1 00:00:09,572 --> 00:00:13,084 STILL MORE… EXTRA STUFF 2 00:00:14,076 --> 00:00:17,839 Ok. That was Giga Shadow. 3 00:00:18,728 --> 00:00:21,439 Picture number four in the LEXX pilot cycle. 4 00:00:23,265 --> 00:00:25,440 And that was directed by Robert Sigl. 5 00:00:26,541 --> 00:00:28,359 Robert Sigl is from Munich. 6 00:00:28,882 --> 00:00:32,148 And in case you didn’t assume it from the show – 7 00:00:32,616 --> 00:00:36,276 Robert Sigl is a very… unique human being. 8 00:00:37,851 --> 00:00:39,177 Very unique guy, 9 00:00:39,383 --> 00:00:41,744 he is a… If you’re talking about enthusiasm… 10 00:00:41,963 --> 00:00:43,950 He would take us… you know… 11 00:00:44,011 --> 00:00:45,390 I mean if he were directing… 12 00:00:45,507 --> 00:00:51,016 If Robert Sigl were directing like a supper scene with like a mum and dad and a kid 13 00:00:51,160 --> 00:00:54,594 having supper it would not be an ordinary supper scene. 14 00:00:54,704 --> 00:01:01,448 It would be an absolutely the most scene father with supper out of him… 15 00:01:01,527 --> 00:01:06,321 and then the mother hacking the bird to pieces and then the little boy crying 16 00:01:06,393 --> 00:01:09,298 with the candles burning, flickering on his eyes... 17 00:01:09,369 --> 00:01:12,962 you know I mean he’s … gets kind wild up a little bit… 18 00:01:12,994 --> 00:01:13,752 but enthusiasm! 19 00:01:16,396 --> 00:01:17,853 that’s the alarm signal 20 00:01:17,918 --> 00:01:19,477 and like this 21 00:01:26,431 --> 00:01:29,282 and he has a long pipe doing this 22 00:01:30,996 --> 00:01:33,467 It’s a gothic space opera for me. 23 00:01:34,522 --> 00:01:39,313 The atmosphere, the visual… the visuallity… the visual elements… 24 00:01:40,324 --> 00:01:43,698 the mystery horror science-fiction 25 00:01:45,362 --> 00:01:49,289 also the concealed eroticism in it… 26 00:01:49,855 --> 00:01:53,450 I like that very much and the story plots. 27 00:01:53,628 --> 00:01:58,143 The plots, the story outlines everything… characters are very-very unique 28 00:01:58,368 --> 00:02:02,582 and completely different to the most of the other science-fiction films. 29 00:02:02,739 --> 00:02:06,535 So this has much more to do with "Alien" H.R. Giger 30 00:02:06,665 --> 00:02:10,087 then it has to do with for instance "Star Track" or "Star Wars". 31 00:02:10,368 --> 00:02:14,914 Well actually it’s a little bit strange for me to realize 32 00:02:15,173 --> 00:02:22,164 or to grasp the facts that the Americans really seem to have no problem 33 00:02:22,384 --> 00:02:26,217 with the portrayal of violence but they shrink back 34 00:02:26,271 --> 00:02:32,465 and get frenzy and despaired whenever this portrait. 35 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:40,170 And this is something that Europeans... that’s very hard for Europeans to understand. 36 00:02:40,719 --> 00:02:44,603 Actually the fantasy is not very popular in Germany. 37 00:02:45,086 --> 00:02:47,714 It is popular whenever I comes from America, 38 00:02:47,921 --> 00:02:50,787 then mass audiences walk into the movie theatres. 39 00:02:50,948 --> 00:02:59,079 But they also are extreme behave strangely in the film business 40 00:02:59,371 --> 00:03:05,221 if German film directors come up with stories like that or try to shoot movies like this. 41 00:03:05,454 --> 00:03:09,209 And this is strange and odd because we have a very big tradition in Germany 42 00:03:09,441 --> 00:03:17,467 Well I’m convinced that it has something to do with 43 00:03:17,577 --> 00:03:22,389 expelling and killing of all the creative forces. 44 00:03:23,022 --> 00:03:27,409 And it still shows in German cinema, in modern German cinema, 45 00:03:27,516 --> 00:03:35,864 the big loss of big artists and big loss of... for instance. 46 00:03:36,959 --> 00:03:43,802 And we have to fight for making our films better and more interesting to the audiences. 47 00:03:45,627 --> 00:03:49,900 The only problem with Robert Sigl is that he would also get (warmed up) 48 00:03:49,962 --> 00:03:52,496 to the night before shooting into three hours of the morning. 49 00:03:52,847 --> 00:03:56,359 And Robert Sigl also wanted to become an actor himself. 50 00:03:56,747 --> 00:04:00,956 When we went off to Berlin working on the up-coming shows 51 00:04:01,077 --> 00:04:04,088 Robert Sigl starts putting himself in the show and you can see him. 52 00:04:12,233 --> 00:04:15,079 The Giga Shadow must not be! 53 00:04:23,552 --> 00:04:24,075 Cut 54 00:04:25,032 --> 00:04:26,410 Oh, Divine Merciful Shadow… 55 00:04:24,411 --> 00:04:30,747 So ok we start the shot with you’re moving in… 56 00:04:31,084 --> 00:04:33,963 He saying to guard: "the Cleansing is complete" 57 00:04:34,300 --> 00:04:37,651 then they do their lines then you do this of screen 58 00:04:37,971 --> 00:04:41,368 then they join in in the singing. Ok. That’s it. 59 00:04:43,261 --> 00:04:44,553 Ok. So basically you don’t really need me. 60 00:05:12,756 --> 00:05:14,066 Cut 61 00:05:15,359 --> 00:05:17,938 But he’s a... 62 00:05:16,331 --> 00:05:19,519 He’s a gifted artist. 63 00:05:20,290 --> 00:05:23,065 And I think we’re very lucky to have… 64 00:05:23,250 --> 00:05:26,066 Well you know I mean to me he survived rumors 65 00:05:26,805 --> 00:05:29,655 in another studio he got thrown out. 66 00:05:29,764 --> 00:05:32,787 But that’s another story. That happened too… 67 00:05:32,883 --> 00:05:35,533 It is only because his enthusiasm. But it’s ok. 68 00:05:35,718 --> 00:05:38,063 Who hasn’t among us been thrown out of the couple of bars? 69 00:05:38,151 --> 00:05:40,802 Ok, and then there was Michael Habeck. 70 00:05:41,282 --> 00:05:44,323 He made a small role and that’s a friend of Robert Sigl’s 71 00:05:47,406 --> 00:05:48,223 who… Robert’s friend… 72 00:05:49,513 --> 00:05:54,109 Who… You maybe recognize from… in the name of the roles. 73 00:05:54,796 --> 00:06:02,063 Yeah, he played a monk so… Very good preparation for being a friend of Robert Sigl’s… 74 00:06:03,115 --> 00:06:06,256 Having you know spent time in a monastery with no women. 75 00:06:10,504 --> 00:06:11,553 Good friends. 76 00:06:12,833 --> 00:06:16,086 He came over here and was Feppo in the movie. 77 00:06:16,639 --> 00:06:21,032 Ok and also in number four – what else should be said about it? – 78 00:06:24,936 --> 00:06:26,985 Hm…. Ok…. Bzzzz time’s up. 79 00:06:27,717 --> 00:06:33,537 Malcolm McDowell… The great, the legend. The myth, the legend, 80 00:06:34,114 --> 00:06:38,090 the sparkle white hair… He’s great he’s just… you know… 81 00:06:38,296 --> 00:06:43,777 I think he had like a couple of weeks you know free…because a project fell through. 82 00:06:44,135 --> 00:06:53,429 He just wanted to come and be a part of these thing. He had like two weeks… 83 00:07:06,474 --> 00:07:08,609 Oh, these Canadians are pain in the ass. 84 00:07:09,497 --> 00:07:13,778 I mean… Jesus, I don’t know... Wow... I don’t know, 85 00:07:13,969 --> 00:07:17,412 I mean… You’re asking me what it’s like to work here… 86 00:07:17,661 --> 00:07:18,438 Can’t wait to get home 87 00:07:18,871 --> 00:07:24,849 I’m.. Don’t ask me about the plots and stuff I don’t. 88 00:07:24,927 --> 00:07:27,603 All I’m hoping for – and I know this is gonna happen – computer boys are gonna save us. 89 00:07:27,695 --> 00:07:31,270 Special effects are gonna be amazing. And that’s really what this is about. 90 00:07:32,559 --> 00:07:35,589 As long as you like to watch the characters as well and I think.. 91 00:07:35,754 --> 00:07:39,721 you know, Michael and Eva are very good actors, 92 00:07:39,799 --> 00:07:42,515 you’ll really get… the public will get to like them 93 00:07:42,580 --> 00:07:47,212 and I think they all do a good job… and we’ll be all right we’ll be saved. 94 00:07:47,576 --> 00:07:51,050 It’s hard to say what’s a good director what’s a good these and that… 95 00:07:51,148 --> 00:07:55,822 I think the main thing is: did you enjoy it? Did you feel you did a good job? 96 00:07:55,896 --> 00:07:59,760 I think yes, and I think that everybody else did and everybody enjoyed this so… 97 00:07:59,897 --> 00:08:04,258 That’s all you can ask for. I suppose the critics will be the next ones to kill us. 98 00:08:04,447 --> 00:08:10,533 At this stage in my life I don’t want to get stock doing one thing 99 00:08:10,608 --> 00:08:13,055 I want to do a little bit of this and that … I want to do a film and do a play and… 100 00:08:13,186 --> 00:08:15,657 that’s the way I keep myself from being bored. 101 00:08:16,341 --> 00:08:20,791 Oh, I’d played some really exotic characters in my time and I could not claim that 102 00:08:20,888 --> 00:08:27,376 for Yottscry but he’s certainly… He’s up there somewhere and I’m not quite sure where… 103 00:08:27,482 --> 00:08:31,296 I mean to make an entrance through this… is quite something. 104 00:08:34,035 --> 00:08:38,280 Looks like an enormous brain or something. It’s not the sphincter, is it? 105 00:08:39,405 --> 00:08:39,941 Oh, that’s above it.. 106 00:08:40,111 --> 00:08:44,538 Something quite disgusting anyway. I would not like it on toast, would you? 107 00:08:48,667 --> 00:08:50,191 I told you smoking was bad for you! 108 00:08:51,404 --> 00:08:52,598 I must stop this madness… 109 00:08:54,251 --> 00:08:58,412 I must fulfil this prophesy… f-f-f my teeth are coming out so never mind. 110 00:09:00,285 --> 00:09:05,800 That’s for me to know and for you to find out. 111 00:09:07,453 --> 00:09:09,074 But what is the catch of the day? 112 00:09:14,275 --> 00:09:16,455 The fishing in this lake is very good! 113 00:09:25,904 --> 00:09:30,213 I feel like a long prick. I felt like an assle before, now I feel like a prick. 114 00:09:31,279 --> 00:09:33,062 We have to say he was not the first choice. 115 00:09:33,186 --> 00:09:36,822 We wanted Douglas Herd. For the role of the guy with this knife... 116 00:09:37,910 --> 00:09:43,889 But you know talk to their agencies… like China talk to a Great Wall… 117 00:09:43,890 --> 00:09:52,356 We felt that he would be great but Malcolm McDowell graciously stepped in when Douglas could not. 118 00:09:53,811 --> 00:09:57,559 Ok, what we should talk about and what we really want to talk about at the end of this, 119 00:09:57,617 --> 00:10:01,219 is not about those pictures cause now you’ve seen them and can make your own conclusions 120 00:10:01,220 --> 00:10:04,828 but we would like to talk about is what we are planning to take. 121 00:10:02,971 --> 00:10:09,766 And a plan is to do a series of twenty hours and then another twenty hours 122 00:10:09,883 --> 00:10:12,087 and then another twenty hours and then to take over the world. 123 00:10:12,330 --> 00:10:17,907 And so we’ve been writing scripts. And Jeff has written one script called Livliner. 124 00:10:18,142 --> 00:10:18,899 Tell them about Livliner. 125 00:10:19,672 --> 00:10:27,233 The Livliner is… when our heroes find themselves in front of a satellite of ill repute 126 00:10:28,005 --> 00:10:32,572 and they you know both being lonely in space and no one ever being able to get it on … 127 00:10:32,663 --> 00:10:37,604 nd they decide to go in and check out the action with hilarious results. 128 00:10:39,079 --> 00:10:40,302 Livliner blows up of course. 129 00:10:40,647 --> 00:10:42,019 Of course! Everything gets blowing up. 130 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:46,305 Ok, and Lex is working on something that particularly … 131 00:10:46,695 --> 00:10:49,694 the small screen called Lafftrack. 132 00:10:50,148 --> 00:11:00,483 Well, in Lafftrack we can look forward to… Basically 133 00:11:00,573 --> 00:11:04,189 what happens is that… when the dawn dies 134 00:11:05,164 --> 00:11:07,373 then there is a big power struggle among the three sons 135 00:11:07,466 --> 00:11:10,786 who’s gonna take over you know the oil importing business… 136 00:11:11,367 --> 00:11:17,876 Hey, that’s another show you were watching! 137 00:11:19,403 --> 00:11:20,308 Oh, right.. 138 00:11:22,028 --> 00:11:28,749 No, no it’s a planet, that’s a TV planet… 139 00:11:28,934 --> 00:11:31,783 Oh, yeah! There’s a TV planet and they go… 140 00:11:31,874 --> 00:11:35,200 and they sort of participate in kind of like TV shows and laugh… 141 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:36,804 Actual prophlets… 142 00:11:37,805 --> 00:11:41,431 Unfortunately they land on me and that’s the problem… 143 00:11:41,716 --> 00:11:54,068 But it’s funny. Fun-ny… You laugh, you cry… Ok, so they go to this planet and Zev becomes.. 144 00:11:54,550 --> 00:11:57,656 it was sort of like west world kind of thing. 145 00:11:58,912 --> 00:12:00,979 It’s like you’re going in and you participate in a show… 146 00:12:02,074 --> 00:12:11,975 Zev becomes very popular. You can be in your own show. 147 00:12:13,389 --> 00:12:16,066 Zev becomes very very popular she does really-really well. 148 00:12:16,306 --> 00:12:23,135 Stan doesn’t do so well. And then he ends up on a thing called specialty channel 149 00:12:23,924 --> 00:12:27,920 which is… not a good thing, you don’t want to really go on specialty channel. 150 00:12:28,056 --> 00:12:32,189 You only make one appearance on specialty channel. It’s kind of like old roman theatre. 151 00:12:32,753 --> 00:12:33,744 Old Roman theatre. 152 00:12:37,756 --> 00:12:41,745 Ok, I’m working on the script opening one of the season 153 00:12:42,106 --> 00:12:44,713 which is sort of sets up the return of His Shadow 154 00:12:45,301 --> 00:12:47,447 and I’m also working on Stan’s trial. 155 00:12:47,616 --> 00:12:58,393 And after we do this, this first cycle of twenty we have an actual end to the whole series. 156 00:12:59,553 --> 00:13:03,885 We know what will happen in that show. And you don’t. 157 00:13:04,211 --> 00:13:06,637 But it’s actually quite cool. 158 00:13:06,797 --> 00:13:12,679 I think, the surprise ending could be the only way that you could describe it. 159 00:13:12,796 --> 00:13:17,538 It would be so surprising. You’ll be surprised. You’ll be… We’re even surprised right now. 160 00:13:18,239 --> 00:13:23,661 We would be surprised if we get there because some people don’t entirely approve what we’re doing. 161 00:13:24,045 --> 00:13:24,505 No. 162 00:13:24,663 --> 00:13:27,284 There are some people who for some reason feel 163 00:13:27,431 --> 00:13:33,954 that showing beautiful women in skimpy clothing is uncanadian or something. 164 00:13:34,093 --> 00:13:34,724 And squishy things. 165 00:13:34,825 --> 00:13:35,288 Squishy things. 166 00:13:35,463 --> 00:13:37,480 And then you know and then 167 00:13:37,564 --> 00:13:39,774 when time magazine decides to put us on the cover 168 00:13:39,875 --> 00:13:42,021 everything is wrong with television. 169 00:13:43,184 --> 00:13:50,687 But we should say thank you for watching.. 170 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:51,956 Yes, thank you for watching! 171 00:13:52,514 --> 00:13:58,014 And if you’re ever in Halifacs come here we’re at the third on the left… 172 00:13:59,424 --> 00:14:02,550 Come over and you can take us out for a drink. 173 00:14:02,831 --> 00:14:04,491 And if you believe that baby, 174 00:14:04,886 --> 00:14:06,552 you’ll believe anything! 175 00:14:22,553 --> 00:14:27,553 Subtitles: Lunatik