06-23-2016, 08:29 AM
Wednesday was a bust. We were supposed to speak to our first person that had a direct connection to Piller. His name was Danny Magay and he fenced for Piller on the Hungarian Olympic team in 1956. Unfortunately, Mr. Magay is in the middle of a bathroom remodel so he decided it would be best if we came back another day. That other day will be Monday.
I spent the day calling people and doing paperwork and reading about Hungary in World War 2. I also had enough time to have a fight with my mother over the windows in the house. I now understand that they are to be closed at all times even thought it is in the 90s outside and god knows what temperature on the inside of the house.
I talked to Mr. Derek Cotton about leads and introductions to people in Budapest. His main suggestions was I go to Prague. He says it's like going to a movie set. I'm thinking he was a little unclear on why I was going to be in Budapest. But he did spit out a few names of powerful people he was going to introduce me to.
Also talked to a musician named Wag to score the film. The name Wag gave me pause but he was recommended by a friend. Then he told me he was doing a documentary for Ron Howard and that gave me pause in a completely different direction. There was no way I was working in the same budget neighborhood as Ron Howard. He also said he assumed I had a music director. I told him he assumed wrong. Or that could just be another one of my myriad titles on this production.
So, Thursday I have a meeting with my man crush in Berkeley. I almost had to do an interview with someone Haggis knows. He was the last director of the Pannonia club. I was afraid if we did interview him it would have been a lot like the Elvira interview with no real information about Piller. But this gentleman backed out.
Haggis finally called former Mrs. Dan Magay. She also declined our interview request citing she didn't have much Piller information and only got to know him briefly here in the United States. She escaped from Hungary in 1956, too. Although to tie it all together, Piller did give her away at the wedding when she married Mr. Magay.
So, it's going to be slow going until Monday and the Magay interview. Then it is off to Ashland to interview the man who was supposed to take over Piller's legacy.
I spent the day calling people and doing paperwork and reading about Hungary in World War 2. I also had enough time to have a fight with my mother over the windows in the house. I now understand that they are to be closed at all times even thought it is in the 90s outside and god knows what temperature on the inside of the house.
I talked to Mr. Derek Cotton about leads and introductions to people in Budapest. His main suggestions was I go to Prague. He says it's like going to a movie set. I'm thinking he was a little unclear on why I was going to be in Budapest. But he did spit out a few names of powerful people he was going to introduce me to.
Also talked to a musician named Wag to score the film. The name Wag gave me pause but he was recommended by a friend. Then he told me he was doing a documentary for Ron Howard and that gave me pause in a completely different direction. There was no way I was working in the same budget neighborhood as Ron Howard. He also said he assumed I had a music director. I told him he assumed wrong. Or that could just be another one of my myriad titles on this production.
So, Thursday I have a meeting with my man crush in Berkeley. I almost had to do an interview with someone Haggis knows. He was the last director of the Pannonia club. I was afraid if we did interview him it would have been a lot like the Elvira interview with no real information about Piller. But this gentleman backed out.
Haggis finally called former Mrs. Dan Magay. She also declined our interview request citing she didn't have much Piller information and only got to know him briefly here in the United States. She escaped from Hungary in 1956, too. Although to tie it all together, Piller did give her away at the wedding when she married Mr. Magay.
So, it's going to be slow going until Monday and the Magay interview. Then it is off to Ashland to interview the man who was supposed to take over Piller's legacy.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm