Posts by Jacqui Dunn
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"I'm not sure if "my petition is bigger than your petition" is particularly useful."
Haven't looked at the petition myself, but had a chat with a rellie who worked on previous Jackson productions (and who is now very definitely not interested in being part of any more) and it would seem that everyone who has had anything to do with film before, has an opinion on the actors' actions. Add up the participants in any film crew, and chances are, unless it's something with a cast of thousands (but remember, many of them will be doing it just for the hell of it, and going back to their day job), actors will always be totally outnumbered.
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"...film industry workers can't afford good intentions and toxic levels of naivety from their representatives"
Agreed. What is needed now are clear and cool heads, some investigation of the whos, whats and whys, and a weeding out of the erroneous, of which there is much. I think a lot of heat has come about because of the general confusion from everyone, and I include all parties.
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"It's almost as if someone wanted to put a stop to all that ..."
If it's the choice between a conspiracy and a cock-up....I know which one I would choose, but that's because I believe people are basically good.
That this whole thing has stirred up so much phlegm may be just what the industry needs - toughen up, get focussed, get organized and get on with doing what you do best. And that goes for all facets of it.
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"I note a picture of a Jacqui Dunn having a
whale of a good time at the Kaikoura Sea Fest in
The Press today?
Was deepest, darkest, shaky Avondale
sans-a-PASer for the weekend?
If so, was it as much fun as it looked?"Not me! An impostor! I'm nursing a badly broken ankle, and won't be venturing out of D-D-S? (only from passing big trucks on Rosebank Rd) Avondale for a few weeks yet. But gosh Ian, you do get around on the web. You're a star!
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@Craig R: Am I the only one wondering if Kiwi actors would be better served if anyone but the MEAA was doing the talking?
But are they doing the talking? Does anyone know?
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"For example, having been a principal cast member in a successful show such as OF, makes an actor more appealing to TV networks in New Zealand rather than less."
Yes, for a time perhaps. It's when the same actor appears in the next umpteen NZ productions, and the audience starts bellyaching about it, that the work dries up. TV networks can be very sensitive - they are run by human beings, after all :))
Also, are you suggesting that actors are being cheeky worldwide, demanding residuals?
I should stress that this is not the main concern in all this, and I'm not trying to sidetrack any discussion on this thread. There are so many conflicting stories/arguments that I hope and pray sane and considered talk is always on the table, between the parties who should be doing it. Just who those parties are is the question, isn't it?
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"BUT...as a director and producer, who is also an independent contractor, I work with many other highly-skilled contractors in the craft areas of the industry, who work extremely long hours for far less remuneration than actors receive None of these people get residuals or any sort of profit-share. I fail to see why, on policy grounds, this is a benefit that should automatically and exclusively be applied to actors."
Agreed, Simon, but how many of those contractors - not actors, but others - would be recognized every time a film was shown? Surely that is the point of residual payments? An actor who has been in (too) many roles is often passed over for a "newer" face. Unfortunately, actors have a "use-by" date. NZ actors are at a distinct disadvantage compared to overseas actors who get residuals.
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"Some media are reporting the building is a film studio owned by Sir Peter Jackson. A spokeswoman from Weta Digital said it was not one of the company's buildings." NZHerald site
So, not so. Well, maybe not so.....
And by the way, does anyone remember early tv filming - Hunter's Gold - where they used live ammunition for the shootouts?
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Don't know why I didn't see this blog when it first came out, but hopefully it's not so late that everyone's gone home....
My favourite piece of clothing for a long, long time was a green boucle overcoat with a mongolian lamb collar. I wouldn't dream of wearing m. lamb these days (the whole idea is too nasty for words: the skin of unborn lamb, although I suppose sometimes the mothers aborted naturally. I wouldn't like to bet on it though.) I got it in London in the swinging sixties. Patti Boyd - the model who married George Harrison and eventually Eric Clapton (and was the Layla of the song) - used to wear it, and I thought I was the coolest of cool in it when I got back to NZ. However, my brother's girlfriend put me off it completely by saying it looked like Shirley Bassey's housecoat.
I also picked up a pair of the most comfortable black patent sandals in Naples which cost so little it was almost embarrassing. Had them for years and years until the leather wore through. I miss them still.
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Re Shangaan video, all I have to say is sacroilliac!