Jason: Ok Tom tell us all alittle bit about yourself
Tom: Wow, where to start. Well I'm in a wierd way right now, in just a few short days I'm gonna be leaving on a jetplane to lovely Los Angeles, to start my career. So I'm kind of in this peaceful mindset, I'm not nervous at all. Almost like accepting death, but more like a rebirth. Phoenix rising from the ashes kind of thing. I'm leaving a lot of things behind, good and bad, but I'm excited, overall.
Jason: What made you decide to go to LA I mean you grew up in CT and went to school in Boston always thought you were more east coast
Tom: Well to be honest, I've always felt a huge pull to LA. Ever since I was a kid, I've always wanted to be there. The closest I've been was Phoenix, I was born there, but that's as far west as I have been. My mom jokes around, cuz she was pregnant with me when she went out to Cali, so she maintains that I've been out there. Perhaps that's why it's calling me, I liked it when I was there. But I think LA is my dream place. My childhood was spent in New Mexico, till I was 10, then my teen years in CT, and now my college years in Boston. So I have a soft inside with a hard outer shell. I can be aggressive and kick ass but still be nice. I think I'll do well out in LA.
Jason: How did you get involved with making films? I also heard something about some killer POKEMON movie
Tom: Hahah. Well my dream is to make music videos, direct, produce, whatever I can do, I just am in love with them. The fusion of music with image, just drives me nuts. But music videos are probably one of the last true mediums of creative experimentation. You have the ability to goof around, and usually the wierder the better. I'm a New Media major at my school, which is bascially any and all kinds of media, so I've made it a point to spread myself out as much as possible in those fields. As far as that Pokemon film, that actually was my first student film. Just Another Dream Sequence, it's on my site (www.evilzug.com) under JADS. I did everything except turn on the camera.
Jason: What are you currently listening to?
Tom: I'm on a big Lords of Acid kick. Now that I'm single I have pent up 'opression' that I need to get out, and Lady Velour and the like drive me nuts. Xmas eve I dropped fifty bux on 4 cds. Now that I have wheels, I've been burning my own CDs and making good mixes. I've been trying to find true 'Cyberpunk' songs, Fear Factory, God Lives Underwater, it's an interesting situation. Plus I'm at a big transtion in my life now, so every song I hear really strikes me. Even the corny stuff. I found my passion and fuel, so I'm a bit of an aesthetic now.
Jason: Over the summer you studied in Prague (sp?) how did that come about?
Tom: Well my school has a summer film study in Prague. Bascially it's a month long intensive film study where you go to class for a long time every day and talk about film with Czech dudes. It actually came out to be a lot easier then it was built up to be and was more of a lesson in cultueral differences and how to work with people. It was an amazing experience, Prague is such an amazing city. So beautiful. The alcohol is cheap, too, if your into that kind of thing. A glass of the best beer in the world, .5L, like twenty cents.
Jason: I think what everyone really wants to know about is the girls there, so fill us in
Tom: Ok, the Czech Republic, I think, as a prerequisite for entering the country, if you are a female you have to be AMAZINGLY HOT. It's a wierd situation. I saw NO Children, NO elderly people. only hot girls. Everwhere. Perfect bodies, amazing faces. I swear, I don't get it. They eat like fatty sausage and goulash all day long. But yeah. I'm a big fan. I wish they all could be Czech Republic girls...
Jason: What kind of film did you do while you were over there? I also heard something about a fellow student filming some chick in a pool and it turns into some crazy porno
Tom: hahah yeah. Well our final project was interesting. Their is the big beautiful astronomical clock in Old Town Square. Every hour this little show comes out of the clock and aposltes walk around. This little skeleton pulls on a string and rings the bell on the clock. I got this idea of playing with time. The film is bascially about a tourist buying a pocket watch, but it actually ticks backwards. As far as that pool chick story, that was funny. They had wanted to make this coming-of-age short, with this young girl exploring her sexuality alone, but then her father walked in on her however, they got a 22 year old actress and like a 25 year old actor to play the father, so it ended up looking like a bad porno. They cross cut all these pictures of magazine-woman with perfect bodies and turned it into a piece about the objectification of women. Good save.
Jason: How did you get involved with Project Greenlight ?
Tom: wow, interesting story. I'll try to keep it simple. Chris Moore, one of the exectutive producers, came to speak at my school about the industry. My now ex-girlfriend went and talked to him after he spoke, and to make a long story short, he ended up offering her a job on the project, as long as she could get to Chicago, etc etc. She asked if I could tag along, cuz I'm into the same stuff, and the rest is history. Luckily, I have a longtime friend who goes to school in Chicago. She has a friend who let us stay at her place for the month.
Jason: did you get to meet Ben or Matt ?
Tom: Nah they actually never set foot in Chicago. Kind of funny, cuz everyone usually asks that question. They get most of the buzz cuz I guess it's their money. Not that they weren't busy, they were hacking it up in LA working the high-end hobnobbing.
Jason: Whould you have told Ben that some of his recent works have been anything but good?
Tom: Oh from what Chris was saying, he knows.Like Reindeer games, they know it wasn't the most spectacular movie but they have good hearts and are out to have good times, so hey, good for them.
Jason: Maybe he should start hitting the bottle again. Ok last question favorite girl on cam whores , and why
Tom: Hahaha ok, wow, gimme a second to paroose the options. We're talking to real ones, not the wanna bes? or overall?
Jason: both
Tom: ok
Jason: I like TOYA and Venenodulce
Tom: Yeah she's blazing. I'm a big fan of the 'normal' girls like Sammie, Goobita/Laurita/Larua and Perfeckt, that are just hot and don't have to show tits to get hits. But then again I like me some V, she's got amazing amazing eyes that you can just fall into for years and years. Sunny is hot but who knows, judging from her site she might overly friendly. Szeretlek is HOT. AgentAeon is nice, She's a CyberpunkGrrl, so I have a soft spot. I'm gonna have to settle on Perfekt, thoug, cuz she's the best evar.
Jason: So if she was to read this interview what would you like to say to her?
Tom: Well I've sent her a few emails. I know what it's like to have a busy site, and all, and get tons of emails, so my name is a drop in the bucket to her. I guess I would say that I appreciate her 'reality,' and I'm glad she's not a camwhore. She sounds like she'd be chill, and I'm glad she's generally happy.
Jason: any last shout outs?
Tom: Hm. I have quite a crew so I'm sure if I were to beep a few people, everyone else would get pissed. I'm just gonna go ahead and yell like mad to all my fans who love and support the site, especially the single hotties who are over 18. Hahahah.
Jason: do you wanna expand on the single hotties over 18 part?
Tom: hahahah. Well I don't want to sound like a piggish player, so I retract it. I'm just single after a long, bad relationship, and I'm back on the scene, I guess.
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