Each week in GRAND DELUSIONS, we take a look at unsolicited letters that were sent to various production companies, studios, and agents around Hollywood in the past few years. These are the ideas that slip through the cracks of the development world. Flashes of cinematic genius that spark, only to fizzle, then fade away into obscurity...Some are funny, some are scary, some are pitiful, some are incomprehensible-but they all share one quality: they're REAL! Names and addresses have been removed in most cases to protect the innocent (and spare them the mockery and ridicule... ). Join us now for a trip into the bizarre world of Hollywood wannabes!
We've got two letters in this week's GRAND DELUSIONS! The first one is eerily reminiscent of everyone's favorite GRAND DELUSIONS alumnus, Tennessee Winston Luke. For someone claiming to have "several doctorates," his grammar leaves much to be desired. I'm also willing to bet that he's one of the only stuntmen doctors with a law degree in the world...
The second letter has always been one of my favorites, and it always makes me laugh, for some reason. I think it might have something to do with the writer's assertion that "polywater" literally means "water that isn't...water." What's even scarier is that this letter was sent to me by an agent! The moral of this story? Don't give up if you're a writer. If this guy can get an agent, anyone can.
In next week's GRAND DELUSIONS, we'll bring you a couple of letters from inside the brink. Nothing brightens up your day more than getting a letter postmarked "San Quentin Death Row!"
If you have any weird, wacky, or bizarre letters for GRAND DELUSIONS, please contact Jason Pritchett.
If you have any weird, wacky, or bizarre letters for GRAND DELUSIONS, please contact Jason Pritchett at
jsnpritchett@moviepoopshoot.com.
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