Behold, the Brand New Teaser Trailer for The Missionary Man!!! - 09.01.10
Don't Miss the World Premiere on September 30th!
That's right daydream believers, The holy rollin’ highfalutin world premiere screening of the first act in the HPJ trilogy, "The Missionary Man" will take place at The Garage (110 West 7th St., Winston-Salem, NC) on Thursday, September 30th, at 9:00 pm. Immediately after the premiere, there will be a brief Q&A session with the principal cast and crew, followed by a cinematic cocktail of selected shorts from the Mad Ones Films catalogue. A second screening of the film will occur at 11:00 pm, to be followed by an after-party that would make any angel, or devil for that matter, proud.
The Power of the Hot Pink Gospel Returns to the Triad!!! - 08.23.10
Act I: The Missionary Man Set to World Premiere on September 30th!
When there ain't much in this world that can scare you, and there ain't nothin left that can save you... one must ask themself a very simple question - what would Hot Pink Jesus do? Instead of lollygagging and diddybopping on the InterWebs (which will cause you to go blind if you do too much) debating the auspiscious answer to this anything-but-quotidian question, come spend an evening with Mad Ones Films and the world premiere of "The Missionary Man," the first act in the HPJ Trilogy!!!
That's right daydream believers, The holy rollin’ highfalutin world premiere screening of the first act in the HPJ trilogy, "The Missionary Man" will take place at The Garage (110 West 7th St., Winston-Salem, NC) on Thursday, September 30th, at 9:00 pm. Immediately after the premiere, there will be a brief Q&A session with the principal cast and crew, followed by a cinematic cocktail of selected shorts from the Mad Ones Films catalogue. A second screening of the film will occur at 11:00 pm, to be followed by an after-party that would make any angel, or devil for that matter, proud.
Peruse below for a prurient plethora of publicity/promotional prizes:
How Mad Ones Films Saved the World... and Heads Were Rolling!!! - 07.15.10
So what the deuce have Mad Ones Films been up to these last few months?!?
Check out the five-part web series "How Mad Ones Films Saved the World" to read Jaysen's shocking abuse of alliteration as he recalls the details of your favourite inmates of film over the last several months - not, as they happened necessarily and per se, but as he vaguely remembers them and just outright bloody makes up the rest - hey, there's a very good reason MOF is now known as "the Keith Richards' of film" ;~>
Stay tuned to www.madonesfilms.com over the next couple of weeks as we update the site with a ton of video clips, photo galleries, and updates about the world premiere of "The Missionary Man," September 30 at The Garage in beautiful downtown Winston-Salem, NC! Heads up, we've got "The Decapitator" posted below, that's right true believers, the VERY SAME "DECAPITATOR" that won the award for Best Comedy at the ConCarolinas Short Film Festival.
The Decapitator HD (Head Decapitating ) Cut
HPJ Trilogy, ACT I Principal Shooting Concludes!!! - 05.24.10, updated
Many thanks to a brilliant crew, fantastic actors and outstanding locations/set design! Stay tuned, the world premiere gala is set for September 30th at The Garage in Winston-Salem, NC!
No you haven't blacked out, slipped through a crack in the space/time continuum, or woken up on a strange island after a plane crash - so don't freak out, you didn't miss out on the last six months. We've just been so busy planning, obsessively planning, recasting, re-rehearsing, and still more obsessive planning on production of "The Missionary Man," that Jaysen has neglected his web site maintaining duties (a negligence that will be swiftly taken out of his paycheck... as soon as he gets a paycheck).
Filming of "The Missionary Man" went fan-damn-tastic!!! We were lucky enough to shoot in some locations we've never used before, with some brilliant acting talent that we'd never had the chance to work with. Now we've got a myriad of mad details, photos, and other things to bring you very very soon... but for now, please to enjoy the two links below, featuring two of the founding members of Mad Ones Films.
"The Decapitator" Selected for ConCarolinas Film Festival!!! - 05.17.10
Just found out that the 2nd Annual ConCarolinas Film Festival will serve as the world premiere of "The Decapitator," Mad Ones Films' newest short-film masterpiece. A clever cocktail of 80s slasher horror and razor-sharp wit, along with buckets of blood and a plethora of "head" jokes, the attendees of ConCarolinas will find out on Saturday, June 5th, that it's tails they win... heads they lose!
Check out the teaser trailer below!!! (Rated M for Mad: hot for the faint of heart)
The second teaser trailer for the 1980s slasher horror homage from Mad Ones Films, "The Decapitator"... coming soon, HEADS WILL ROLL!!!
HPJ Trilogy, ACT I Shooting Begins!!! - 11.24.09
There's always been something lucky about Friday the 13th. Oh sure, not if you're a Templar Knight, or a half-naked/fully inebbriated co-ed camp counselor, or a fully naked/nicely baked camper couple going out for your coitus badges - no, those people seem to end up on the Mr. Pointy side of something deadly... but for many others it's a day of quirky celebration. Since quirky is HPJ's middle name (or rather it would be, if velvet hot pink messiahs with oracles in their bottom bits had middle names per se), Friday the 13th seemed like a perfect day to start shooting "The Missionary Man"!
After a temporary setback involving a location falling thru, the sheer clusterfuckery of the American housing market, and a magic bean, I rounded up Nhia, Jesse, and Mikey and we ran out to Brown Summit, NC to check out a potential location recommended by our new movie magic BFF, Ms. Rebecca Clark. The location was bloody perfect and to celebrate we hauled Rondo's ass back to Greensboro and junked up on tacos and tasty goodness - except for Nhia who wanted to play hooky but couldn't... poor Money (several tacos were poured out for our missing esé).
(Click on the brilliant Bonnie Stanley snaps below to see it embiggened)
Max's Mad Films - 10.26.09
(By Frank O'Neill, from the October 09 issue of Hippo Magazine)
Groovy greetings and sinfully salacious salutations to all you loquacious, lustlorn Lotharios and jasmine-scented Jezebels who waft waves of aromatic allure in your wake, Hippo's Max Diablo (ye Great Devil) not only has an altered ego, he has an alter-ego by name of Jaysen Buterin. Originally from St. Louis, Missouri, the 33-year-old Buterin came to Greensboro almost nine years ago.
And the romantic cherry on this bit of biographical cake is that he followed a girl to come here. Most people wince, expecting a heartbroken postscript when he shares this information with them, but instead he smiles and continues, "It all worked out well. We've been happily married for five years now." Buterin pays the bills with a day job at UNCG as a graphic artist and web designer, yet in his long-haired, goateed, nose-ringed, tattooed and black fingernail polished persona as Max Diablo, he is drummer for the Malamondos. And with Jennie Prince and J. Evan Wade, Buterin is also a co-founder and creative director of the independent film production company Mad Ones Films.
Right now everything with MOF is trilogy, trilogy, trilogy - 09.22.09
MAD ONES FILMS have gone into pre-production on their latest film project, "The Gospel According to Booze, Bullets, & Hot Pink Jesus" and are currently, and blatantly, seeking dependable investors interested in bringing this thrill ride to life! Originally conceived and created as an award-ignored and action-packed cult crowd-pleaser for the 2007 Greensboro 48 Hour Film Festival ("Booze, Bullets, & Hot Pink Jesus"), everyone's favourite pink idol has been resurrected to star in a brand new holy trinity... of films!
This feature-length short film trilogy, "The Gospel According to Booze, Bullets, & Hot Pink Jesus" will be a life and death love story of revenge, lust, and faith. With this project Jaysen Buterin has formulated an ambitious vision that will consist of three different 20-25-minute tales that illustrate the meandering and madcap adventures of everyone's favourite Hot Pink Deity. Part Twilight Zone, part Tarantino, and all MAD ONES FILMS, the three tales that comprise this cinematic second coming blend dark comedy with even darker action - all with a supernatural twist and razor-sharp wit.
But we can't do it without you!!! Apparently casts and crews like to eat while they're on set for hours at a time, and for some odd reason location owners generally like some sort of compensation for their space/time. Despite the sinfully spiritual subject matter of our movie we haven't figured out how to turn water into wine and feed 30 people with a fish sandwich... so if you want to help, please donate anything you can via the Paypal Donation button below. Have a hot pink blessed day!
(For any questions, concerns, or obnoxiously large donations, please email Jaysen Buterin).
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Groovy greetings and sinfully salacious salutations to all you loquacious, lustlorn Lotharios and jasmine-scented Jezebels who waft waves of aromatic allure in your wake, Hippo's Max Diablo (ye Great Devil) not only has an altered ego, he has an alter-ego by name of Jaysen Buterin. Originally from St. Louis, Missouri, the 33-year-old Buterin came to Greensboro almost nine years ago.
