Hooray!..... I met some really nice people on a shoot 2 weeks ago..... So it shows that there are some Cool people out here on the east coast after all!

  I got booked as a cameraman to work on this directors short film. The Directors name is Jonathan Millet and he is a very nice guy. He came up with this cool short story idea about a guy going to work & finding these boots that transported him into another dimension & time right into the middle of a war!

  The whole short was done without any dialogue or any lighting.... We just shot with available light on my digital camera (Sony HVR-V1U)... & I think it came out great. Jonathan hired a DP named John who helped out on the first location of the day, (an office building) and also hired a really nice girl by the name of Crystal Perry that did, Make-up, Wardrobe & PA work.

  The two actors Jonathan picked out were really fun to work with & seemed to really give it there all in their performances & we breezed through the entire shoot with no real snags at all. The actors names are Joe Gaudet & Olivia Hickey (all members of the Beanywood community)... They both played the roles of the Office workers.

  Jonathan did a great job scouting the two locations. We arrived at the first location (the office building) at 7 AM on a beautiful & quiet Sunday morning only to find out that we were soon surrounded by hundreds of people going to run in a boston marathon!

  It took us a little while to realize that we just had to work around all these people who kept getting in the shot. And poor Crystal had no idea that her day would start out with her having to redirect several hundred people trying to get in our way.

  but Jonathan got his momentum up & we shot around the havoc of literally hundreds of Unexpected intruders walking by, driving by, walking up to the front door and asking us for directions on were to sign up for the marathon..... It just goes to show you that you can never tell what's going to happen on any given shoot at any time & you just have to keep on shooting & work with what you have.

  Olivia Hickey played the role of another office worker coming to work & she looked the part of a young professional business women. (Only later on did I find out that she was only 15 yrs. old!... So she can certainly play a wide age range for any production). Olivia took direction from Jonathan real well & hit her marks & was very nice to work with. A very nice girl with a great enthusiasm for acting & it showed in her performances.

  The second location was in Methuen, Mass. Some nice wooded, secluded area that Jonathan picked out for a good jungle scene. Our actor Joe, got all decked out in army gear (including fake weapons, that looked pretty real), while Multi-tasking Crystal put on some War paint make up to get Joe ready for the Jungle scenes.

  Joe was great, take after take, keeping up his energy & acting the part, while running around in all that heavy wardrobe.... He never complained once, he actually said he really enjoyed his role & was looking forward to seeing the finished cut of this Short by Jonathan & didn't mind running around for a couple hours because this was such a cool idea to work on.

  We ended the day with no mishaps.... Well, only one: (I fell down once while running in the woods for a POV shot... Thankfully my many years of training made sure that only "I" hit the ground hard... MY camera was perfectly shielded by my body that took the fall hard).

  Everyone involved had a good time I believe & it gave me a renewed faith in the New England film community..... It was so great working with just a small cast & crew... No Ego's... NO Attitudes..... Just dedicated, talented & happy people. Jonathan said that we got everything he hoped for & then some...

  A day well done. We accomplished what the director set out to do in telling his story... We did it on schedule... On budget... And WE EVEN GOT PAID!!!!!!!!!!

  I'm looking forward to seeing the finished short once Jonathan is done editing. Thanks again guys & girls for making me realize that there are some really cool people out here on the east coast that are making films.

  I hope to meet & work with many more of you out here.

Thanx's

  Craig Amabello.... Cinematographer.... X-Hollywood Reject... and happy guy!

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I saw a final cut of THE GATEWAY MEAT, filmed in Massachusetts. I appear in the film, I get brutally murdered and got to write my own death scene. Unfortunately my face is bound up with duct tape and we shot for 8 or 10 hours and I couldn't see and was covered in cold fake blood all day. The DVD will be out soon. The film is AMAZING- oh my god- so gory! I was only in a small part and did not see the script so knew nothing about the plot of the film or anything about it except my scenes.

Also out soon on DVD:

Countess Bathoria's Graveyard Picture Show, which debuted at the Fantasia Film Fest, and which I co-wrote.

I am writing for The Independent Magazine website and will be interviewing Jeremy Kasten, director of the upcoming remake of The Wizard of Gore.

I have an interview in the next Girls and Corpses magazine with Erik Ruhling, author of Infernal Device, an illustrated book of torture devices.

Although I put it aside months and months ago it looks like my script A Fistful of Anger may be optioned.

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Hello folks, Craig Amabello here... Your Truly Demented reporter & X-Hollywood reject blogging in from the Battlefield.

One day I can't get a crack head to spit on me..... & the next, I'm wheeling & dealing with presidential candidates...... Funny how surreal life can be.

Things are just starting to look up for me after so many years of heart break, disaster, ruination & turmoil. When you witness your dreams shattering right before your very eyes... It can be quite hard on the Soul... But the few... The Brave, must plod on... Can not abandon the Sinking ship.

I have had no other choice but to keep pushing on until I've reached the very edge of reason & as Insanity swirls around my head like a truck full of Drunken soldiers on a weekend pass.... Sometimes the Sh*t, really hits the fan!

I am far more than just some Cameraman, Editor, Director.... I have spent so much time in the trenches of Hollywood, that I sometimes forget all that I have learned there.

I have actually put together a nice 90 second Web spot for a presidential candidate that really had no plans... No ideas... No clue as to how to get his message across to the people. And I, helped him pull a rabbit out of his Arse!

What I do for DIRT CHEAP.... Big Advertising agencies get tens of thousands of dollars for. I really have to rethink my title. I am far more than just some dummy with a camera & decades of knowledge. I am a bona fide creator of Propaganda. A manipulator of reality... An Alchemist... A Wizard!

I know how to take a Non event & swirl it up with my magic swizzle stick & turn it into a decent & compelling ad campaign to help launch a mans bid for the president of the Untied States!

Yes, I know.... I sound like an ass & I am completely full of myself... But damn it.... ITS TRUE!

I am getting my confidence back & it shows.... I had a PR guy talking to me yesterday that wants me to work on his full length documentary. I said with absolute confidence.... "No problem, I excel at documentary work".

A few hours ago I received an email from an ER doctor that said that he was very pleased with my shooting on his documentary about life as a doctor. He plans to use me for several more days work before he wraps up shooting & begins editing.

And I have 11 Rock & Roll bands that I have to shoot this Sunday at an all day concert in Mansfield mass known as Locobazooka where Black Sabbath is the headlining act along with Alice Cooper. (my real goal is to get several interviews with Ronnie James Dio & Alice Cooper that I can feature on craigstv).

I am a very diversified camper this week... I love it! So nice to work with such diverse people which helps keep me grounded & very well rounded in my philosophy on dealing with Humans here on planet earth.

Nobody is really all that much different than anybody else... & living this kind of life keeps me on my toes & constantly reminds me of this simple... Yet so often, overlooked fact of life.

The presidential candidate, the Doctor, The Rock & rollers... are all just people who need a little help with their vision. A little outside opinion that gives them that extra edge that they may need to make a success of something. And I am the man to do just that!

Craig Amabello.... The maker of Presidential candidates!.... So damn funny.... I guess you just had to be there.

Hope all you fine Boston folks are having fun... Living life... Enjoying Your Reality.

I know I am for a change.

Hang in there people.... Be kind to your fellow confused humans... & remember,

When the door of life slams shut in your face...... Take that Bazooka outta your pocket & just Blow a hole right through the door & march on in & demand some Respect!

Rock On Keith Richards.

From you very own, Truly Twisted & Demented Reporter of Life & X-Hollywood Reject,
Craig Amabello

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I am not a fancy man.... I did not go to any fancy college.... I am self Taught.... I used to get jobs by word of mouth in Hollywood..... Out here in Boston, I do not know anybody.... So I have been searching for professional production work for several years out here with absolutely no luck at all!

The only way I know how to get work from new clients out here is to send them my resume.

When I do......... I NEVER HEAR BACK FROM ANYONE!

Can anybody out there give me a clue as to what I am doing wrong?

This is a Typical example of what kind of responses I get when I send out my resume to people. Most people never even have the common courtesy to even bother to email me back. But the few that do, ALL seem to have a tendency to be QUESTIONING the validity of my Resume.

POTENTIAL EMPLOYER MR X RESPONSE:

On Sep 4, 2007, at 10:42 PM, MR X wrote:
It's a nice resume but I couldn't find anything about you or Prey of innocence under michael deluise.


MY RESPONSE:

Look Dude.... What the hell do you expect to find?

  I met Michael Deluise while working on Waynes World. We spent a day working together & he got to know me. He liked me, told me he had just shot this little film that he was working on & needed it edited. So 3 weeks later, after Waynes world was wrapped, Michael & I spent 3 days editing his film. At the time I was doing all my editing in my shitty lil apartment in the Valley.

  Editing is intense... Editing under a 3 day deadline is EXTREMELY INTENSE. Michael had already pre-booked a theatre in Burbank to showcase his new film & we had to finish this so that it could be brought to the lab to be blown up to 16 mm film for projection.

  We spent those difficult 3 days, Rolling on the floor laughing... Yelling... Arguing.... Laughing some more... crying, (from laughing so hard) & then we finally finished the edit. It came out pretty good. He liked it. I was happy with it.

  I don't recall if I even put my name on the film as editor. Many projects that I worked on never had my name attached. All I wanted was to be paid & that, was that. I didn't care about stupid credits then, (I do now). Money was all I wanted. I was never expecting to be famous from working on other peoples projects, so payment of services was all I ever cared about. (besides, delivering a good product).

  Michael screened his movie 1 week later to a decent crowd & it was well received. I never went to the premiere, (because that's not the kind of guy that I am). Like I told Angela Bowie a few months later.... "I don't do parties or premieres". I am just weird like that. Screw name recognition, I just wanted money. (Now I do want recognition & MONEY...... Funny how things change with time).

Maybe Michael changed the name of the film. I don't know. Actually, I don't  even remember now what the damn film was about.

Do I have any proof of actual, tangible, photographic or Video evidence of this encounter with Michael Deluise, or my editing work on his film?........................................................................................................................................... NO

Do you think I had a Freakin Biographer following me around & documenting any of this?...................... NO

Was it an academy award nominated film? ......................................................................................................... NO

Did it pick up a golden globe? ................................................................................................................................ NO

was it on tv & recieved 5 Emmy's? ......................................................................................................................... NO

Was it a nice little short film that Michael & his Brother enjoyed making & then hired me to edit?............ YES!


WHAT THE HELL WHERE YOU EXPECTING TO FIND OUT ABOUT THIS MOVIE?????

THAT MY NAME WAS ON THE CREDITS?

AS FAR AS MYSELF IS CONCERNED.....

AT THIS POINT IN TIME........ I'M A GOD DAMN NOBODY.........

WHAT WHERE YOU LOOKING TO "FIND OUT" ABOUT ME?????????

I never claim or claimed that I am anything other than what I am....

A talented professional with a life time in Show business. Which also includes, 25 years experience in the craft of Video Production. I am also a Long time veteran of working & living in Hollywood California, Where I did all kinds of Freelance gigs, for all kinds of Crazy people.

I have just not "Made It" as of yet. It doesn't mean that I am a Lier. My resume has nothing but Low level gigs, that paid crap. But this resume seems to antagonize, agitate & aggravate more people than not!

I have sent my resume out to over 1,500 people in the last several years & I have gotten absolutely ZERO Work from it!

In fact.... I almost never even get a REPLY BACK.

I send my resume out to people in the Boston area that are looking for professionals.

I almost never send my resume out Unsolicited.

These are people with online ads that are specifically looking for professionals.....

SO WHAT GIVES??????

WHAT AM I DOING WRONG????

I AM THOROUGHLY BAFFLED....... FOR THE LIFE OF ME, I CAN NOT EVEN GUESS AS TO WHAT I AM DOING WRONG THAT MAKES PEOPLE QUESTION EVEN A CRAPPY RESUME LIKE MINE?

It's so damn insulting to repeatedly... send my resume off to.... (more than likely, some damn NOBODY).... Not that that  should matter, because people are still people... humans are still humans... We all deserve some sort of respect...

But........ Why do I have a sneaky feeling that its just another bum, with a high & mighty attitude, JUDGING ME.... BECAUSE I SEND OUT A RESUME THAT LOOKS SO DAMN GOOD.....

I AM SICK OF BEING JUDGED MY WHOLE LIFE BY NOBODIES!

DON'T HIRE ME IF YOU DON'T WANT TO.....

BUT DON'T CONSIDER ME A LIER BECAUSE YOU.... FOR SOME REASON OR ANOTHER, CAN NOT BELIEVE THAT MY RESUME IS REAL.

I AM JUST LOOKING FOR GIGS........ NOT TO BE JUDGED ON WETHER OR NOT I HAVE ACTUALLY DONE WHAT I CLAIM I HAVE DONE...... OR IF I AM LYING!

HIRE ME..... GIVE ME 5 MINUTES ON YOUR SET.... & YOU WILL KNOW WETHER OR NOT I AM SOME FAKE, PHONEY, LYING, SCUMBAG REALLY QUICKLY!

AM I INSANE TO FEEL THIS WAY?

AM I CRAZY TO MAKE SUCH A BIG DEAL OF, YET ANOTHER PERSON, NOT HIRING ME.... BUT GOING OUT OF THEIR WAY TO JUDGE ME... QUESTION THE VALIDITY OF WHOM I CLAIM TO BE!

WHAT SCARES ME THE MOST IS THAT..... I AM NOT CLAIMING TO BE SOME BIG TIME DIRECTOR LIKE SAM RAIMI.... I AM JUST CLAIMING TO BE A SMALL, LOW LEVEL PLAYER IN A HUGE FIELD THAT HAS SPENT A LOT OF TIME WORKING IN HOLLYWOOD....

If anyone out there has any other stories that are relative to this I would love to have you post them. I am seriously wondering if it is "JUST ME"...... Or have other people in Boston experienced this odd Phenomonen about the Boston Film community.

Hope you are all having a good life...... Having Fun,

Your Truly Demented reporter & X-Hollywood Reject,

Craig Amabello


On Sep 4, 2007, at 10:42 PM, MR X wrote:
It's a nice resume but I couldn't find anything about you or Prey of innocence under michael deluise


From: Craig Amabello
To: MR X@hotmail.com>
Subject: editor gig

Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 01:14:43 -0400

Hi,
   I noticed your post.... I would be perfect for this!...... I am a  Editor & I Specialize in video & audio for the Web.
   I am fast, Professional, & I do great work. I have enclosed my  resume for you to look at.
Thanx's
Craig Amabello
Located in: Southern New Hampshire.

To see samples of my work Check out: http://www.americanartistsinc.com


PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:
Over 25 years experience in video production as a Director, Camera  Operator, Photographer, Editor, DVD Author, Graphics Artist & Web  Designer. 12 years spent working in Los Angeles California as a  Freelance Director & production company. Extensive skills, talent,  and knowledge of the entertainment Industry.

RELATED EXPERIENCE:

FILM PROJECTS & RELEASES:

BEHIND THE SCENES SPEC DOCUMENTARIES:
Director/Cameraman/Editor: "Army of Darkness", "Wayne's World",  "Where the day takes you", & "The Bodyguard".

PREY OF INNOCENCE:
Editor: film by Michael Deluise of "21 Jump street fame".


TELEVISION PROJECTS & AIRINGS:

HISTORY CHANNEL: "The History of Drugs" Series.
Editor/Colorist: Timothy Leary's segment contributor.

VH1's PORN TO ROCK II:
Cameraman/editor: Segment contributor on Johnny Toxic piece.

HOLLYWOOD ROCKS Pilot Episode:
Cameraman/editor: Featuring Ronnie James Dio, (Black Sabbath), Lemmy  Kilmister: (Motorhead), & Don Dokken: (Dokken).

BOB VILLA'S SHOW:
Audio Tech: Segment on the Cape.

FINIS TV, STATION 1:
 2nd Camera: Interviews with Bon Jovi, M.C Hammer, and Kiss.

THE REAL ESTATE SHOW:
Cameraman/Editor: Various segments on New Hampshire.

HARD COPY:
Audio Tech: Interview with Burt Reynolds.

WNDS TV "CANDLEPIN BOWLING":
Cameraman: Entire season of their #1 Show.

GERMAN TV:
2nd Camera: Bay Watch segment. Interviews with David Hasselhoff & Pam  Anderson.

KTLA NEWS SEGMENT:
Audio Tech: California Governor Documentary piece.

FOX NEWS:
Audio Tech: L.A Mayor reporter piece.

POLITICAL CAMPAIGN PIECE:
 CLINTON 1996 RE-ELECTION PROMO SPOT:
Audio Tech: Various TV Celebrities promo piece for the N.H state  primary.


MUSIC PROJECTS:

SPEC MUSIC VIDEO:
Director/Cameraman/Editor: "Black Label Society".

JOHNNY TOXIC MUSIC VIDEOS:
Director/Cameraman/Editor: "Superwhore", "Slam Jam", & "Happy".


THEATRE GIGS:

HOLLYWOOD ACTORS STUDIO:
Cameraman/Editor: An afternoon with, "Sir Anthony Hopkins".

SCIENTOLOGY CELEBRITY CENTER:
Cameraman: An original Play with Bart Simpson.


LIVE EVENT PRODUCTION:

LIVE CONCERTS AT: "HOUSE OF BLUES", "THE VIPER ROOM" & WAAF'S,  "LOCOBAZOOKA":
Director/Cameraman/Editor: Various Bands & Members of: Aerosmith,  Kiss, Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Dio, David Lee Roth, Guns &  Roses, Tesla, Shine Down, Skindred, Clutch, Shadows Fall, Saliva,  Quiet Riot, Motorhead, Alice Cooper, Kansas, Mr. Big, LA Guns,  Cinderella, Steely Dan, Steve Miller, Tin Machine, Rainbow, and many  other bands, Individuals & Artists.

CALIFORNIA BEAUTY PAGEANTS:
Technical Director/Cameraman/Editor: "Miss Hollywood", "Miss  Burbank", & "Cal State Miss Teen".

CALIFORNIA FITNESS PAGEANTS:
Technical Director/Cameraman/Editor: All State Fitness Championship  shows.


PROMOTION PROJECTS & AD CAMPAIGNS:

PEPSI COLA PROMO:
2nd Unit Camera/Audio Tech: Internal Company party Promotion.

TIMOTHY LEARY'S, "last video project":
Graphic Design & Post Production: For Retina Logic.

UNITED AIRLINES:
2nd Unit Camera: Promo Commercial Check.

UNIVERSAL STUDIO'S PROMO:
2nd Unit Camera: Producer Sales Pitch.

M.T.M STUDIO'S PROMO:
Audio Tech: Internal Documentary Piece.

PAPA SKYNYRD:
Editor/Sound Design:  book promo for Lynyrd Skynyrd biography.

BACKSTAGE PASS:
Cameraman/Editor: Angela Bowies Promo For book tour.

PARAMOUNT PICTURES:
Cameraman/Editor: Promo for "The Mommies TV Pilot".


INDUSTRIALS & COMMERCIALS:

SKEECHERS:
Audio Tech: Commercial

AVIS RENT A CAR:
Audio Tech: Commercial

NORTHROP INDUSTRIES:
2nd Unit Camera/Sound Design: Industrial Internal Video.

LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT:
Audio Tech/Editor: Interview of Chief Darrel Gates for Internal use.

METROLINK SAFETY VIDEO:
2nd Unit Camera/Audio Tech: In-house Training video.


SPECIAL SKILLS:

Director, Cameraman, Still Photographer, Technical director, Jib/Boom  Operator, "Rock solid" hand held camera operator, Live Multi-Camera  Switcher, DVD Author, Off-line/Online Editor, Web Designer, Graphics  artist, Musician, Sound Designer, Etc.

EQUIPMENT LIST:

I CAN GET ANY PIECE OF GEAR, IF GIVEN 24 HOURS NOTICE.

But I do Own:

3 Macintosh Desktop Computers: (Dual 1 Ghz G-4 / G-4- 450 MHz / Mac  9500) Digital Video/Audio/Graphics Production Editing Suites Set-up  with: (Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Photoshop,  After Fx, Pro Tools & Digital Performer.
Cinema Products: 16 MM Crystal Sound Sync Film Camera.
Sony VX-1000: 3 Chip Digital video camera.
Sony Mavica: 4 Megapixels Digital Still Camera.
Canon Rebel: 35MM Still Camera.
Basic Lighting Package: 5- 650 Watts Lights. 1-1K. Umbrellas &  Reflector.
Basic Audio Package: Wireless & HandHeld Mics.

Thanx's
Craig Amabello

Contact me @:  Laconnection101@aol.com


To see samples of my work Check out: http://www.americanartistsinc.com

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Hello there Beanywood. Yours truly here, Craig Amabello demented reporter and X-Hollywood reject reporting in live, from the Bat cave.

  Its starting to feel like Hollywood all over again. I'm liking that feeling. Calls, meetings, bookings, emails with all kinds of eclectic people, places & gigs.

  September is off to an auspicious start. Phone talks with a long time Massachusetts producer who handed me a gig shooting some local bands for the locobazooka show (featuring Black Sabbath & Alice Cooper) set for next weekend at the Tweeter center.

  A Nice young sweet girl emailed me late last night & said that she needs some publicity stills so that she can try to break into the porn business out in Los Angeles. (thats the 4th girl in 3 weeks that I met that said they were heading off to Hollywood.... Poor kids... little do they know.... The lure of Hollywood to most people... is worse than Heroin is to a Junky).

  A presidential campaign committee gentleman has set up a meeting with me next week to talk about shooting some spots for Tv & Web promo's for a candidate he is handling.

  And a Director in Boston that is working on a cool Mob movie wants me to DP for him next week. Hell, its a No/Lo-pay gig, but if I can fit a couple days into my schedule, I thought it might be interesting to work with some real local film makers out here. (So far all of my attempts to hitch up with Boston film makers have ended up as total abortions. Maybe this one will be different).

  My life is, & always has been, a Hollywood B-movie. A movie that I will soon upgrade into a real life A-List Blockbuster Franchise. Honestly, I couldn't make this stuff up if I tried. Its pretty damn weird being me... But then again It must be pretty damn weird being Owen Wilson to!

  See what Hollywood does to people. And so many of you fine Boston folks can't wait to run out there & get run over by the damn freight train that is Hollywood.

  LA does strange things to good people.

Stay Happy, Be creative & Productive. And don't let the meanies tell you what you can & can not do!

  After several years of being back east & getting absolutely nowhere, I am finally, just now, starting to pick up steam again. The Hollywood Vampires had sucked so much of my life & soul outta me, that it has taken me this long just to recoup my energies & get back on that damn horse again... But as dear ole Steven Tyler would say.... "I'm back in the saddle again... I'm Back!"

Craig Amabello

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Your truly demented Reporter and X-Hollywood reject, Craig Amabello, reporting in from the trenches of life.

  Buried deep in my bunker I have been for so long, fending off shells from a constant barrage of friendly fire, one sometimes forgets, that there are humans up above. Humans that are flesh & blood. Kind, decent, thoughtful humans that are buried way down deep, beneath this fleshy, faulty, weak exterior of ours.

  It can be so easy to constantly feel lost, distracted, in this never ending battle over the day to day madness of life, that we all don't just go insane & want to jump off a building at times. That sometimes... On very rare occasions, one can actually bump into great human beings that walk this earth, unencumbered by the normal morass of day to day bullshit like so many others have gotten so used to.

  When one meets humans such as this, it takes a moment to recognize them for what they are... THE REAL McCOY... THE REAL DEAL... NO FAKES... NO FRAUDS... NO BULLSHIT ARTISTS... No Morons MASQUERADING  as humans.... But an actual flesh & blood soulful person. A person with a Heart. A person with a Soul. A human with a Belief system that doesn't always match up with what we have all been told and taught should match. But a human, with Integrity that goes out there, to LIVE THEIR DREAMS.

  These rare humans, are a joy to behold when one takes the time, to climb out of the hole that we all sometimes throw ourselves into..... To open our eyes for a while & see that Humankind isn't all in the Gutter.

 These people are not always rich, famous, & loved by all. Nor have they done great deeds for mankind....

  But they are simply: Human Beings with a deep commitment to not DISHONOR LIFE!

  To live it on their own terms... To do what they Truly believe in, No matter what the cost...  No matter what others say... They are ready to stand up & be counted. To do Battle with the day to day Gods & Demons of life that help to keep us all down. To live life, in such a manner as to Not be Disrespectful to other Humans. To still treat others with kindness, dignity & respect, while still attaining their goals. This is what makes a GREAT HUMAN.

  To witness a decent human being in action is a wonder to behold. A true JOY that makes life... That much more bearable......

 I had the pleasure to work with such stellar human beings as that today.

  What the hell does all this crap have to do with film making?

  Well.... I was hired today to do camera work for a film that is going to air on PBS. I spent the day at Lowell General Hospital in the ER room shooting some scenes for a documentary that has been in production for well over 6 months. The brainchild of a Doctor Ryan. And his producer Nancy. With the help of a bright young Screenwriter, ( who worked today as a PA ) named Nicole.

  This project is the baby of this young Doctor, who after spending most of his natural life, chasing after a dream of becoming a doctor, has finally reached his goal & realizes...... ITS ALL WRONG!... It is not what he thought it would be..... & now, He's made the Insane, But thoroughly brilliant & soulful move...... TO QUIT...... To obliterate a career that can virtually guarantee him success in this great country of ours. But at what cost does that success come? What part of your soul are "YOU" willing to give up, to LIVE "YOUR" dreams?

  To me, That a person could do that... To reach their goal after almost 15 years of hard work & struggle... & then to just walk away from all that life could hold for you.... As far as Prestige, wealth, Power, respectability, etc.... Is absolutely Astounding.

  This Doctor has become a Director & put his professional life on hold to do a documentary on "Doctor Burn out & how it affects patient care". I think a very important subject, with a very sensitive subject matter.

  My long winded, convoluted point is this....... This crew was a breeze to work with.... Calm.... Confident... Coordinated... Respectful... with an exact knowledge of what it is they are trying to show in their documentary. What they are trying to achieve by doing something so potentially unpopular as this... & they pulled it off with such professionalism, that it helped.... For a tiny bit... To reaffirm my waning belief... That some humans.... Are actually Cool!.... Some people actually say what they think... & think what they say... with no bullshit factor in between.

  Bravo.. Hooray.. My hats off to REAL HUMANS... That ever so precious, rare breed, that actually lives life by their OWN standards... THEIR own beliefs.

  Thank you America... Thank you world... I had a good, productive day today....

Makes me feel like I'm back in Hollywood again..... Doing what it is that I am meant to do..... "MAKE ART". Have Fun... Be Creative!

  Its days like this, that sometimes makes me believe, That ALL HUMANS don't Suck!

What are "YOU" people going to be in life?  A Phony, Shallow money chaser? Or the real McCoy, being a decent human being & still living life.... On your own terms.

For I am the Real McCoy.... Your truly Demented reporter of life & X-Hollywood Reject,
Craig Amabello

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