Post Reader Article
Publicity is always double edged. You never know what kind of reactions you will get or how the information will be interpreted. Am I immortalizing Keehan? Looks like that is already taken care of. I keep reminding people my film is about a very flawed character. Did I like the guy? Of course I did. […]
On seeking truth…
Truth? Is there anything I can say is the truth about this project? Am I looking for a particular truth? Is it already formed in my mind, prefabricated for a predictable outcome. I ask myself this. I make no excuses for the flaws of John Keehan. I want to let the story tell itself. In […]
Another day another discovery…
I finally got a reply from the FBI regarding John Keehan’s FBI record. I send them a copy of the birth certificate, which is in the name of Juan Raphael Dante and then, penciled in at an askewed angle, “Keehan.” I thought I hadexplained myself properly, that Dante was not his real name and asked […]
LES PLUS TERRIBLES SECRETS DE COMBAT DU MONDE
As the California Count has been know to say, “…a day without Dante is a day without strange.”This morning a copy of the World’s Deadliest Fighting Secrets turned up online for sale on Ebay. It is in French, LES PLUS TERRIBLES SECRETS DE COMBAT DU MONDE, and from the look of the picture of the […]
Chicago Reader Article July 14
Dan Kelly’s Chicago Reader article is out. After a few months wait, having done the interview months ago, the Reader has done well by us. My hope is that the article will be a boost to my search for additional funding for the project. Additionally, I am hoping it will unearth some new information, bring […]
Full Speed Ahead…
It has been a busy month and things ain’t 100%. We got the new Jazz in Chicago Guide laid to rest and out to our first Millennium Park concert. General distribution starts today. My work buddy Dan Melnick and I got the first Jazz in Chicago Podcast done and are trying to catch up on […]
Viral marketing???
As I continue production I will be releasing trailers to generate pre-release awareness for The Search for Count Dante. I did a favor for a friend a few weeks back and inadvertently met up with a young man named Seth who wanted to cut a trailer for me. It is good to have collaborative participation […]
CopyCat Count Copied Big Time
That copycating West Coast sumo, Count Dante, metal band bass player and pretender to the leadership of the Black Dragon Fighting Society, has been throughly ripped off by Jack Black’s character in the film “Nacho Libre.” Count Dante plays bass, so does Jack. It gets more wierd. Back in the days of Incredible Strange Wrestling […]
Milwaukee: Another John Keehan Student
On Sunday I went to Milwaukee to meet Dr. Art Rapkin a former student of John Keehan. In 1964 Art was a 17 year old kid from Wisconsin who wanted to study with a master karateka, so he sought out John Keehan. Today Dr. Rapkin is a reknowned healer. Dr. Rapkin runs the Kindo Center […]
Distractions Distractions and Dante Steals a Peach
It’s been a few weeks since my last post. I have been about the business of bread and butter funtionality. Not a lot new to report. I keep finding people. Some real, some not. It is always questionable…I talk and listen for unprompted cues, cross references I already know. One think about John Keehan, he […]