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Doesn't that sound like a great flick? I knew then that I
had to talk to director Mark Lewis about making this little
epic. Mark was kind enough to answer many inane questions
for me and send some pics as well so, without further ado,
here we go!
Divine Exploitation - What was your inspiration for this
film, Chaos Unllmited?
Mark Lewis - The inspiration started in the early 90's. I
was living alone in Los Angeles when the Rodney King riots
broke out, and for three days I stared at the TV and watched
as the violence spread closer to where I was.
I remember thinking for the first time: "I really wish
I owned a gun." So it was that paranoid thought that
started the creative process.
DE - Is Scott Lewis who plays Carl, related?
ML - Yeah he's my younger brother and we've developed a really
good working relationship over the years. So often in these
types of action movies the whole thing gets sunk by a lead
actor who looks ridiculous when you put a gun in his hand.
Ben Affleck comes to mind where you don't believe for a second
that he could hold his own in a fight. I think Scott has a
natural charisma in that regard, and I think I've only scratched
the surface of what he's capable of.
DE - How hard was it working with all the guns?
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ML - Well, it would have been a lot easier if we could
have afforded an armor/weapons specialist. We basically
had three types of guns; an actual shotgun that fired blanks
(Half-load. Full load spits out too much smoke), 8mm blank
pistols we bought on the internet, and for the machine guns
we had pellet guns we spray painted black and insterted
the gunfire afterward in post with CGI. The 8mm pistols
were a massive pain in the ass because they had the tendency
to jam take after take. With the CGI guns you run the risk
of looking goofy by having the actors mime the firing motions,
but I think we came off okay.
DE - How did you decide on the location since the action
never leaves the house?
ML - Actually, the location was my father's house. After
he died it went to my brother and I. And I figured
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