The maelstrom is over—for now. Included here are a few more mentions of my video, Who Do You Think You're Fooling?, from Film Threat, Information and Time Out.

Way to go Film Threat! With only having my tape for over a year—this tiny mention is all they've done for what could have been their biggest story. Hell, we haven't even begun to beat a dead horse in only the way FT can.

Rumor has it there might be mention in further issues of FT and FTVG but beware of half-truths & big ole phat lies from our boys at "Stranger Than Fiction" films. Who's that? None other than Todd "The Tool" Phillips and Andrew "Numb Nuts" Gurland. We're not in a position to back-stab so we'll just name call. According to the Joe Bob Briggs Report's review of Phillips' video Hated, Todd actually worked for Miramax—did he ever! I think he was working his hardest keeping them happy about the situation at the NY Underground Film Fest. If you're totally lost, you definitely need to read CdC #3 and read how I was fucked over—it's not a pretty story. Am I bitter? Yes I am! But if what goes around comes around, Phillips will soon have a red hot poker up his ass and my name will be on the handle. He's already got a lawsuit against him by the Anthology Film Archives and people constantly calling and berating him for not having Who Do You... in the "Short & Nasty" traveling NYUFF festival (heh-heh-heh).

Despite not having a film whose main character was a creepy 55-year-old pedophile, the fest did attract some controversy before the party had even begun. The object of all the attention? A 12-minute documentary by Mike White (careful readers may remember Mike from our "I Wanna Review Movies" pictorial) called Who Do You Think You're Fooling? By now, everyone is too aware of the Reservoir Dogs/City on Fire controversy, but only Mike decided to intercut both films together and have it run as a very funny and insightful piece. Let's just say, East meets West on some very common ground. A week before the festival began, local press picked up on the film, which subsequently had inquiries coming from Entertainment Tonight, Hard Copy and a variety of other national news organizations. In an effort to try and diffuse the attention, Phillips considered pulling the film, saying, "Look, I like what Tarantino does. He's a great director. There's no need for this negative concentration." To both Phillip's and Gurland's credit, they refused to allow the TV press to focus on the film but decided to go ahead with the screening. Naturally, it sold out, and the boys had to add several more screenings.

Special Thanks to... if you see this little toady, give him a kick in the pants for me, okay. Of course, I'm not as bitter as all this (though I have every right to be)—it just makes good reading.

Other QT news is thanks to Rich Osmond for letting me know that the "blow torch & a pair of pliers" line was originally in Don Siegel's Charley Varrick, and Eric Garczynski says that the Ezekiel 25:17 speech is from the Sonny Chiba vehicle The Bodyguard. Special thanks also to Jim McLennan and Gritt Uldall-Jessen for the clippings! They're much appreciated!