Perhaps we are wrong. We have them back and now we can take care of them. Guide book STILL ES: No. Smokies, or that Uncas does indeed leave to rescue a daughter of Munro ahead of Hawkeye & Chingachgook in the novel. Being brothers, we would be the same. 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 They promote it. We're working on it. LINKS So finally, after three or four years of screwing around I got around to it. And if he could magnify that with a damned megaphone, he was happy as hell. Mohican Press - ALL I: What kind of qualities do you think they were looking for, that maybe you had that other people didn't? No, we don't have "Red River"! HISTORY || I love jamming. Yeah, I love playing blues. I'm into it. Actually, the same school that had kicked them out, that couldn't handle them, were phoning them back and saying "How do we start this multi-culturalism in our school?" They wanted to keep it up, but it wasn't that sound and they had to take it apart. A lot of these people are among your biggest fans, which is why many of them came to our web site in the first place. MP: How do feel about being cast in the real-life role of Indian activist? ES: After I left the Mohicans, I said, "I hope I never see him again." Did he really think the movie would "stink"? That's what I like to see. We wish him a lot of success in all his endeavors and thank him for taking the time to speak I keep trying to get people to get into acting so we have someone who can focus on just being a funny guy or a bad guy or a psycho or a love interest. ES: Oh You know, I can't remember. GATHERINGS || ES: Yeah, that's. see, this is almost right on the money. It is up front and it is brutally honest. Mohican Press - ALL Do you really feel as though you're making a departure from yourself? The following interview with Eric Schweig was conducted, via telephone, on February 1 and 2, 1998. In COLOR! His filmographic credentials include a slew of TV series such as . [2] different states and different coliseums .. and they're harmless! I think a lot of them are. I: Well, I was thinking more along the lines of your [??] MP: The vehicle that has placed you before the public eye is, of course, The Last of the Mohicans. E: I think it was a mix. Unfortunately, people just eat that stuff up! That's no lie either. He runs Many Hawks Special Operations Camp in Columbus, Georgia where he He was in good humor throughout. ES: He was intense. 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, shit and it makes me nuts. AMERICAN HISTORICAL SIMULATIONS Master Carver Eric Schweig (Ray Dean Thrasher) learned under the tutelage of renowned Tahltan carver Vern Etzerza. You know, if you get beaten down for so long and then you People in New Zealand are getting this program but people in Seattle can't watch it. I've been doing this for 25 years now. something good there. We were in Columbus, Georgia for about a month. ES: Yeah, absolutely. [Laughter]. That's Andy Fraser. MP: Do you remember what scene you were filming? It was a real pleasure to have the opportunity to talk with Eric. You know. psychopaths running around. I was adopted at six months of age. E: I had fun, really. MESSAGE BOARD, STOREFRONTS! Yeah, you know, I am a good guy. ES: There's one. That's not to say we weren't You know .. they just did whatever they had to do. SCRIPT || MP: Why did you specifically choose the Inuit Spirit masks as the subject of your carvings? COURIER || We haven't put anything on yet but we're planning on it. a couple of days and then meet the director, I guess. Interviewing is something we hadn't done I thought I was forgotten, apparently not. I don't get it because those are our babies. It's box office numbers. it's burnt out. I'll never forget his annoying voice. It's really cool to just be watching a film and there's an Indian guy there or an Indian woman, and there's no reference to them being Indian you know .. it puts a more human face on us because people are so scared because of their own So, it's sort of a moot point but regardless of the fact of whether it's art or not, it does have an impact on people .. on kids and their perception of I broke the cycle by not drinking and finding out what I'm NOT. have been because they had aged so much and the paint had flaked off. it was aged down, but we just took a shot at it and it turned out wicked. discussing The Last of the Mohicans, but became extremely animated when talking about certain topics, particularly his masks and his involvement in a children's drama group. Daniel, he's pretty laid back, to say the least. Certainly, we have a new found appreciation for interviewers! ES: No, not really. that would be upsetting, too. MP: We've read that you have been involved in a children's drama group. But it was us, except going over the waterfalls. Okay . You were born in Inuvik? But you know who they don't ban? One of the six and French, so that they could talk amongst themselves. Does he realize war and violence do really take place, even though we are "not born to hate each other"? E: I don't mix with other actors. I work with sex trade workers and I try to hook them up with agencies that can help them. MUSINGS || ES: Well, no. Directing them, casting them, and what not.. but. so that's what I'd really like to see. MP: That's interesting because from your viewpoint you look at Daniel Day-Lewis and Madeleine Stowe as the stars, but for other people, you're one of the stars. They don't have anybody to talk to and nobody to listen to them. We don't have the numbers; we represent less than 5% of the total population in North America. Gorgeous Men. It's kind of difficult.. You see a lot of, well, I effects - without our expressed, written permission, constitutes copyright I: Well, that explains that! E: No, I don't think so at all. MP: Have you had any contact with her since filming LOTM? 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. What sort of career advice do you have for kids interested in acting? Blackstone Season 2 - "Eric Schweig interviews Andrea Menard" - YouTube For exclusive content visit: www.blackstonetheseries.com For exclusive content visit: www.blackstonetheseries.com. films. Over near Lake James. I had read up on it a little bit and I told him what had happened, what was going on, and naturally, he knew. MP: True. We don't have all of the character actors that we need, we don't have bad guys, we don't have comedians, and we don't have the bodies to fill all of the positions. PATHFINDING || ES: I guess I'll have to. MP: We've heard about those. Guide book STILL AMERICAN HISTORICAL SIMULATIONS. If you do good things, good things will happen. That and the part where Alice jumps from the cliff are some of the finest in the film! As long as Europeans or Euro-American film makers are making movies about Indian people, there is always going to be this. ES: Yeah, start sending out pamphlets to customs [Laughs], just to tell them . MP: Okay. I: You mentioned earlier about your hair. MENUS! it to them. Did you find that different from other film experiences? Really.. if it were possible, we could work out something.. maybe we could do something to "showcase" the kids in your drama group. MOHICAN WWW BOARD. MP: Okay! ES: Yeah, it's the same way. That scene has repeatedly come up because following that, when you're getting your wound dressed by Cora ES: Oh yes. ES: Yeah, it didn't have to be as epic as the battle scene in the valley there, but maybe with half the all the guys but not the inten [breaks off] let's have a hockey game! between walking around the different classes and hanging around the smoking area, it was .. they had a multi-culturalism program that they had figured out for themselves and they were promoting it. ES: No, I haven't actually. There's absolutely no guarantee, but if I'm not doing anything MP: Well, I hate to say "great" that you're not working, but if you're not working it would be great if you could come. Okay, you recently turned your attention to yet another craft; wood carving. It was like puppy love basically, this love scene they cut out. Previous to this "formal" interview, we had had several long conversations with Eric, focusing primarily on his hand carved Inuit masks. I've been around horses. It doesn't matter what kind of crooks they were! E: There was a lot of gratuitous violence in the movie and it could have been cut out. He's a really funny guy. an Inuit duo! They'll suck all I lived in hostels and I was an alcoholic until 14 years ago. Probably the fort scenes. you know, and isn't psychotic. Also the music by Daniel Lanois, a French-Canadian composer. But any bonding that happened was probably at Many Hawks, this special operations camp. They took it to the extreme with Last of the Dog Men, which is ludicrous! ES: Or even Vern. I can't remember which scene it was. I am just concerned that whoever is doing it is pulling their weight. They can get egotistical. Are you satisfied with the caliber and supply of Native acting talent these days? It's so big. Of course, like you were saying before, the old films from the 50s were horrible .. the Indians were the bad guys and they had to be eradicated no matter what. That a European version of an event is no less valid than an Indian version? Faye Marie. And so, it has to start with YOU. I don't like to refer to it as a reference. You need an Indian to play an Indian and you need a Frenchman to play a Frenchman if you want a realistic looking movie. We actually talked them out of that! MOHICANS Support Indian Country Today for as little as $10. That's what I love about it. Zusammenfassung: An interview with the director of the series. The following interview with Eric Schweig was conducted, via telephone, on February 1 and 2, 1998. I guess it turned out alright. SOUNDTRACK || If you don't love what you're doing then don't do it. There was a golf tournament out there. With films like Dances With Wolves, The Last Of The Mohicans and a host of lesser films casting American Indians in real-life roles And, while we're at it, should Braveheart be criticized because it portrays savage-like Scots of the 13th & 14th centuries rather than present-day Scotland? Where's Marion? E: Very, very hot and sticky and it rained a lot. 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