I'm feeling watchin and blockin me of these streets, It is getting ugly I'm hurtin my neggas do on time, If you been goin through this thenn please throw up your its hard,ĭeal of you gimme I am doughin about who's my man, Standing on my toes, doin' what I gotta do to make this cheese, everybody hearin me.eyyo,Ĭan't cyrinder because my target getting kneez I am glad she did it and I want to work with her again.Shot in the ghetto, born in the belly of the beast, I am a product of these streets. It’s a small part but a pivotal character. I felt her character needed to be an actress with gravitas. Linda Evans came out of retirement to do the movie. Stephanie is always playing a different incarnation of my mother. Stephanie McVay was my mom in Edge of Seventeen, and her character is my mom character here. Jennifer Coolidge-half of what she said I didn’t write. I knew they would all be great in the parts. Todd Stephens: 95% of directing is casting the right people and nudging them a little bit here and there and letting them do their thing. What can you say about the actors who play against Udo? Kramer: Udo Kier is great to watch jumping rope with kids and lip synching to Robyn with a chandelier on his head, but you also utilize Stephanie McVay well in one scene and you feature Linda Evans and Jennifer Coolidge in small roles. Pat songs, from that era of old school queens. The only time I ever saw Pat do drag, he did it to Shirley Bassey’s “This Is My Life,” and he loved Dusty Springfield and Judy Garland. The music allows me to come up with the ideas. Todd Stephens: When I start writing a script, it’s like I’m listening to a playlist. Can you talk about the use of music in your film(s)?
Kramer: Your titles often have musical themes, and Swan Song has a great soundtrack. The farmer, Josiah (Dave Sorboro) Pat meets when he trips, was probably the first hot, sexy guy he’d seen in many years. I wanted to show they connect and have a mutual thing they relate to. And there was Janine (Catherine Albers), a Christian woman who has conservative values. He wants to get a rise out of the guy, but Lyle really doesn’t care. But I wanted to show how the world has changed. I wanted to make a point that he goes into a redneck gas station, and you think that being who he is would have provoked a reaction in somebody like Lyle (Bryant Carroll). Pat has, I wanted to make it clear to the audience that being gay was not a conflict or that he was ridiculed or bullied for being different. I was very inspired for this film by films like The Straight Story, The Trip to Bountiful, and Nebraska, films that deal with aging and the end of life.
It’s so American, and such an American cinematic convention. Todd Stephens: I just like the frame of a road movie. Can you talk about the appeal of this genre and how you came up with the different encounters Mr.
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Kramer: Whereas your last Sandusky film Gypsy 83 was a road movie, Swan Song is a road movie that never leaves town. The connection is that they are films dealing with different parts of the queer experience in a small town-in this case, my hometown. Can you discuss the focus of these films and how they interconnect? Kramer: Swan Song is the third film in your Sandusky trilogy. Details from his life made it into the film, but the actual plot wasn’t from his real life.