Who is Nancy Kimmel?
Daughter of Antal and Lydia Kimmel, Hungarian and Russian immigrants. I was raised to believe that anything is possible. My father would tell me stories from the books he read and it would captivate me for hours. Beethoven and Mozart would play in our house throughout the day.
My parents would take us to see movies at least twice a week. It didn’t matter how violent or guresome they were. My brother and I always managed to get in. We saw the best of them.
Wow! Imagine seeing “Dirty Harry” at 12 years of age on the big screen and “In Cold Blood”.
I used to get into trouble at school for telling stories because it would scare the other children. My book reports would be on the most recent movies I watched. I never read the book. Hammer horror films were my favorite.
When my boys were younger, I would tell stories outside on the porch and all the neighborhood kids would come and sit around and listen. Come to think of it, I would sometimes get in trouble with the parents for scaring them. Lol
–Do you remember the exact moment you fell in love with cinema?
That would be, when I first saw the “Dirty Harry” movies!
What a great story line! The bad guys were really bad, and the good guys were really good, and had their own bad side. It is never one sided is it? A good hero should also have a dark side that others can relate to. My dad took us to see Satyricon by Fellini. I didn’t understand it, but for some reason, I also couldn’t stop watching it. When I would play outside with the kids in the neighborhood, I tried to get them to play the parts of the movie. That didn’t go well.
Tell us about your project “Josh’s Employment Agency of Brooklyn/the
Hereafter”
It all came together after the guys who came to clean the windows at our building came running downstairs from cleaning the upstairs windows and said, “I’m not going up there again, That place isn’t right!” The guy was actually scared. In fact, he never came back! They just ran out the door.
That’s when it hit me! I thought, Ok, so let’s say that there are ghosts upstairs, are they good or bad? Who is the good/dark hero? Then, the thought crossed my mind, what if they were bored and wanted to do something good? That’s when I came up with the storyline about 3 ghosts from different eras who were stuck upstairs and the only person who could see them was Josh. Each had their own back story. There was Detective O’Shaughnessy from the 70’s, Jasmine, a troubled girl from the 80’s and The Magician, George from the 20’s. With Josh’s help, they wanted to solve the kidnappings of the young girls in the area. One of the missing girls was Jasmine’s cousin. Josh reluctantly agrees. Death gets wind of their plan and wants to help, because he wants a change of pace. Mary, Josh’s secretary, turns out that she can also see ghosts. But Mary is special. She has a different agenda. Spoilers!
Josh runs a failing employment agency. He owns the building, which is now being foreclosed. Josh’s history is dark and it isn’t completely revealed in this first installment. Yes, that’s right, part two is coming!
-Which Director inspires you the most?
That would be, Martin Charles Scorsese. He is able to bring out people’s darkest sides. Not necessarily in the horror, slasher psycho movie. Rather he taps in the average guy on the street, whom you may just glance at in passing. But this guy can have a job, be a family man and go to church, all the while torturing people for the mob. That’s scary! The guy really thinks he has a purpose, he chooses this as his purpose and works with an entire mob who celebrates his purpose. Yikes! Mr Scorsese takes the underbelly of society and puts it in our face to show us that we can be working side by side with these guys and not even know it.
What do you dislike about the world and what would you change?
That’s easy! CGI! Can we please get rid of it? OK, we know that those with superpowers can do amazing things, but who are they really? I would like to see movies with the psychological aspect pulling on our hearts and minds. Sometimes, that which is unseen and instead brought out as a story or conversation can be more emotionally jarring that actually seeing it! Some food for thought. lol
Actually, the world is cool! People are cool! Yes, there is a lot of bad, but there are real heros out there. I believe that everyone of us can be that hero! Of course, with the proverbial dark side.
How do you imagine cinema in 100 years?I think this question is above my pay grade! lolIt may go backwards for the better! I sure hope it doesn’t turn into AI actors. I don’t want to be here if Claude or Siri win an Oscar!
What is your impression of WILD FILMMAKER?
Wildfilmmaker’s dedication to films and famous directors who blazed a path in cinema is genius. Wildfilmmaker definitely filled a niche that has been empty for too long.
Keep up the amazing work!
