#Father mark webber actor movie

We had taken over an abandoned house to live in, while we were homeless, because we didnвЂ™t want to freeze to death in Minnesota. Whichever play I would write, Mark would have the part of вЂњthe boy carries the bucket across the stage,вЂќ so that I didnвЂ™t have to worry about child care, because heвЂ™d have to sit through the whole play just to carry the bucket across the stage.Д¬LH: And even when we were homeless, I got butcher paper and put it up on the wall. And I directed 25 plays or so, and I didnвЂ™t have to worry about child care. HtN : So, Cheri and Guillermo, how did Mark pitch this project to you?Д¬heri Lynn Honkala: Well, since the time Mark was 9 years old, we never had any money, so the thing I always did with my boys was to be likeвЂ¦weвЂ™re going to write a script today.

#Father mark webber actor movie

And the reason why it was so awesome to have Madeline in the movie is because it was a reliefвЂ¦(laughs)вЂ¦and I say this in the most loving way, because sheвЂ¦makes moviesвЂ¦so sheвЂ™s aware of the normal process, whereas it was really hard to pin my mom down for rehearsal, вЂcos she had other places that she needed to be that were more important. I love making movies and it was really super fun and challenging at the same time to work with my mom and my brother.

ItвЂ™s literally taking the whole big pool of pain or trauma that was there from my upbringing and turning it into this artistic process as some form of healing, and fun. I wanted to make this movie, in particular, because artistic expression, to me, has always been an outlet for me to deal with pain and trauma that I have experienced in my life, and this film is the perfect amalgamation of that whole process. So I want to make stories that help people feel more connected to one another, which I think is important. ThatвЂ™s why I love watching movies, particularly those movies that I really connect with on an emotional level, that send me into a state of reflection on my own life, which make me feel more connected with the world. Mark Webber: I tell stories вЂ“В I make films вЂ“В in order to express myself and make things that feel real, that people can recognize and connect with, so we can ultimately, in turn, feel a little bit closer to one another as human beings. Why did you choose to make a film like this, which features members of your own family playing loosely fictionalized versions of themselves, rather than approach this as a documentary about your family? And how was it different working with them and working with Madeline? Hammer to Nail : Mark, letвЂ™s talk about the motivation for this film. Here is a condensed digest of our conversation. A deeply personal movie, itвЂ™s also a gripping cinematic experience. Webber plays Mark, just out of prison, who returns home with the hopes of rebuilding the life he left behind, while confronting demons from his past. I met with actor/writer/director Mark Webber ( The End of Love), along with his mother, noted advocate for the poor (and the 2012 vice-presidential candidate of the Green Party) Cheri Lynn Honkala, younger brother Guillermo Santos (a bright teenager with AspergerвЂ™s syndrome) and actress Madeline Brewer, on Sunday, March 12, 2017, at SXSW, to discuss his new film, Flesh and Blood ( which I also reviewed), loosely based on his own biography.