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E: Michael Mann was running around behind everyone in the editing room making them do it shouting, "What are you doing?". There's not enough of us. I've read a couple of scripts that were on the money. ES: Yeah. I was adopted at six months of age. I: There is a very soft, subtle love story between you and Alice. [laughs] I don't know what People are treating kids like animals. ES: I guess I'll have to. He was in Columbia, SC at a conference called "Calling All Colors" at the American Indian Center of South Carolina He went to talk to kids about Turning Anger into Art. ES: Uhmm. No, it wasn't a sex scene. And they wanted us to have shaved heads. that would be upsetting, too. Faye Marie. Interesting as the article may be, it is so wrought with errors of fact, and of assumption, that it's hard to determine WHERE to begin. ES: Yeah. MENUS! So, it it is somewhat difficult to have to knock his words. MP: Okay, well. aside from the masks, which will obviously be going to take a lot of your time and focus.. are you still pursuing your acting career? Previous to this "formal" interview, we had had several long conversations with Eric, focusing primarily on his hand carved Inuit masks. And the colors. the picture that was taken of this mask, the colors were a bit off. And it seems to me, we could have been more of a family unit. It's not a monumental, you know, a paradigm change, but it effects them. Even at night. No, we don't have "Red River"! Gregory Harrison . When Dances With Wolves came out, the whole thing, it just blew the doors wide open for period pieces about Indian people. I used to hate it but I got used to them after awhile. ES: First of all, sober as a judge. I thought I was forgotten, apparently not. GATHERINGS || [Laughs] In case people liked ours better! Myself and a bunch of other Canadian actors went out there and played 9-hole golf in the ice. Support Indian Country Today for as little as $10. MP: I imagine they do! All of a sudden they just start busting out. MP: Do you see that on the other end of the spectrum too, with the elderly? Either your adopted or your natural family? In Put us into 1992 along with everyone else. This is to be shot in Vancouver, if it all happens. I don't get it because those are our babies. This is all in the 1800s and actually we shot it over at the ranch where they shot Legends of the Fall. There's this woman Claudia who's the I get to wear my hair in braids, a black bolero hat and chaps, and I get to ride! Just like a long haired actor .. if the only thing anybody wanted him to play is a drug crazed hippie from the 60s, you know, Personal use on your own home PC is permissible! I: Now to the slew of questions! Blackstone's Eric Schweig provides some fun facts about his life. Nobody gives a E: No, I haven't. It sounds like you've done good things with these kids and you'll probably never know the rewards of that in your lifetime. Those guys running around in the wool were so uncomfortable. People either love it or they hate it and that's what you want. [Laughter]. Probably in a little while. but, I'll get the script in Of Inuit and German descent, Eric Schweig is the star player of the Aboriginal Peoples Television Networks Gemini award-winning series Blackstone, which premieres Wednesday, January 11th. Just go ahead and tell me how you feel about that. People from all over the world. infringement! As the film nears the end, the group progresses up a precarious waterfall, one of Hawkeye's friends, Uncas (Eric Schweig) is killed by the men tracking them, and he falls off the edge of the waterfall. That would've been really cool if they'd have done that. As a former foster child himself, he knows all too well the obstacles that youth can face when growing up in care. He'd rap with the extras and . anybody who was around. It's about this concert violinist who befriends all of these wolves in Alaska on his property. They'll suck all Like the kiss between Hawkeye and Cora? It was the 1700's, so unless you're over 200 years old you can't really say what went on back there. Historical films will always be. As expected, we found ourselves liking him a great deal, and we quickly came to a mutually agreeable arrangement for displaying his work. Accessibility or. ES: Yeah, they were plowing, they had to use bulldozers to get out to some of the sets, and 4 x 4s. But I did a thing recently called Broken Chain, and I'll use that as a reference. And if he could magnify that with a damned megaphone, he was happy as hell. You know .. especially the people that buy them. AMAZON.COM/LOTM STOREFRONT. ES: I can see old Asheville. They don't have anybody to talk to and nobody to listen to them. COLLECTIBLES || time or was it just.. you know, "I'm just doing this"? It would have been really cool if they had made it a little more sprawling. I mean Russell and I did, but you know, Russell and I Daniel and I come from we might as well be a zillion miles away. RIGHTS RESERVED - Use of material elsewhere - including text, images, and MESSAGE BOARD, STOREFRONTS! Eric was forthcoming and, we believe, candid in his responses; gracious, and willing to discuss everything we asked. They sort of fashioned him after Tony Soprano, I think. Does he realize war and violence do really take place, even though we are "not born to hate each other"? There were also a few scenes cut out that should not have been. "In a scene inspired by a Bierstadt painting," says Mann, "they all come together at the creek. Does he know that the six nations are of the Iroquois, and the Mohawks are one of the six? effects - without our expressed, written permission, constitutes copyright It could have been developed more. Senility is a social disease. Let us digress we very much want to like Eric Schweig. I had more fun in that one month than I did in principal photography! ES: Basically, yeah. You know, what goes around comes around. If there was a young boy who could not keep his hands off his father's or uncles' hunting implements and then he whined when they went out hunting, chances were that thats what he wanted to do. And that's not the way it's supposed to be. I'm into it. Or, do you even think it should be an issue? All they had to do was put at the end of the movie, " All these characters are based on fiction". ES: Yeah, Asheville's really nice. MP: Did you get closer to Jodhi May would you say, than to say, Madeleine Stowe? Yeah, they're making they're redeeming themselves. Daniel, he's pretty laid back, to say the least. Over near Lake James. I love Asheville. ES: Let me think about that. MP: Okay.. again, regarding art.. a strong quality of any artist's work is the individuality of their creations. E: There are six different nations in the Mohawk nation. Things got ugly sometimes and I don't sit around like some of these lap dogs. Yeah, it's the most horrible death scene that I've ever done. ES: Yeah, absolutely. For example, the beginning of the movie in the woods Day-Lewis' shirt appears and disappears! So, they did film something and obviously you AMERICAN HISTORICAL SIMULATIONS. scripted, which was more than "puppy love". This may be bad energy but it is energy nonetheless and that is power. What's he like on the set?" ES: Yeah, all up and down there; all over here. their heart.. and it's pretty wild to watch them do these kind of things.. We'll have them over for barbecues and things like that and I'll let them do improvisation with each other. If they were good sticks .. it was kind of a bummer .. it would've been a better game. Day Lewis. Regarding Vern Where's Marion? And they came to Vancouver and I auditioned once down here and then flew to Los Angeles and auditioned once or twice there on the same day and then flew back flew back down for another one and then flew to North Carolina for two more. He is of mixed race ( Inuvialuk, Chippewa - Dene and German). Previous to this "formal" interview, we had had several long conversations with Eric, focusing primarily on his hand carved Inuit masks. There was a real enthusiasm projected when discussing his masks. ], 45's and shot guns. MP: As you know, our web site centers on The Last of the Mohicans. And try to teach them to watch out for the warning signs. ES: You know, I don't know where the collection is. In regards to the entire star system and awards systemI don't care who has won what or who has done this or that or the other thing. That's one of the nicest small towns I've ever been in. Born on the 19th June, 1967, Inuvik, Canada FILMOGRAPHY 1990 : The Shaman's Source : Robert Crow 1992 : By Way of the Stars (TV) :. PATHFINDING || They could come so close but the rest is just theoretical, or hypothetical. ADOPTION SPEECH DELIVERED BY ERIC SCHWEIG, An oldie, but goodie 1992 ERIC SCHWEIG INTERVIEW. As a former foster child himself, he knows all too well the obstacles that youth can face when growing up in care. MESSAGE BOARD, STOREFRONTS! I: The editing in the film is a little off sometimes. Yeah, probably the Magua scrap was my favorite. That Cooper's "history" was, in many ways, stunningly accurate? There are some we really WISH we asked. Join Stevie, comedic director "Steelbird" and his "assistant" real life movie star Eric Schweig as they present these incredible live performances, in-depth artist interviews and hilarious comedic backstage antics with featured artists. Now you see movies like Dances With Wolves or The Last of the Mohicans and there is some attempt to show Indian people as people, so when my little girl says to me, while pointing to YOU, "That's one of the good guys", you've done E: Yes, but I got restless. They can get egotistical. Eric Schweig makes for a dashing Joseph Brandt, the young Iroquois all the girls swoon over. They sort of fashioned him after Tony Soprano, I think. good idea to have one of your masks displayed in the vicinity. E: I've just finished this thing in Atlanta, Georgia, maybe two months ago, called Shenandoah. 1997 - 2020 by It's so cheesy. Lots of it, and we have to control it. I didn't do a lot of talking. ES: Yeah.it's a.. yeah. Obviously, one of the only ways to do that, since there's not too many opportunities in Hollywood or the whole industry in general . you have to sort of start making your own We hope all who read this feel they've gained more insight, or a better It would seem that carving is the next step or natural progression of skills you already have. Things usually turn out if you do it that way. I would. Well, it's one of the biggest small towns. And, if there should be any activism it should be to talk to kids you see, if you're going to solve a lot of the problems within the Indian community, as far as civil MP: I know you've had experience framing houses. LINKS I have done bit parts in Bordertown and The Black Stallion. I started volunteering with Resource Assistance for YouthRaY Inc., and and they hired me to work with them. Gorgeous Men. I'm an actor who just happens to be an Indian. But that was a superb scene! All of this helps a lot in my performance. ES: Oh You know, I can't remember. But period pieces have always been, and always will be, because of their way of He's got a real character face. I spent thousands of dollars at the Asheville Mall. E: No, I don't think so at all. [Laughter] "Hold on! Has Eric ever heard of "running the gauntlet"? It's a DAMN sight better than movies they had in the 50s. We're heading out." Available - Free Downloads Only! MP: OK, take all the movies you've been in if you could only be in one of them again, which one would it be? They were stiff, the leather in them was REALLY stiff, so you could carry it to see that kind of ugliness but it's the truth. They made me dive from one canoe to another. He can do a lot of stuff with his looks. He's pretty intense. MP: Were they downplaying the Uncas/Alice relationship? I: And you were out there for five months in the Smoky Mountains what was it like? ES: Madeleine.. She was fine, you know. AMAZON.COM/LOTM STOREFRONT. ES: No, not when I was there. E: There was a lot of gratuitous violence in the movie and it could have been cut out. Guide book STILL life cycle. MP: Another scene that may have been filmed but didn't make it in the final cut was when you were approaching the fort. They'll get a kick out of that. MP: How about firing a musket. You know? The James Fenimore Cooper book was fiction! retrospect, how do you feel about the quality of that film? MP: Though we feel The Last of the Mohicans is your best film, certainly the most popular MP: I sense a certain dissatisfaction within you regarding that film. ES: [Laughter] Yeah! want them to live like I lived from. you know. when I was drunk for 10 years.. Because it's ugly and it's not us. ES: Uhhh no.. not my adopted family, but I hang out with my Uncle Willie from my biological family once in a while. [Laughs] They're not making Spaghetti Westerns. I've never told anyone I am a Marlon Brando or whoever. It's so big. That's what I love about it. 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