No orchids were harmed.....MY LAI FOUR-the movie
hi forum,
here is the reason why i was absent for 5 weeks, coz we were shooting the movie "MY LAI FOUR",
and as i said, no orchids were harmed or animals, i made sure of that, i actually saved 2 snakes.
this film is about the massacre in march 1968 in a small village in vietnam called "My Lai" and lasted originally 4 hours, hence the title. its a true story and maybe some of you heard about it. it was big news way back then. in 1970 the author Seymour M Hersh won the pulitzer prize for his book about this horrible event.
oliver stone wanted to shoot this film at some point, but didnt and the producer gianni palucci bought the rights and we were pretty exact on the facts of the book, only a few characters were invented like mine ("badessa").
our location was in los banos, laguna in the phillippines, which was a perfect setting and the art director did a fantastic job, including building a whole identical village plus hellicopter etc.
we all worked hard under the sun and pretty much same condition as in real army life, except pasta for lunch, hehe.
but of course we had a lot of fun and grew together over the weeks, luckily only a few wounds were brought home as souvenirs.
to keep it short, the movie should come out in LA by october, then europe etc.
i just wanna share some moments here and i hope you all enjoy the shots, i really missed the action and thrill!
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