The Man Behind the Chin

If Chins Could Kill
Like I've probably stated in the past, though maybe not, I do enjoy a good book from time to time and this absolutely fascinating and funny autobiography of B-movie star Bruce Campbell was practically impossible for me to put down. I'd always wanted to read Campbell's autobiography since I first heard of it in 2002 and for the past two weeks it's been quite an entertaining literary experience.

Former New York Times bestseller "If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor" is a highly detailed personal account of Bruce's humble beginnings in Detroit making Super 8mm films with Sam Raimi, to his breakthrough into cult status with The Evil Dead Trilogy, and even gives us a taste of his career in television. Bruce gives hilarious stories about the B-movie world thrown in with some of his experiences on set and even some of the famous faces he's met along the way; Charlton Heston, Paul Newman, and of course the Coen Brothers. Why even throws in a plethora of photos, pictures and conversations he's had with various people in the biz.

This book if anything I found to be quite inspiring, it's a brutally honest piece about the world of film but it still manages to keep a grand sense of humor. I mean just a regular guy working his way into acting in and making movies shows is quite an impressive tale.. Even if he does just make B-movies, he seems to be passionate about what he does and it shows in his writing and hey, I can dig that.

I'm not sure why I've been so into non-fiction lately, being that the last three books I've read were all true stories. I guess I find that some of the most interesting stuff is the stuff that you can't make up.

This and That

Just thought I'd give a quick update before I go back to rarely posting here. I just wanted to thank anyone who happened to read my 31 Days of Otteniween which was a little tedious to write, but it definitely got me into the spooky holiday season. I knocked another nine movies of "Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moment" leaving me with about 25 left, but there's always next year. I had the pleasure of going to the SIFF theater to catch a double feature of Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein back on the 24th and it was an interesting experience. I managed to get out to Remlinger Farms to check out all the overpriced folksy doodads, preserves and vegetables and had a pretty solid Halloween. My family and I carved pumpkins, I headed over to my dad's to film and take pictures of his decorations, we had like a bunch of cold cuts and cheeses for some reason and then I watched Planet Terror and a Ed Wood which somehow has become like a tradition.

Tomorrow of course will be the Election and I can't wait for all this to finally come to an end. Not only to see if my man Obama is elected but also so I can stop getting calls from all these local polling places. They even called to tell me to "remember to vote tomorrow" yeah like I'm gonna forget. "Uhhh now I know I had to do something today, but I just can't put my finger on it..." all this hectic political jazz has been going on for some time now and I'm glad we'll have some idea of where our countries heading tomorrow.

So who knows the next time I'll update this blog, maybe soon, maybe not for another couple of weeks... Possibly even months it's hard to say, I'd also like to take this chance to announce that I will not be participating in "No Shave November" for undisclosed reasons. I hope everyone enjoys this pleasant fall season and I'll catch you on the flip side.