“Afloat Image.” Ceres Gallery. New York. Solo Show.
A darkened movie theatre. Brad Pitt on the screen. A flash of the projector. A few people shown viewing Brad Pitt. Just happened to be Brad Pitt.
I worked as a publicist for Orion Pictures through my advertising agency for about four years. I was in charge of movie “stars” and escorted them through endless press junkets and trips to Atlanta to see the press here. Waiting in airports and limousines with these stars, one at a time, with a friend/father/ their publicist in tow. Sometimes it was just me and the star sitting together somewhere talking about art.
They are artists too. They make money fast and they are famous. But they are artists. So we got along very well. No problems like I heard other publicists complain about. No problems at all.
I guess this piece was done in honor of the time where I saw three movies a week as part of my job.
Hollis Hildebrand-Mills 
Sometimes it must be a relief to these ‘stars’ to have a genuine conversation with someone. Celebrity comes with a price…
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Yes it does. They did seem relieved. One actually had his manager write me a recommendation letter. And another knew I was shy, so, at dinner kept trying to draw me into the conversation. It was nice. I should have written it all down. Good stories. Sweet stories. Orion took chances with their movies. These stars were very young then. ( well not so) but they are VERY famous now. I see them in movies and I go ……. Hmmm!… I knew you then!
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It’s nice hearing a good story about those far off types that we as a society put up there on a pedestal, just to knock them down again. Heartwarming.
I didn’t know you were shy!
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I am. It just doesn’t show that much!
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Three movies a week for work, sounds like fun to me!
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It was wonderful. I would leave work (of course I had to go back and catch up; In fact I worked-worked 7 days a week), and I would sit in the darkened room and watch even a bad movie (Sorry, Orion) and escape!
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