Welcome to the ask Mark Pirro page. We should change this to the SAG financial core page, since it seems that lately 80% of all questions are relating to union issues. Feel free to leave any question or comment you like, even if it's NOT about going SAG financial core ---------- Mark Pirro himself will respond. ---------- Or, if you'd rather not leave a message right now, just click here to go back to our Home Page. Messages are listed from the newest to the oldest. After you've left your message, check back soon. Mark usually replies within 24 hours.. There are now 333 messages in our guestbook. <<< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 34 >>> Viewing messages 11 to 20. Your name (required) Your message (required) Where in the world? Lovechop Oh my, the way you say that! You misinterpret my meaning, Sir. Much the same way a child likes to be put to sleep with a favorite book, I am comforted going to sleep with my favorite movies. A child will hear their favorite stories all day and still want to hear it at bed time. kinda how I feel about Queerwolf 17 years after first seeing it :) --------------------------------------- MP: I knew what you meant. I was just being a smartass. Anyway, Queerwolf is such an old movie. You need to update your Pirromount material. I recommend Rectuma. Same edgy humor, less bad cinematography. 21 July 2010 - Seattle Lovechop meh, she just doesn't understand why I continue to put your films on repeat when I go to sleep. she say's "don't you get tired of watching the same movies time and time again"? Nope, I love em! thnx mang ------------------------------------- MP: Refreshing to hear that my films can help put a man to sleep. 20 July 2010 - Seattle Lovechop Asylum? Not for some time 8) Really though, whats with the "disastrous 2002 version with the mosquito on the cover"? I started watching your movies when I happened upon Queerwolf (best movie ever and Kent Butler is still my hero) back in the early 90's and also found Polish Vampire shortly thereafter and now I be wondering how this unauthorized release came to be.btw, the wife is still buggin me about you being perched up on top of her dresser most nights, she don't listen ---------------------------------------- MP: The 2002 mosquito cover DVD of Polish Vampire was very poorly produced, with an inferior transfer created. Color balances and exposures were off. All those were fixed in the 25th anniversary version. Glad you like Kent Butler (who can also be found in our films,'Deathrow Gameshow' and 'Buford's Beach Bunnies'). Finally, if your wife has issues with me, maybe it's time to just cut her loose. 19 July 2010 - Seattle david when ordering films is there an extra charge for shipping to england --------------------------------------- MP: I'm not sure. If there is, I'm sure it's minimal. I mean, how much could a DVD weigh? 19 July 2010 - england Kristen Thanks so much for this board and forgive me if this question has been asked, but I'm considering FiCore but am also an AEA member - will going FiCore in SAG affect my AEA status? Thanks so much. Best Kristen --------------------------------------- MP: One shouldn't affect the other. 18 July 2010 - New York, NY Harvey I am about to change my SAG status to fi-core. Should I list this on my resume and websites, like Actors Access? I'm afraid it may hurt my chances of getting SAG work if I list fi-core status. Thanks. --------------------------------------- MP: Most filmmakers' main concern is getting their film made with the best possible talent, union or not. I've never heard of a case where a filmmaker shooting a SAG film said, "I'm not going to use that bastard, he's fi-core." However, if you're really worried about it, just have two versions of your resume: one saying Fi Core and one not. That way, you can send the resume catering to the project that you're submitting to. On your website, just list yourself as SAG. If a filmmaker's looking at your site, he's already considering you. 15 July 2010 - USA Tammy Hi I'm was thinking about joining SAG or AFTRA but someone was telling me to go FI core. Do I have to join one of these unions or can I just go straight to Ficore? ---------------------------------------- MP: You can't be financial core if you're not a member of a union to be financial core from. That's like asking if you can get a discount on auto insurance, but you don't have a car. Once you join the union, you can immediately apply for financial core status. 2 July 2010 - LA Lovechop Mr. Pirro, My wife wonders why you sit in our bedroom nightly (on top of her dresser) sometimes for just a couple of hours, but often ALL NIGHT. I have tried and tried to explain, but I'm not sure that she hears me. -------------------------------------- MP: Do the nurses at the Asylum know that you're using their computer? 20 June 2010 - Seattle Emma I am a SAG must join. If I do SAG ficore is there a registration fee? Or just the annual $160 plus a percentage of money made through union work? thanks! -------------------------------------- MP: Other than your regular SAG dues, there is no additional fee to go financial core. In fact, your yearly SAG dues should be less. 13 June 2010 Phil South I just saw the trailer for Color-Blinded and was surprised to see it in color. I thought this movie was in Black and White? --------------------------------------- MP: It was shot in color, but initially released in black and white (primarily to conceal the video look the color had) in 1998. Around the year 2000, technology advanced and allowed us to create a film-look in color, so we remastered it. 8 June 2010 - UK <<< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 34 >>>