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I used MyWackoSpace.com 's amazing MySpace Editor ." W the Movie" is a surreal satire about the failed presidency of George W.Bush, 911, the War in Iraq, the devastating tragedy of Katrina, and the hope for change in the upcoming elections of 2008.a World of chaos begins when a Word crashes in the desert and brings War!Strange things begin to happen when a meteor crashes in the Arizona desert and brings W back to the planet Earth.Written and produced by Alfred Eaker.Directed by Alfred Eaker and Ross St.Just.Associate producers: Ernest Stewart (of Issues and Alibis), Steven Sorin, Wendy Collin Sorin, Zach Brinkerhoff and Jim Mannan & Robin Panet/Liberty or Death productions.A Pink and Blue Films, LLC production in association with Liberty or Death Productions. ____________________________________________________________ ___________________________________'W' The Movie, artist statement from the Artistic Spirit Website :http://www.artisticspiritgallery.com/news/ http://www.artisticspiritgallery.com/“W” THE MOVIE is a surreal satire on the presidency of George W. Bush. I recognize the person of George W. Bush, as well I should, having been raised in a Pentecostal church, because, essentially, Bush is a fundamentalist. From the beginning, Bush’s leadership, personality, paranoia, aggression and arrogance have reminded me much of the Pentecostal preachers I used to watch and listen to in that small backwoods church. The Pentecostal experience was, for me, a chaotic and surreal one, much like what we’ve seen in the Bush presidency. “W” The Movie is a surreal satire on the failed George W. Bush presidency, 9/11, the invasion of Iraq, the administration’s devastating failure of Katrina and a presidency spiraling out of control. Absurdism meets Greek tragedy. I used author Michael Basinski’s book “Strange Things Begin to Happen When a Meteor Crashes in the Arizona Desert” as a starting point for the film’s script. In the book, a world of chaos is unleashed after a meteor crashes in the desert. Our film opens the same way, with a bit of a twist. BlueMahler finds a shrunken Texas Oil Man (George Bush, Sr.) in a box and unwittingly unleashes him on the world. Now, giant-sized, Texas Oil Man discovers a crashed meteor in the desert and in it, his long lost son, W, whom he runs for President. With Daddy’s help, W steals the election and becomes the 43rd President of the United Sates. This opening has shades of 50’s sci-fi movies and the Superman legend but it soon takes on the fundamentalist atmosphere of a carnival-like freak show. Like the televangelists, W is a cartoon caricature, a super villain of limited intelligence, backed up by endless financial resources. The movie includes special visual and audio elements, including artwork from Wendy Collin Sorin and Ian Pyper, and a series of paintings by me, created specifically for the film. The soundtrack is extremely varied, matching up with the themes and mood of specific scenes. It varies from the anti-war music of Beethoven to the contemporary, outspoken sounds of the LA band, DJ Monkey. BlueMahler is the protagonist of the film and he’s based off four people. He’s a bit the humanist artist found in composer Gustav Mahler and filmmaker Charlie Chaplin and like those two artists, BlueMahler has a developed sense of pathos that can, at times, be preachy. He’s even more Fr. Justin Belitz, a Franciscan, liberal theologian (and a personal friend). For added measure, BlueMahler is a dose of George Reeve’s Superman. Indeed, BlueMahler is painted the Superman colors of red and blue (tying in also with the red and blue election states), but this is not the buff Superman of Christopher Reeve (etc), rather a 40 year old amorous Superman who drinks, eats and smokes a little too much. I can identify with these characteristics and for this reason, I played BlueMahler myself. BlueMahler tries to be the voice of reason in the film. He’s not always successful and he’s deeply flawed. There’s a little bit of W in BlueMahler (and vice versa. This is why I also played W). After BlueMahler’s fall, W’s guilt gets the better of him and his presidency spirals out of control. “W” The Movie is a tale straight from the theatre of the absurd, a biblical melodrama told on WrestleMania television, a Greek myth played out on a Christian broadcast network, the Book of Revelations told in a 1950’s sci-fi movie. W’s world is a world I hate and understand. Alfred Eaker, Producer, Director, Author, Actor