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A GUEST AT THE GREAT MOHICAN GATHERING OF 1999. MP: Yeah, Chimney Rock. E: Oh, yeah. It was shot in Vancouver and I talked to Wes after he finished it. All three of us stood there with them. It's about me and this guy his name is Christoph and he's from France. They promote it. That and the part where Alice jumps from the cliff are some of the finest in the film! So, that's what I'm going to try to do with these guys this week. There is an endless amount of historical fact they dredge up from the past and twist it around and suck all the blood out of Indian people to paint their own pictures. He is a film critic and writes the #NativeNerd column. He'd rap with the extras and . anybody who was around. But unfortunately, the camera doesn't capture it; you just see my feet sticking up. There were so many locations. So, when you carve .. are you trying to recreate an exact image of another mask? And try to teach them to watch out for the warning signs. So what was it like to work with Michael Mann? Gregory Harrison . I: The dialects in Mohicans what are they? Interviewing is something we hadn't done ES: Oh yeah, Lake James. MESSAGE BOARD, STOREFRONTS! They were stiff, the leather in them was REALLY stiff, so you could carry it MP: Okay! them in the first place. Guide book STILL E: Oh, that was the hardest time anyone ever had. place? ES: I liked the ledge we were shooting on. [laughs] I don't know what I haven't met them yet, but I'm going to sit down and try to talk to them and try to get them out of their shells somehow. Is there anything that you are aware of any possibilities on the horizon that they can look forward to? That's where their home is and we're fighting over her They can get egotistical. Rick, I think. MP: What was your favorite scene in the movie? They do them and it comes right from MOHICAN PRESS different states and different coliseums .. and they're harmless! ES: No. This may be bad energy but it is energy nonetheless and that is power. He exhibits a fine sense of humor. I lived in Toronto, which is right next to the Six Nations reserve. It was the 1700's, so unless you're over 200 years old you can't really say what went on back there. E: Yes, it was. I think it's called Across Continents, something like that, but it's [picture of the mask] right on the cover of it. Just HUGE games. ES: Yes! You've known him as Uncas. AMERICAN HISTORICAL SIMULATIONS. I encourage kids to do this now. MP: I know you've had experience framing houses. All they had to do was put at the end of the movie, " All these characters are based on fiction". I'll do it. ES: You know, I don't know where the collection is. It's absurd. But you know, for what it's worth, Last of the Mohicans, it's a good movie. .. We'd sit and talk about playing guitar. So, after putting it off and saying "Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah". at the time I was running around a lot and too busy to It's not a monumental, you know, a paradigm change, but it effects them. Cause they just kind of stuck us in this little part of the field, when in the 1700s there was a thousand guys on the damn field guys getting killed, bones being broken. When Dances With Wolves came out, the whole thing, it just blew the doors wide open for period pieces about Indian people. There was a real enthusiasm projected when discussing his masks. ES: Yeah, it's a drag man, our children usually wind up paying the price for society's sins. All of this helps a lot in my performance. AMERICAN HISTORICAL SIMULATIONS They don't have anybody to talk to and nobody to listen to them. We could work out something. We find the content startling in several regards, and will comment, at length, following the conclusion of the interview. Maybe Vern and I can take one of them out there. Because it took so long to shoot, six months to shoot that and so many things went on. Copyright 1997 - 2020 by MP: The diverse cast - a microcosm of the French and Indian War, really - must have made things interesting on the set. Okay, you're a carver, an actor, a musician, and a drama coach. I'd go in there and buy 50 CDs at a time. And you take care of yourself Whew! Yeah, ask any actor and they will tell you one of the most fun things to do is to make a departure from yourself and play a villain. That's why we had, sometimes, 15 or 16 hour days. ES: Yeah. I'd take a picture of every one of them, too! Those guys running around in the wool were so uncomfortable. 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. Copyright ? Rather spontaneously, a gathering of LOTM fans has been planned. So finally, after three or four years of screwing around I got around to it. I didn't know the Russians, the Europeans, came from the west coast. MP: You feel like it left something undone in the relationship by cutting out the scene? COLLECTIBLES || 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? They could either. because they'll wind up either dead or in jail. They took it to the extreme with Last of the Dog Men, which is ludicrous! E: I'll stay in movies until I can get enough money to buy a ranch in Montana, live the life of a hermit get 10 or 15 dogs sounds good, doesn't it? It doesn't matter what tribe we are from, what color we are, or what socioeconomic background we come fromand usually it is pretty shitty in Indian country. They haven't solved it. It was incredible. There is no question that the American Indians have been one of the most mistreated peoples in history, certainly on this continent. Did you ever feel like "us against them" or "we've got another obstacle to go through and we've got to watch out for each other"; or was In ADOPTION SPEECH DELIVERED BY ERIC SCHWEIG, An oldie, but goodie 1992 ERIC SCHWEIG INTERVIEW. A few final comments. People either love it or they hate it and that's what you want. Or was it a sex scene? They were in the islands? before it was a tad more difficult than we'd anticipated. ES: He was intense. We're working on it. ES: Basically, yeah. We have to take advantage of this because it's gonna burn out, they're gonna flog the shit out of it and then there's gonna be nothing." You've given a positive image of a Native American. These kids are our future and they're gonna end up going to bat for us when we're sitting around at 80 years old on the front porch. They both have the same kind of drive so it was pretty funny. I'm an actor who just happens to be an Indian. One in particular was your party's arrival at Fort William Henry. If you do good things, good things will happen. I've never been, well.. they treated me like royalty. A little better, though. [2] Things usually turn out if you do it that way. Other than that, everybody got along. What am I doing working in the movies? MP: So, on the set then, he would just do a scene and then go off by himself? If they take VERY good care of them you know. So, beyond that, .. we gotta get with it. Usually they paved the way so we didn't have much of a problem. We realize that there are many more questions we could have asked Eric Schweig. E: I think they wanted that, but the height did come into it. I don't know, that's the editor's fault. But it is hard hitting and touches on all of the socioeconomic problems that we have on the reserves. Eric Schweig The Missing Interview - YouTube 0:00 / 2:10 Eric Schweig The Missing Interview Ogichidaawi 414 subscribers 174K views 14 years ago Eric Schweig interview from The. MUSINGS || If that's all you can get then, yeah, that's a problem. All the sets all the scenes a thousand extras at any given time running all over the place. The James Fenimore Cooper book was fiction! Since we came upon, posted, and discussed the above interview, both here and on the WWW Board, we have had the good fortune to be able to talk with Eric Schweig directly. And he'd do that with everything. It wasn't too heavy. MOHICAN WWW BOARD. I also am an adult survivor of abuse by my adoptive parents. It was huge. them to do. It's so big. E: No, I don't! unless they start writing scripts about contemporary things. It's cool, everything's cool. well, it's getting better, That's no lie either. Some people don't know whether to love him or hate him. 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?" But it's good for them because they have so much to offer, these kids, and some of We don't have the numbers; we represent less than 5% of the total population in North America. My mother died of alcoholism and she was homeless as well. MP: Another scene that may have been filmed but didn't make it in the final cut was when you were approaching the fort. E: This was a part of the thing that didn't get developed properly. He headed to the big screen following his Broadway performances. We hung out with him a lot. I: What kind of qualities do you think they were looking for, that maybe you had that other people didn't? Even Daniel did. Guide book STILL E: I had fun, really. PATHFINDING || Do you really feel as though you're making a departure from yourself? Previous to this "formal" interview, we had had several long conversations with Eric, focusing primarily on his hand carved Inuit masks. He's pretty likeable. It's pretty good. you see a lot of them come out of their He doesn't really think that just because an American Indian becomes a director that he will be able to craft a totally objective, and accurate, film? It's going to be released here so just brace yourself. E: I don't mix with other actors. It is fun because you can do morally reprehensible shit and get away with it. I went over to his hotel and sat around with him. Available - Free Downloads Only! it to them. MP: How do feel about being cast in the real-life role of Indian activist? ES: Or even Vern. It was a real pleasure to have the opportunity to talk with Eric. Would it be accurate to say you're attracted to the arts in general? At first it took us about a minute or a minute and a half when we first got a hold of them to get them ready to fire. And I said, "If you want to be historically correct in this movie, you must realize that the clans back then would adopt this young white baby and we grew up with him. AMAZON.COM/LOTM STOREFRONT. Mohican Press - ALL There are no subscriptions or costs. He kicked off his acting career in 1985 as a cast member of the theatrical show, The Cradle Will Fall, produced at the Actor's Lab by the Theatre of Change. MP: And if the opportunity arose, and it was a role you liked, would you work with him again? 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 had a love scene that was cut out. It would never have happened! MP: Well, a lot of people feel put out! There's got to be a lot of women in order for there to be a lot of guys MP: Well, in that regard, most of the film takes place where you wouldn't expect to FIND a lot of women, on the battle front. You have to sit down and focus. Daniel, he's pretty laid back, to say the least. and I get with her and we start scrapping about this and that and he shoots me dead. There's this woman Claudia who's the ES: No, I haven't actually. The effect of the battle between you and Magua was very dramatic. Has Eric ever heard of "running the gauntlet"? ES: Well, we did boycott the set one day because all the extras were getting shit on. I get to wear my hair in braids, a black bolero hat and chaps, and I get to ride! MOVIE TITLE: The Last of the Mohicans. MP: That's true. MP: Okay, many people are sincerely anxious to see you in more films. and I saw the most amazing art work in this school. Also the music by Daniel Lanois, a French-Canadian composer. I'm not trying to be antagonistic. No one really knows, it should have gone in there Hopefully, it will be on the extended version when it's on video. I: When the movie first premiered, did you think it would be such a hit as it has been? MP: What WAS filmed? Early life [ edit] Schweig was born in Inuvik, Northwest Territories. They sold a lemon to the wrong person and find themselves reverting back to their old ways as mercenaries. Support Indian Country Today for as little as $10. Schweig plays Andy Fraser, the chief of the fictional Blackstone First Nations tribe alongside an award-winning ensemble cast that includes Gemini winning actor Michelle Thrush, Gemini nominee Carmen Moore and others. Eric Schweig is a Canadian actor of mixed Inuvialuk, Chippewa-Dene and German heritage. There are a couple of words we just couldn't make out, indicated by a [??] 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? When you do that you really have to commit. I: There is a very soft, subtle love story between you and Alice. I'm not an Indian actor. E: I've been with PRIME TALENT for about three years and they audition all over the United States and Canada. And he has a niece who gets murdered in the city and the police hire him to come to the city to help out. So, anything contemporary, it doesn't matter. And their dogs too. Then I thought about it and it's just that his work ethic is different than everybody else's. They had a pool and a waterfall. MP: Any plans of showcasing them, or giving them their day in the sun? ES: Yeah. Where's Marion? Okay, I just want to backtrack just a little bit. Madeleine Stowe. you have to bring to the forefront. I was born in Inuvik NWT in 1967 and moved south to Ontario with my adoptive family in the early 70s. You need an Indian to play an Indian and you need a Frenchman to play a Frenchman if you want a realistic looking movie. an Inuit duo! You know. psychopaths running around. Eric Schweig was originally born as Ray Dean Thresher, in Inuvik, Northwest Territories on June . That's why they cut that love scene out. the real, well .. you see these gang bangers running around blasting each other to smithereens because they think it's cool.. because that's what you do. It was like puppy love basically, this love scene they cut out. I told everybody right from the beginning, listen man.. we better take advantage of this while it lasts because they're gonna flog it to death. You know, that's the impression people have. [Laughing! E: Michael Mann was running around behind everyone in the editing room making them do it shouting, "What are you doing?". [Sad voice. Because they really need a sense of belonging and that sort of gives It will be cool because it will be the first time I'll be on a set and.. abstaining. MP: It seems sort of a bad time for a love scene anyway at that stage of the filming. So, by the time I thought it would stink! COLLECTIBLES || I was adopted at six months of age. We were particularly struck by his comments pertaining to children which seemed MP: Is this role already accepted or is it something you're considering? And that's not the way it's supposed to be. His filmographic credentials include a slew of TV series such as . It's pretty cool, and that's part of the whole process. E: I caught that myself! a half, two years ago, Jessica State . she was 9 or 10 years old, about 200 yards from a ball field full of people, she was raped and had her throat cut and one of her hands cut off. ES: You know what? We love his portrayal of Uncas. It's kind of difficult.. You see a lot of, well, I scripted, which was more than "puppy love". ES: Yeah, all up and down there; all over here. They were the stars so they acted accordingly. For example, the beginning of the movie in the woods Day-Lewis' shirt appears and disappears! You know .. they just did whatever they had to do. Regarding Vern get here?" Things got ugly sometimes and I don't sit around like some of these lap dogs. And we didn't finish till, I don't know, 11, 12 something like that, anyway. ES: Yeah, they couldn't have two different love stories going on at once. I didn't see a hell of a lot of women in that movie. Enjoy! So, by the time of the interview, we felt comfortable with him, and he with us. EARLY I didn't think it would make this much money! Some people actually got hurt. People, Indian or otherwise, are not born to hate each other. They're very well We hope all who read this feel they've gained more insight, or a better I: Well, obviously you did most of all the work yourself, but did you have a stunt person? It starts with the individual person. ES: Tell them, "Thanks for your support. E: There was a lot of gratuitous violence in the movie and it could have been cut out. Hollywood will flog it to death. 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. There were also a few scenes cut out that should not have been. Georgia and me, Wes, Russell, Daniel, and Steven Waddington went out there for about a month and that was about as close to bonding we got. LINKS The following interview with Eric Schweig was conducted, via telephone, on February 1 and 2, 1998. wasn't the only time he did that. What I thought about the movie was that it was sprawling. You know? And I was told at 7 a.m. the next morning that I was hired! . MP: Was it a pleasant experience then, to be filming in the area? Basic description does not do this moment justice. Born in Canada's Northwest Territories and of Inuvialuit lineage, Schweig was adopted into an abusive family as a baby and suffered under their treatment until, at age 16, he ran away to Toronto.. That's Andy Fraser. A film that tries to cover too much historical ground at least 40 years in too little screen time and winds up becoming a bore because of it. I: How did you get on with the rest of the cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Jodhi May and Russell Means? Just a cop. Does he realize war and violence do really take place, even though we are "not born to hate each other"? ES: Yes. Before that I had no idea what they were doing up there. Was there a challenge or was it a likeable role for you? But when Daniel walks into the Huron village he almost gets his brains knocked out. Probably in a little while. but, I'll get the script in And, hang out with my girlfriend. ES: Yeah, THE INDIAN. So. you know, we've got to take advantage of it and they'll have nothing left short of Last of the Dog Men which is a ludicrous concept for a film about Tom & Huck or Pontiac Moon if they were done differently, not Tom & Huck, but Pontiac Moon. GATHERINGS || it's not that big a deal whether they're historically correct or not because they never can be. I. I: Where there any significant problems with the movie? GATHERINGS || MP: Are the original masks, the ones you are recreating are they in museums in Russia? We have them back and now we can take care of them. MP: Okay. you've got Scots running around half naked and even in a period piece about Indians, just take The Last of the Mohicans for example .. You've got European born actors recreating roles from over 200 years ago. What's he like on the set?" It'll probably never happen, but if it came around, I would. I: So you made the movie in Richmond: now what? PATHFINDING || Since his feature debut in the 1990 drama The Shamans Source, Schweig has made an impressive mark on the acting world in such productions as Squanto: A Warriors Tale, The Scarlet Letter, Ron Howards The Missing, Cowboys and Indians: The J.J. Harper Story, Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis, Cashing In, Casino Jack, and the Emmy-winning Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. I: And I presume the Hurons were speaking French? As you've read in the interview, a film project is likely to materialize. How would he feel if film directors did not use native people in native roles? MP: Granted, we've held this film up to extreme scrutiny, but how do you reconcile this meticulous behavior with some of the flaws, like the blue cap and megaphone at Massacre Valley, that made it into the final cut? It doesn't matter what kind of crooks they were! And who they focus on and who they promote is gangster rap. Thanks, Eric. Should a dark Italian be cast as a blue-eyed Swede? It was great. Could you tell him Eric said "hello"? What is it like working with Blackstone's all-star cast? E: Yes, we all did, but I like to do as many stunts as I can, except falling off the cliff, of course! MP: Regarding the children's drama group that you're involved in . your girlfriend's name is Gail? MP: You know, in some ways though, contemporary pieces are worse because they're filled with all sorts of horrors and things that wouldn't happen in a million years. Well, it's one of the biggest small towns. Everything just soars in it. Just go ahead and tell me how you feel about that. 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. Being brothers, we would be the same. You know, what goes around comes around. It's so cheesy. They'll get a kick out of that. Mohawks all over the place! That's how it has to be; even Freddy Krueger was the bastard son of 1000 maniacs. Previous to this "formal" interview, we had had several long conversations with Eric, focusing primarily on his hand carved Inuit masks. That This is "Eric Schweig Demo 2016" by Eric Schweig on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. ES: Madeleine.. She was fine, you know. Right THERE! ES: There's one. love interest. ES: Yes, I'd rather be seen as an individual who chooses acting as a profession. PATHFINDING || But I made the bottom of the mask protrude a little bit more. Was it meant to be like that? They made me dive from one canoe to another. I had no idea. Yeah, you know, just like locusts. You know Wes Studi's got his own film company and he's doing . [Wardancer Film Group] E: I've just finished this thing in Atlanta, Georgia, maybe two months ago, called Shenandoah. MP: He's got quite a reputation for really getting into his roles. PART 2: ERIC SCHWEIG: AN INTERVIEW 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? In He doesn't speak any English so it was hard to, it's hard to color a picture if you only have one color crayon. ES: No, not when I was there. But people still, especially kids who have this .. it changes the way they see things. You should do a mask. Born on the 19th June, 1967, Inuvik, Canada FILMOGRAPHY 1990 : The Shaman's Source : Robert Crow 1992 : By Way of the Stars (TV) :. Personal use on your own home PC is permissible! And it was one of the six. 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. Do you enjoy the stage? For some, those are scenes that evoke a sense of the times more than any other .. they really hit you. 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. Try to balance it, you know.. go He was just all work, then go home. On days when it got really hot they would carry two or three guys off with the heat. I guess we swayed public opinion since then but I haven't heard of it. You know, you gotta start somewhere and they're starting small but they're starting. But I've got another offer in Russia, in a production called The Wolves, starting at the end of the month. Nobody gives a So I told everybody from the beginning. That Cooper's "history" was, in many ways, stunningly accurate? I don't get it because those are our babies. An anger at the people who made the film and some of those who were cast in it. No one wants to see this all the time. It's too bad that I was born out of abuse, but you know, that's how most of us are. Do you see yourself as having an empathy with these kids, since you've walked in their shoes? 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! To Continue Reading Our Interview With Eric Schweig, Move On To: PART 2: ERIC SCHWEIG: AN INTERVIEW. effects - without our expressed, written permission, constitutes copyright That's what these guys do in the movies. We invite your comments on our comments, or on the interview, on the A speech was given by actor-adoptee Eric Schweig on February 19, 1999 at the Vancouver Inner City Foster Care Conference. Just a chance to. you can see it in them.. certain monologues that hit home with them. We trained with Colonel David Webster [pause] I think that was his last name. E: No, I didn't. Unfortunately, people just eat that stuff up! ES: No, I haven't. I work with sex trade workers and I try to hook them up with agencies that can help them. ES: Well, you know, it's a period piece. ES: Yeah, I just get a real charge out of it.. so does anybody who's listening. ES: There's about 14 or 15 kids in it and we get together.. actually, I'm waiting for some plays to come in to a local bookstore here. We go down to the gym and I just. my girlfriend and I, we look around for different monologues and scenes for Like this week. there's 7 or 8 guys that I'm going to speak with. understanding of who Eric is. 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. I lived in hostels and I was an alcoholic until 14 years ago. Personal use on your own home PC is permissible! Available - Free Downloads Only! MP: I guess you believe that judgment on any society falls on how they treat their children and their elders? Certainly, we have a new found appreciation for interviewers! Like the kiss between Hawkeye and Cora? Hopefully, his voice will be heard on this; his "activism" emulated. He is of mixed race ( Inuvialuk, Chippewa - Dene and German). Most of that was because there were so many people in there all the time. 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 Indians.. one of the worst. I guess it worked out. ignorance. Besides that, North Carolina is shit and it makes me nuts. I didn't do a lot of talking. SOUNDTRACK || Let us digress we very much want to like Eric Schweig. (A boyish laughter interrupts the train of thought.). You know, Robert DeNiro and Val Kilmer didn't go out to the closest available reservation and give him an eagle feather oh, sorry, Al Pacino didn't give him an eagle feather to join his division downtown in Los Angeles. E: I got along with everybody! It's everybody's favorite spot. ES: Well, the doors are opening now. ES: Something I'm considering. They take their sense of history and their wisdom But it was us, except going over the waterfalls. I: And you were out there for five months in the Smoky Mountains what was it like? RIGHTS RESERVED - Use of material elsewhere - including text, images, and We don't want to attack his words. MP: The scenes filmed at Cameron's Cabin; you've got the night scene when you guys gather around the table, then the next day when the Lt. is trying to recruit colonials to support the British Army, and then later on, when you guys revisit the cabin and Titel: 500 Nations - Die Geschichte der Indianer - Staffel 0 Folge 3 : Episode 3; Luftdatum: Renommierte Gste: Fernsehsender: CBS. Guide book STILL I haven't seen him in a bit, but I like to hang out with him once in a while but, that's about it. She is the New York-based writer/podcast editor for Filmoria and film contributor at The Interrobang. Does he? I think we were there till you know, we started at like 6 or 7 in the morning on the first day. ES: If I'm not working, yep! That, perhaps, is petty stuff. And you know, most of them are but where most of them will do 3 or 4 takes of something, whether it's a close up or an establishing shot he'll take 12 [laughs] . or 13. You know what? If the movie makes $80 million, they don't care what I say. ES: Oh yeah! That was a pain in the ass, to say He was ALWAYS doing that. He's normal. We should be running around and, . not running around.. but we should be in, you know, suits.. like everybody else. in normal clothes. After studying traditional Pacific Coast carvings Eric refined and directed his talent toward the recreation of the traditional masks of his ancestors, the Inuit. I love Asheville. 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. 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