Batman Begins Thanks from Larry Holden

[zer00]

I have to say although Finch isn't in it alot, it was kinda one of the scenes that made me go "This is an adult Batman". By that I mean the way 'his exit' is played out. There were no theatrics or anything, just "god damn".

Exactly my feelings.

 

[Shedhut]

Youre the man Larry! I wish you the best in your directing career. So many people waste so much money on soooooo unuseful films. Im looking forward to see some work with your trademark

 

[LarryHolden]

Exactly my feelings.

Thanks. Chris is the man, And his team is incredible. Glad you dug it. LH

 

[LarryHolden]

Youre the man Larry! I wish you the best in your directing career. So many people waste so much money on soooooo unuseful films. Im looking forward to see some work with your trademark

Wow. Thanks. I hope you end up liking them, but they are very very different films, trust me. Far from being action oriented, etc. Most would prbably find them boring as hell. Stay in touch, and I'll let you know how you can eventually snag a copy. NEtflix and Block bister and others have been trying to get my first film, My Father's House, but I have to sort out some legal things first (with some of my unknown but pain the butt actors, one or two of them, anyway). Most people have no idea that Cameron Diaz is in it, because we don't advertise that. She has a cameo in it. (we're old friends, and we just wanted to hang out and goof off a bit one day, so she was sweet enough to fly in from LA). You can check out some of the pics at holdenautomoive.com, although that damn site is going to be revamped soon. looks like crap now, especially that picture section. I just suck at that stuff, and have friends help me from time to time. Anyway, thanks so much. Way cool of you. Best, LH

 

[Zilleraut #66]

sorry for all the typo's, guys, i'm not a good typer and i'm trying to both answer both my private emails and stay on here. i'm not dyslexic (spelling? ha), i'm just sloppy and only use two fingers. pathetic, i know. ha. LH

It's no big deal. You make mistakes just like everyone else. I know that you have a busy schedule, but if there is any way that you can keep us updated on your up coming projects please do so. I'm pretty sure that you've made a ton of fans right here by posting and being so down to earth. I for one will never forget it and I would also like to thank you again for taking some time for us.

 

[LarryHolden]

It's no big deal. You make mistakes just like everyone else. I know that you have a busy schedule, but if there is any way that you can keep us updated on your up coming projects please do so. I'm pretty sure that you've made a ton of fans right here by posting and being so down to earth. I for one will never forget it and I would also like to thank you again for taking some time for us.

My pleasure, trust me. You can always check in at my site, www.holdenautomotive.com. It says I'm in Amsterdam now, because I have a few stalkers who have been scaring us to death. So we try and keep them fooled. Guess they know that now, too, probably, but I haven't said where we are, at least. Ha. Again, thanks. Everybody here has been so cool to me. Appreciate it. I have never done this before. Way cool. Best, LH.

 

[Shedhut]

Wow. Thanks. I hope you end up liking them, but they are very very different films, trust me. Far from being action oriented, etc. Most would prbably find them boring as hell. Stay in touch, and I'll let you know how you can eventually snag a copy. NEtflix and Block bister and others have been trying to get my first film, My Father's House, but I have to sort out some legal things first (with some of my unknown but pain the butt actors, one or two of them, anyway). Most people have no idea that Cameron Diaz is in it, because we don't advertise that. She has a cameo in it. (we're old friends, and we just wanted to hang out and goof off a bit one day, so she was sweet enough to fly in from LA). You can check out some of the pics at holdenautomoive.com, although that damn site is going to be revamped soon. looks like crap now, especially that picture section. I just suck at that stuff, and have friends help me from time to time. Anyway, thanks so much. Way cool of you. Best, LH

I acctually dig alot of non-action-orientated movies which many people would consider boring. I just made my comment above because I'd love to shoot films by myself (just bought a super8) and I'm often dissapointed and sad when I see people who have the opportunity to create something and waste alot of money for crap (especially in Hollywood). Looking forward to seeing your films if its possible (I guess you had the opportunity to learn from the best ) .

 

[bbb]

cool, never knew you had an interest in filmmaking and video editing, i've just recently made 2 short films, directed and edited them both but they arn't anything special, i'm still learning but i'll try and upload them to the net for you to check them out, in process of writing another short but would like to do a music video to a song i recorded at college first, would love to check out MY FATHER'S HOUSE


BTW any forum members know a good site to upload video files to the net?

 

[Shedhut]

"What a gift! What a joy! Just when the cinematic landscape feels like a vast, boring desert of sameness, along comes a triumph of low budget brilliance like Larry Holden's "My Father's House" -- a beautiful, delicate study of men's lives and relationships. The film was so good I could hardly believe it. I held my breath as I watched it, waiting for a false note, a weak line delivery, or a sentimental moment. But there was none. Holden probes his central characters' emotions without a single misstep. Watch carefully because this film is as subtle as our most interesting interactions in life. Holden understands that with men in particular, everything or almost everything emotional is hidden under the surface, between the lines, in the depths -- and the miracle (and this film is miraculous) is that he finds a way to take us down there into the emotional depths of his characters' lives to help us to see what is going on inside them. The succession of scenes may at first seem random or haphazard, but shot by shot Holden wonderfully weaves the strands together to tell the story of a life. One of the truest, subtlest, best films I've seen in years."

If you havent paid the man to write that, I absolutely have to see that film

 

[LarryHolden]

If you havent paid the man to write that, I absolutely have to see that film

I know, I know, trust me. He was way too kind. But I should have paid him! Ha. Best, LH

 

[LarryHolden]

cool, never knew you had an interest in filmmaking and video editing, i've just recently made 2 short films, directed and edited them both but they arn't anything special, i'm still learning but i'll try and upload them to the net for you to check them out, in process of writing another short but would like to do a music video to a song i recorded at college first, would love to check out MY FATHER'S HOUSE


BTW any forum members know a good site to upload video files to the net?

Great! Congrats! Get them to me. Would love to see them. Send them to my agent, though, okay? Because I have some crazy stalers out there these days, or else I would have you send them to where I'm at these days. But yeah, send them! Thanks. LH

 

[bbb]

Great! Congrats! Get them to me. Would love to see them. Send them to my agent, though, okay? Because I have some crazy stalers out there these days, or else I would have you send them to where I'm at these days. But yeah, send them! Thanks. LH

is there a address for your agent as i can't seem to find one on your website?

 

[LarryHolden]

I acctually dig alot of non-action-orientated movies which many people would consider boring. I just made my comment above because I'd love to shoot films by myself (just bought a super8) and I'm often dissapointed and sad when I see people who have the opportunity to create something and waste alot of money for crap (especially in Hollywood). Looking forward to seeing your films if its possible (I guess you had the opportunity to learn from the best ) .

Thanks, but I'm just learning, too. It never stops. But I have always tried to ignore the "rules" when it comes to my won films. Not that I re-invent the wheel or anything, but I make them to please me - because so many times as an actor you have to do stuff you hate to pay the bills (or, for me, to pay for my films). Esspecially most of the Hollywood stuff. But I no longer blame Hollywood. I blame audiences for paying to see crap. The suits and ties want to make money, and that's all. So if people stop going to see crap, they will stop making it. Simple as that. John Cassavetes once said, They would make a movie about all the studio heads get executed if they thought people would pay to see it. And he was right. Anyway, send your address to me at : [email protected], and I'll send you a copy. But know that I'm not a big fan of that first film. I like it, don't love it, and it took me two years to even say that. But Paige Moss is great in it (Buff The Vampire Slayer), and Howard Keel, too (who died recently), and Cameron Diaz (cameo), and Josh Charles (deleted scene on dvd), and my nephew, Ryan is great (he had never acted before)...and Robert David Hall from CSI. You might just like it, who knows? But please be gentle with your review. Ha. Best, Larry Holden.

 

[LarryHolden]

is there a address for your agent as i can't seem to find one on your website?

yeah, somebody just posed it somewhere on this thread. look forward to getting it all! thanks. LH

 

[Kirk Langstrom (2)]

Man, thanks so much. Appreciate it. I always think I suck. Michigan... TEd Nugent and Bob Seger country to me. Never been there. Do you live near that Ambassador Bridge? One of my best friends, actor Josh Charles, did a movie with Stevie Baldwin and Jason Gedrick there called Crossing The Bridge. Make a movie there and hire me! I'd love to see where the Motor City Madman (Nugent) calls home (even though I haven't been a fan since I was eighteen, and he's out of control these days with his whole Republican b'sh't. Ha. Thanks again for the kind words. (Man, you guys a re gerat for the ego!). Best, Larry Holden.

Hey Larry, I live across the border from Detroit, in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, and I can see the Ambassador Bridge from my window! The Super Bowl is in Detroit next January...come visit!!

 

[LarryHolden]

Hey Larry, I live across the border from Detroit, in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, and I can see the Ambassador Bridge from my window! The Super Bowl is in Detroit next January...come visit!!

Damn! Great! Just have a film or somehting for me to do while I'm there, so I don't have to listen to my agents *****, and I'll come, seriously. Why not? It would be crazy, but cool, I think. And I love to travel. And that is one of the last states I have to visit. Thanks! Stay in touch. Best, LH

 

[Batman2005]

larryholden, like i said, a phonecall wouldn't have been as much use since i had no questions to ask you. the pics are way better, and despite the flaming directed at me (pure entertainment), I'm simply chuffed that I nagged you into posting that pic. so respect for the pic.

did u ever get a chance to chill out w/ gary oldman? is he as smooth as he is on screen?

 

[LarryHolden]

Alright, everybody. Thanks for waking me up this morning. Have to do a few things (I'm off from my new film for a few days. I'm the boss, I can do that. Ha.) with the missus, namely spend time with her! And she's trying to get me to fight the crowds and see the film with a real audience. So... maybe today. Will let you know. And I'll try to check in later. Thanks again. You folks surely warmed up my heart. And I mean that. Very cool site with loads of cool people on it. It's been fun. Until then, best, LH.

 

[Shedhut]

Anyway, send your address to me at : [email protected], and I'll send you a copy.

I'll do it. Thanks alot. Hollywood needs more actors like you.

 

[spanish39]

Hey Larry, I have a question.

I have this story, not so much script, that I'm working on. I havent even really started it yet cause I know it would work better as a film than a book. Problem is a book is easier to have published than a film is to have made. I have specific actors I think of when I do think of the characters and how they would help the characters evolve, or become more of what I have in mind. I know if I were to sell a script that the actors I have in mind would not all be involved, maybe a few, but it would be hard./ There not even all A-list so to speak but thats how it goes I guess. Anyway...

...what I'm getting at is this. I haven't started writing and it's all in my head when I'm bored or smoking a cigerette or going to sleep. I know it's good and I keep coming up with more and more and changing things I originally thought of. David Goyer said just start writing it andI told him I have a begining and an end but in between is kind of random ideas. He said just have an outline and go from there.

Should I even start wasting my free time by writing this story/script that I know may not ever go anywhere as far as getting to the public or work and pay my bills and try and just keep a balnced life hanging out instead?I believe in this story very much and it's very different from the rest of the crap thats out in hollywood, oh, it has absolutly nothing to do with comics in any way at all either. It's more reality based and it deals with different kinds of relationships between people ann how things never go right in life and you deal with it anyway and the things that do are never the things you ask for and so on...I just feel it would be such a waste to dive into something so time consuming to have nothing come of it. How hard is it to shop a script or a book? I don't even know how to write in proper script form.

What do you suggest as a regular guy who is into indi film making and an actor as well, from all sides?

 

[LarryHolden]

Hey Larry, I have a question.

I have this story, not so much script, that I'm working on. I havent even really started it yet cause I know it would work better as a film than a book. Problem is a book is easier to have published than a film is to have made. I have specific actors I think of when I do think of the characters and how they would help the characters evolve, or become more of what I have in mind. I know if I were to sell a script that the actors I have in mind would not all be involved, maybe a few, but it would be hard./ There not even all A-list so to speak but thats how it goes I guess. Anyway...

...what I'm getting at is this. I haven't started writing and it's all in my head when I'm bored or smoking a cigerette or going to sleep. I know it's good and I keep coming up with more and more and changing things I originally thought of. David Goyer said just start writing it andI told him I have a begining and an end but in between is kind of random ideas. He said just have an outline and go from there.

Should I even start wasting my free time by writing this story/script that I know may not ever go anywhere as far as getting to the public or work and pay my bills and try and just keep a balnced life hanging out instead?I believe in this story very much and it's very different from the rest of the crap thats out in hollywood, oh, it has absolutly nothing to do with comics in any way at all either. It's more reality based and it deals with different kinds of relationships between people ann how things never go right in life and you deal with it anyway and the things that do are never the things you ask for and so on...I just feel it would be such a waste to dive into something so time consuming to have nothing come of it. How hard is it to shop a script or a book? I don't even know how to write in proper script form.

What do you suggest as a regular guy who is into indi film making and an actor as well, from all sides?

Wow... sounds like a story I would love. I really have to run soon (the wife ran out to do an errand, and I promised her I would be ready when she got back. If you saw her, you would know why I try to listen. Ha), but let me say this: My sound man was interviewed last year and asked about working with me, and he said one of the nicest things about me ever in my opinion, God bless him - he basically said that I was like a blues or jazz director, and so he felt honored. And then he went on to explain that. He said that there is no real pay off for me financially, and that I only do it for the love of telling my stories on film, etc. So, that's my advice. F#@k selling it. Make it, buddy. Keep control and make it with barbie and ken dolls if you have to. But keep it, and own it. It's never easy selling things to those money hungry jerks in Hollywood. And unless it has dollar signs all over it, they will not care. It sounds like a great idea, an important one in these times. So keep pushing, finish it. And screw the typical way to write scripts. None of that matters. Actors should respond to the story, that's all, not how it's displayed and in what format. And plus, believe it or not, most people write production scripts, not author scripts. Meaning, leave out all camera stuff, like an author would, not a production guy por gal, and just tell the story as simply as possible. Ig you do feel the need to, though, try and find this book by Rick Schmidt (spelling?) called Formatting your Screenplay, which will explain it all very simply. Don't base it on what other people are doing. You ought to see my scripts! They look like outlines, really. Ex. "John looks at Bill and says something about how much he dug the new Batman movie. But Bill just shakes his head and says, Are you serious? I thought that Holden guy wrecked the whole film!" Ha. But keep it simple. But never give up. The world is full of quitters, quitters of their own dreams, people that just settle for paying bills and watching football on Sunday - if the wife and the kids will let him! Ha. Don't ever settle. Think "big," or end up "small." Theres a great Van Morrison song that says, For the healing, go back to the dreaming. And he's right. Whenever you're down about crap, think about your film, and sit down and chop some wood. can't wait to see it. Write a role for me! Ha. Best, Larry Holden.

 

[LarryHolden]

larryholden, like i said, a phonecall wouldn't have been as much use since i had no questions to ask you. the pics are way better, and despite the flaming directed at me (pure entertainment), I'm simply chuffed that I nagged you into posting that pic. so respect for the pic.

did u ever get a chance to chill out w/ gary oldman? is he as smooth as he is on screen?

no worries. it was funny. gary oldman... well, no offense to the rest of the gang... but i was so bummed him and i didn't get a chance to hang out. hell, i never even got a chance to meet him. we had different schedules. cillian and i, along with richard brake (a cool cat who played joe chill) were all acting like kids at the thought of being in a film with one of the masters. like, "can you believe it? we're in a film with oldman...! alright, gotta roll. best to you, buddy, and don't let them razz ya too much. it's all good. best, larry.

 

[spanish39]

Thank you Larry......thank you, I will do more with my story and just see where it leads me. I'm sure I can think of something for you, I still need a hard cop who has his own share of problems and has to deal with a new partner as well as his boss in his face all the time while still dealing to figure out whats going on with what my story involves. Very minor character, infact police play a very miniscule part of the story, but cops are always watching what people do so it only makes sense to have them involved one way or another. I only add what is absolutly vital to the story telling to make the story evolve and progress. I would need to see more of your work and how you are to judge just how you would help this character evolve from just a basic one. I have a pretty good ideaso far now from Insomnia and Batman and your personality via message boards but I'll see what I can do, you seem like a pretty good guy and I'm kind of caught up in thought on this particular character anyway as to who he is and what he does though he is the most important of the 3 cops I need.

Im rambling now, anyway, I qppreciate your words of motivation Larry.
I'll just add a little as I go along even if takes a couple of years lol.

Thanks for everything bro.

 

[Shedhut]

So, that's my advice. F#@k selling it. Make it, buddy. Keep control and make it with barbie and ken dolls if you have to.

Thats my advice as well. You shouldn't do it for the money anyway. If you love to make a film do it for you and your friends. Dont think of actors who could play this or that role. Think of people you know who'd participate instead. I also wrote a screenplay and I wrote all the characters inspired by people I know. Furthermore I wrote the whole script regarding the fact that I have not much money to put in the film. Anything else would end in dissapointment.

 

[bbb]

hey Batman2005 ,

did u really send a laptop to some guy posing as jack nicholson?