Adventures of a Fan Turned Producer
Have any of you had a chance to look around the In Plain Sight official website? If not, there are some great video interviews with Paul Ben-Victor that you should check out. In the third video Paul talks about being an actor and I have to say I really admire his philosophy and attitude about what he does for a living.
To view the videos click on the link below and scroll down the page a bit until you get to Paul’s videos.
My does time fly when you’re busy working on a film. Tomorrow is the premier of Paul Ben-Victor’s new series In Plain Sight! Not long ago it seemed so far off, and now it’s already here. Funny how that happens.
So I’ve been checking out the reviews and the critics run the range from like it to hate it. Jonathan Storm from Philly.com describes the show as “formulaic, but it works” and manages to insult and compliment Paul all in one sentence:
Mary’s boss is Stan McQueen, which, I guess, is funny because he’s played by schlumpy, shrimpy Paul Ben-Victor, a great character actor last seen as henchman to The Greek, the all-powerful crime boss in The Wire.
Here are some more reviews to check out if you wish:
Blogcritics Magazine
Crime Spree Cinema
Entertainment Weekly
The San Francisco Chronicle
USA Today
LA Times
Here’s an interesting press release that talks about USA’s interactive marketing campaign for In Plain Sight.
TV.com has a whole bunch of photos from the show that you can check out.
Fanbolt has a great interview with Paul about his new series and he does mention Invisible Man in it, more than once.
So be sure to check out Paul’s new series, In Plain Sight, tomorrow night, June 1, 2008, at 10:00 p.m. (9:00 p.m. Central) on USA.
Paul Ben-Victor and Frances Fisher talk about their play, Sexy Laundry, in the following video interview. Sexy Laundry is now playing at the Hayworth Theater in Los Angeles through March 16, 2008.
I embedded the video into this blog post, but could only get it to work intermittingly. If it doesn’t work for you, click on the link below to go directly to the video on YouTube.
If you’re a fan of Babylon 5, you’ll enjoy this podcast interview with Mike McCafferty. Mike spends an hour talking Babylon 5 with the same group that interviewed him recently on the Slice of SciFi Show.
…Oh, and I’m in the camp that thinks that the show got better when Sheridan replaced Sinclair.
Our guest for the next Slice of SciFi Show (#148) will be actor, director, writer and producer Mike McCafferty. Internet geeks will know Mike from his portrayal of the Ghost in the very popular video short “Chad Vader”. He has done stints on television with such great shows like “The Invisible Man, “ER,” “The West Wing,” “The Shield” and more.
However, Mike has also had roles in some pretty big feature films including “National Treasure: Book of Secrets,” “Idiocracy,” to the upcoming Clint Eastwood directed film titled “The Changeling,” due out in November of this year (script written by J. Michael Straczynski).
Addendum by Amanda: Mike, thank you very much for letting us know about your upcoming interview! I just want to let readers know that they can catch your podcast interview at http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2008/02/14/mike-mccafferty-on-slice-of-scifi-show-148-sat-feb-16-2008/. I couldn’t find any mention of when the show starts on the website, but if anyone misses it, they can listen to the interview at their convenience by simply looking for it in the Archives or Most Recent Episodes section of the website.