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After further rummaging through our computer directories and CD-Rs, we\u2019ve finally pulled together our last collection (for now) of local movie visuals that have never before appeared on C-U Blogfidential<\/strong> or in C-U Confidential<\/strong>! Most fall squarely under the \u201chow they did it\u201d category, beginning with a raw close-up of charismatic Jonathan Harden<\/strong> who plays adventurer \u201cSpring Heel Jack\u201d in ONCE UPON A TIME IN 1972<\/strong><\/a> from Kill Vampire Lincoln Productions<\/strong><\/a> of Champaign<\/strong>. The green screen behind Harden has since been subbed out for a background plate in the final film.<\/p>\n \n Nine years ago from right about now, we ran the above photograph in MICRO-FILM<\/strong> 5 to illustrate the low-budget ingenuity used to stage extensive water tower scenes from the tense drama CHARMING BILLY<\/strong>, filmed by Havana, IL<\/strong>, native Wm. R. Pace<\/strong><\/a> in and near his hometown in 1999. While actor Michael Hayden<\/strong> is shown approaching a real-life structure in the movie, most scenes involving his character\u2019s shooting spree were accomplished using this partial recreation of the tank and catwalk.<\/p>\n \n <\/p>\n Last year, lead actress Carolyn Kodes-Atkinson<\/strong> lent her Champaign home to the production of writer\/director Mike Trippiedi<\/strong>\u2019s second feature AMBER ROSE<\/strong><\/a>, at which the crew seemingly used every square foot of her porch and front yard to position personnel, camera, and gear. Director of photography Bill Yauch<\/strong><\/a> (standing just right of center, in front of microphone) mixed up his shot selection as best he could for variety\u2019s sake.<\/p>\n \n We keep forgetting about snaps taken during our PRESS START 2 CONTINUE<\/strong><\/a> set visit in late 2009, so for the first time we share this candid of director Ed Glaser<\/strong> talking actors Jennifer Zahn<\/strong> and Joshua Stafford<\/strong> through a round of the fictional \u201cJackamo\u201d card game; they\u2019re joined by animated characters from the game in the finished movie. Our observations took place in the mystical Champaign warehouse space of Dallas & Company<\/strong>, which has served many a Dark Maze Studios<\/strong> project well.<\/p>\n \n We\u2019re also horrible about occasionally staging photo shoots for something-or-others that don\u2019t quite pan out, such as a 2005 series depicting various friends of the cause reading MICRO-FILM<\/strong><\/a> back issues. Here, Bill Kephart<\/strong> of REVOLTING <\/strong>fame strikes poses with MF<\/strong> 2 near the Lincoln Avenue<\/strong> gateway on the University of Illinois<\/strong> campus. We don\u2019t remember what delicacy Kephart toted along in the little paper bag, so please don\u2019t write us and ask. Thank you.<\/p>\n \n Finally, we wish <\/em>the graphic above was only a prop or mock-up but that is not the case. One person actually sent this to another through the mail in mid-Forties America, as recounted in the Jay Rosenstein<\/strong><\/a> documentary THE LORD IS NOT ON TRIAL HERE TODAY<\/strong><\/a> about the late Champaign resident Vashti McCollum<\/strong> and her legal fight to remove religious leanings from the public classroom.<\/p>\n ~ Jason Pankoke<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From the \u201cImages of the Week\u201d Dept.: In this third and final installment featuring images culled from our archives pertaining to the movies of Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond, we take a peek behind-the-scenes and then some!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,19,25,274],"tags":[458,361,748,165,747,80,496,563,467,749],"class_list":["post-3594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alums-done-good","category-images-du-cu","category-micro-film-du-c-u","category-print-matter-du-c-u","tag-amber-rose","tag-bill-kephart","tag-charming-billy","tag-ed-glaser","tag-jonathan-harden","tag-micro-film","tag-once-upon-a-time-in-1972","tag-press-start-2-continue","tag-the-lord-is-not-on-trial-here-today","tag-wm-r-pace"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3594\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n
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