i'm catching up at work here - but as soon as i get a chance i'll be blogging here - along with corresponding pics ... but here's a small taste to begin with :
Wed night i get an email from my friend Chris. (Fango writer)
"are you and your camera free Friday morning ? We're having breakfast with Tobe Hooper"
It turned out to be 11:00 friday - long after breakfast - but we were on !
So it begins :
Friday Aug 22 9:00AM
- Stop at Drs ... get needle in knee. fun.
10:00AM
- drive downtown - get to hotel about an hour early
- sit in lobby - Sid Haig walks by (picking up mail) looks right at me - so i say 'hi'
10:20AM
- Chris shows - we sit and shoot the shit for a while - he calls Tobe's publicist and we're told he'll be down in a bit.
11:10AM (or there about)
- We're ushered up to Tobe's room ... it's about a 5 mile walk through winding corridors - felt like the scene in Spinal Tap where they can't find the stage.
We finally get there - and knock several times - looks like he isnt going to open the door.
- finally it does open and there he is ... a really nice, friendly, down to earth guy. It's a comfortable, informal atmosphere. The publicist leaves us 3 alone .. Chris thought we'd only need 15 minutes but we ran a lot longer as Tobe was very easy to talk to - making it less of an interview and more like a really interesting chat. I took a pile of pictures - playing with the light values ... got a couple i liked.
The article ran in the Sunday Morning Toronto Star - but they ended up using some stock photos - which didnt bother me in the least - i already know how these things work. I was just thrilled to be there. (and got to chat with Tobe myself - without feeling out of place) He was also interested in seeing the pics i took which i like...
so - here are a couple of the pics :
Chris and Tobe getting started
This is the pic that Chris, myself, the publicist, and Tobe himself liked and figured they would use.
More of Tobe later at the Con !