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MOHICANS ES: Yeah, they taught us how to pack the wadding and the powder and the ball and all that kind of stuff. E: I've been with PRIME TALENT for about three years and they audition all over the United States and Canada. It's a DAMN sight better than movies they had in the 50s. You have to sit down and focus. For those who have missed it, requested it, or just now found it, we place it here again. You know what I want to do, I want to get a bunch of jackets for them, a bunch of Drama Club jackets and put the name of their band on it. No, we don't have "Red River"! Should you instead be seen simply as an individual who has chosen acting as a profession? In regards to the entire star system and awards systemI don't care who has won what or who has done this or that or the other thing. 1992 ERIC SCHWEIG INTERVIEW PLEASE NOTE: We originally ran this interview with Eric Schweig, and the commentary that follows, well over 3 years ago, but removed it after we had done our own with him (see: ERIC SCHWEIG: AN INTERVIEW ). He was just all work, then go home. It was fun! They were troubled kids. They could come so close but the rest is just theoretical, or hypothetical. I'll never forget his annoying voice. So, it it is somewhat difficult to have to knock his words. Although I was forcibly detached from my Inuit culture I always knew I was Inuit in my heart and I knew I had a real mother somewhere. It's about this concert violinist who befriends all of these wolves in Alaska on his property. Eric Schweig in War Of The Worlds - Dust To Dust (1989) morakina23 64K views 11 years ago A Millennial Job Interview Dream Reach Media 12M views 4 years ago What It Takes To Be A Good Leader:. AMERICAN HISTORICAL SIMULATIONS. But, take yourself. They'll suck all We sort of guessed at what they would I: Have you seen the whole film unedited? We hung out with him a lot. 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. She is the New York-based writer/podcast editor for Filmoria and film contributor at The Interrobang. It's retarded. They're very well ignorance. This is all in the 1800s and actually we shot it over at the ranch where they shot Legends of the Fall. MESSAGE BOARD, STOREFRONTS! I: So you made the movie in Richmond: now what? It was wonderfully portrayed between the two of you, but would it have been correct in those days? I don't know what he does now, but he was when we were on the set. If you don't love what you're doing then don't do it. I had read up on it a little bit and I told him what had happened, what was going on, and naturally, he knew. Both musical pieces heard during this interview are by Tudjaat, MP: What did you think of her being there? And it seems to me, we could have been more of a family unit. We're just dressed in, you know, regular garb and doing things that other people do, and they're timely. before it was a tad more difficult than we'd anticipated. I: What kind of qualities do you think they were looking for, that maybe you had that other people didn't? you think, but I didn't see any women there well, a few, but there were GUYS everywhere, but no women. They sort of fashioned him after Tony Soprano, I think. He didn't socialize. Indians.. one of the worst. MP: Then they'll be there for future generations? What's he like on the set?" Gangster rap's fine for the individual who doesn't want to pick up a gun and . ], MP: [Laughing!] When Dances With Wolves came out, the whole thing, it just blew the doors wide open for period pieces about Indian people. He's normal. There were guys from all over the place. Did you feel close? ES: Yeah, all up and down there; all over here. In an interview with ICTMN, Schweig discussed life experiences that have helped him to play his role in Blackstone, his belief in giving back to the community, and how he has obtained such success in his career. before it was a tad more difficult than we'd anticipated. there's such a thing as senility. it to them. MP: It looks real good. We trained with Colonel David Webster [pause] I think that was his last name. Our impression of Eric Schweig was that he is gracious, friendly, humorous and sincere. MUSINGS || 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 MP: Well, a lot of people feel put out! He's pretty intense. And their dogs too. Eric Schweig is a Canadian actor of mixed Inuvialuk, Chippewa-Dene and German heritage. They'll get a kick out of that. ES: He was intense. Okay, I just want to backtrack just a little bit. E: Yes, to an extent! But this big uranium mining company finds out he has all this uranium on the property and they come to buy him out. And I love to be around the sets, learning things. I: I believe you are half-German and half-Inuit and you are involved with the Canadian Alliance and the Solidarity for Native People? it's burnt out. MENUS! E: Yes, we all did, but I like to do as many stunts as I can, except falling off the cliff, of course! MP: The diverse cast - a microcosm of the French and Indian War, really - must have made things interesting on the set. There seems to be something simmering below the surface in much of what he has to say. ES: Oh yeah! MP: It didn't leave you craving for the city lights? Available - Free Downloads Only! Previous to this "formal" interview, we had had several long conversations with Eric, focusing primarily on his hand carved Inuit masks. MP: Did you get closer to Jodhi May would you say, than to say, Madeleine Stowe? ES: You gotta put a little bit of that in there. MP: So, we're not looking at masks that are all going to be the same, but all unique. Even at night. First, how were you chosen for the role of Uncas? My birth name is Ray Dean Thrasher while my adopted legal name is Eric Kurt Schweig. MP: Do you see that on the other end of the spectrum too, with the elderly? 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. What was originally scripted for that scene was pretty graphic. But Pierce Brosnan is barely bearable as Sir William Johnson, the tribe's self-anointed protector. That's Born: June 19th 1967 Height: 6'2 Weight: 210lbs Eyes: brn Hair: blk Marital Status: none Heritage/Tribe: Inuit/German country: Canada 1997 - 2020 by Making it more subtle? It is up front and it is brutally honest. Maybe Vern and I can take one of them out there. 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 He was somewhat reticent, probably because of the time lapse, about ES: Yeah. ES: Yeah, absolutely. Then I thought about it and it's just that his work ethic is different than everybody else's. There was a real enthusiasm projected when discussing his masks. And I'm waiting to see if I can get the role of Joseph Stone, a cop who's been to Lebanon and all that. Does he? I: And I presume the Hurons were speaking French? The point is that it's not really All of this helps a lot in my performance. AMERICAN HISTORICAL SIMULATIONS, ADOPTION SPEECH DELIVERED BY ERIC SCHWEIG. It was probably him. That Cooper's "history" was, in many ways, stunningly accurate? Guide book STILL In COLOR! But there are so many questions we would like to ask of him! Okay, you recently turned your attention to yet another craft; wood carving. MP: Yeah, Chimney Rock. MP: We've heard about those. ES: Yeah, Wes was cool. We're working on it. All of our content is free. So, no, not to me. Hollywood will flog it to death. ES: Yeah, as opposed to a few years ago, it's reasonably quiet, yeah. MOHICAN PRESS it take to coerce you to be there? Did you enjoy being in the midst of all that awesome scenery and wilderness? 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 They were in the islands? Guide book STILL STUDIO: 20th Century Fox. [Laughs] They're not making Spaghetti Westerns. 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. They were stiff, the leather in them was REALLY stiff, so you could carry it They don't have anybody to talk to and nobody to listen to them. It's so cheesy. good idea to have one of your masks displayed in the vicinity. you know, and isn't psychotic. Early life [ edit] Schweig was born in Inuvik, Northwest Territories. 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. You know.. just in town here, right beside the baseball field.. and this is a small town, there's about 10,000 people. right beside the ball field, this young girl, about a year and MP: Where as a well made period piece, showing history as realistically as can be, is good. It looks like this interview was written very tongue in cheek, so don't take everything too seriously. Hollywood for many years, echoed public perception and stereotyped the culture. It's become a horrible reality. I am an outreach worker in real life. One of the six and French, so that they could talk amongst themselves. He seems like a good guy. He exhibits a fine sense of humor. E: There are six different nations in the Mohawk nation. It starts with the individual person. love interest. What we'd like to start with is for you to paint a picture of who you feel you are for us. I think a lot of them are. I lived in Toronto, which is right next to the Six Nations reserve. They were doing illegal tampering with time cards, skimming hours off time cards and the make-up artists went on strike. 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. Fortunately, we have the type of material that forces you to be into it and serious, otherwise you would just come across as phony. Not necessarily on a compassionate level because I wouldn't describe Andy Fraser as a compassionate character. He's a really funny guy. It's not in the middle of downtown San Francisco where they E: Something like that. Eric Schweig and Arye Gross in "Big Eden." Out gay filmmaker Thomas Bezucha has a new film, "Let Him Go," now out in theaters. MP: Throughout the film there is featured some terrific landscapes. Do you see yourself as having an empathy with these kids, since you've walked in their shoes? Yeah, they cut that out, they must have. The Indians were ambushed by Russians. I: Do you think European women would have been able to stand such a life style? If there's any kind of panic, it started at the top with the producers. and I get with her and we start scrapping about this and that and he shoots me dead. Right now, with all the school violence and music and art programs being cut all over the US I thought it would be good to interview him. In fact, he stayed at that, not a chateau What's the name of that MP: Personally, I think he was deserving of an Academy Award for his work in The Last of the Mohicans. Let us digress we very much want to like Eric Schweig. MP: Is that the movie with a band of Cheyenne Dog Soldiers hidden out in the mountains somewhere in modern times? infringement! have anything to do with carving. 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. Faye Marie. infringement! ES: Oh You know, I can't remember. I lived in hostels and I was an alcoholic until 14 years ago. Or, do you even think it should be an issue? The James Fenimore Cooper book was fiction! It would never have happened! I thought it would stink! Please Note: This interview is the property of Mohican Press. You've said previously that you've worked with wood since you were "knee-high" and that it was something that came naturally to you. You should do a mask. E: The only stage shot was the waterfall and the cave. That's who you have to focus on. Did he really think the movie would "stink"? ES: Uhhh no.. not my adopted family, but I hang out with my Uncle Willie from my biological family once in a while. Gregory Harrison . They can get egotistical. PATHFINDING || And it was one of the six. COLLECTIBLES || If someone wants a reference like, "How was he to work with? but you couldn't cradle it as well. But they didn't! We have them back and now we can take care of them. The copy we were given is very poor, and was somewhat difficult to transcribe. MP: He's got quite a reputation for really getting into his roles. You've known him as Uncas. Blackstone's Eric Schweig provides some fun facts about his life. That's what these guys do in the movies. effects - without our expressed, written permission, constitutes copyright It's all hard to fathom it goes against our grain. I've been around horses. I: I saw the movie three times and honed in on the role of Uncas. We need to come together as a global indigenous community. If someone doesn't like you, they are not shy when telling other companies. It was incredible. ES: He's more meticulous, he's a perfectionist to the power of 10. Probably the fort scenes. It was like puppy love basically, this love scene they cut out. ES: Yeah, absolutely. scripted, which was more than "puppy love". Being brothers, we would be the same. I don't use it. Eric Schweig was born in Inuvik, Canada, on 19 June 1967. So finally, after three or four years of screwing around I got around to it. That Uhm hmm. ES: Yeah, I realize it was about the French and Indian Wars, but if they had focused more on the family ties that are involved with the Indian people that lived in that area, it would have hit home a lot harder. MP: True. [Sad voice. HISTORY || All they want to do is restrict native roles to native people. think I'd hesitate. 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. Previous to this "formal" interview, we had had several long conversations with Eric, focusing primarily on his hand carved Inuit masks. It would be wild to go to Moscow and find all these masks all over the place. How would you compare the role to others you've played? Does he realize that all history is written from a viewpoint? Eric Schweig has spoken freely about his alcoholism. Not Chimney Rock was that Chimney Rock? impact, and it's art imitating life and vice versa. 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