Georgia, maybe two months ago, called Shenandoah. I'm into it. wasn't the only time he did that. And I'm a damn hand with a harmonica! ES: First of all, sober as a judge. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. 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. E: Oh, yeah. All I expect from anybodyand this is what I like about Blackstoneis that people on the show can do their job. MP: You know, in some ways though, contemporary pieces are worse because they're filled with all sorts of horrors and things that wouldn't happen in a million years. You've said previously that you've worked with wood since you were "knee-high" and that it was something that came naturally to you. Things got ugly sometimes and I don't sit around like some of these lap dogs. ES: If I'm not working, yep! So, pretty soon, if you start looking inside yourself for like boxing in a telephone booth. recreating history, however inaccurately it may be, and it's different than reading a book it's visual and it IS just art, so it doesn't necessarily have to be totally historically accurate .. For example, in the movie Braveheart, MP: Do you think society all societies. have lost their sense of nurturing and protecting. or seeing children for what they are? Yeah, she was younger and a little more easier going so you could rap with her about more things than with Madeleine Stowe. Director: David Winning | Stars: Kevin Sorbo, Tom Sizemore, Aleks Paunovic, Ami Dolenz 2. I was born in Inuvik NWT in 1967 and moved south to Ontario with my adoptive family in the early 70s. I'm getting sick of looking at the same usual suspects all the time. We actually talked them out of that! I: Well, obviously you did most of all the work yourself, but did you have a stunt person? We, and certainly your fans, appreciate it. I'll do it. It could have been shot better. MP: Yeah, it was a good scene. Just like a long haired actor .. if the only thing anybody wanted him to play is a drug crazed hippie from the 60s, you know, Was the fort built for the film? [Laughs] He was just with us. But that's all right. There's this woman Claudia who's the MP: Yeah! them in the first place. The Indians were ambushed by Russians. As you've read in the interview, a film project is likely to materialize. They just. a lot of it was really dark but it was incredible. He expects the same from his cast and his crew. ES: No. That would've been really cool if they'd have done that. But, nobody went to work. There's absolutely no guarantee, but if I'm not doing anything MP: Well, I hate to say "great" that you're not working, but if you're not working it would be great if you could come. We found the one-year teacher retention rate at GDL in 2010-2011 was 79%; Green Dot Locke teachers, overall, were more highly educated than their . I don't know what he does now, but he was when we were on the set. Just throw out a couple of opinions on working with her. My mother died of alcoholism and she was homeless as well. All kids want to do now is rap, which is great and I understand when you turn 15 or 16 you want to express yourself. It was a real pleasure to have the opportunity to talk with Eric. It will be cool because it will be the first time I'll be on a set and.. abstaining. MP: Yeah, Chimney Rock. ES: You know what? shit and it makes me nuts. 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