My Aunt & Uncle May Appear In A Movie

[KNOWTHIS]

The movie is called ‘Clay’ and the scene was filmed in Hanover Square in Downtown, Syracuse NY. They will only be extras of course. They were told to dress in business type clothing as if to portray that they were just coming out of work. I guess there’s a serial killer in the movie and he walks right in between my aunt and uncle in one scene. They don’t know who he is at the time. Then there’s another bus scene and my uncle was selected for that as well. He’s bald on top and has a beard. I have no idea whether or not this footage will be used or not or how close-up it will be but it’ll be interesting to find out when it’s released in September.

It’s ironic that my uncle lived in California for several years (where many movies are filmed) and yet it was in NY where he actually became personally involved. There’s another movie called ‘Freak Talks About Sex’ which was filmed in Syracuse NY. It features Carousel mall and many other locations that I’ve been to many times. It’s always strange to see such places in a film.

Hanover Square is a small triangular square in Downtown Syracuse, New York formed by the intersection of Warren, Water, and East Genesee Streets. It is one of the older plazas of the city, and more recently Hanover Square is becoming a mixed-use combination of shops, restaurants, offices, and living space. At the turn of the 20th century, this square was the center of the dive and tavern district, thus receiving the nickname, "Hangover Square".

I'm pretty sure that this is the trailer to the movie.

www.srscinema.com/clay/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=114&Itemid=1

[Swamp Gas]

That is always strange. In Spielberg's "War of the Worlds", they filmed a bunch in Bayonne, which is about a mile from our house, and also a scene in Newark, which was 1 block from where I was born, in the Ironbound section.

Another good one was in 1965, WNBC channel 4 was conducting an interview with Gabe Pressman interviewing Nelson Rockefeller. I walked in between and was waving at the camera while this was going on, and they never edited it out.

[chickenlittle]

Yes agreed,when I was 19 I played in a band and they were filmin the movie "An officer and a Gentleman" here about 30 miles from where I live and I played to all the crew and some of the stars in a bar,they really enjoyed our band too.The movie "The Hunted" was filmed closer to my backyard a few years back,it starred Tommy Lee Jones,his chauffer spent time at our Cigar store that we owned at the time,nice guy liked to vissit,and Tommy Lee was a Auhenic Mexican food lover.
It was funny at the time because I could tell the people who didn't live here because the women would be wearing like dainty expensive sandals etc. and not dressed for our climate and they just looked out of context to the surroundings.
Take care it will be fun to see if these scenes do make the final cuts,we will watch.
chicky

[KNOWTHIS]

I talked to my uncle last night. He said that he is holding a purple umbrella in the scene outside and he’s also holding it on the bus along with a bag and coat.

[KNOWTHIS]

Clay Scene 01
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJYPYqretQA

At the 00:26 time frame you can see him briefly passing by on the right side of the screen. He pops in and out of the camera view as people pass by in front of him. He’s wearing sunglasses and a dark leather jacket with a beard just to the right of a woman on a cell phone.

Then at the 30:00 time frame the camera pans back out and you can see a side profile of him briefly as he walks by past the yellow fire hydrant swinging an umbrella on the left-hand side of the screen.

At the 00:39 time frame you can see him again on the right-hand side of the screen with the purple umbrella walk right past the killer who has his hand outstretched but unfortunately you can’t see his face. This is the scene that I thought would’ve been the best when he had originally described it to me but they filmed it too low.

Finally at the 01:26 time frame you can see him coming from the right side in a suit this time carrying what appears to be a bag and his jacket entering a bus.

I never did spot my aunt. I’ll have to ask her what she was wearing again.

[Swamp Gas]

Yes, i saw him. What is the concept of this movie?

[KNOWTHIS]

I don’t really know much about it other than this man ‘Clay’ is a serial killer and he travels around stalking his human prey. I guess it has gotten some good reviews?

"Clay is a very well produced and beautifully visualized psychological horror movie. The film tells a story of “father, the creator” who has raised a blasphemous son. But, the son too is a creator, a sculptor whose clay works reference another process by which life is made...the Garden of Eden will never be the same! Bonk’s editing keeps the film moving at a nice, but not too fast pace allowing for the psychology of the story’s themes to take hold." - Owen Shapiro