4/19/2024 0 Comments Cast of state property 2![]() ![]() ![]() I didn't try and make them go too far from their personality.ĭamon Dash: It was too far away. Everyone that I worked with I hung out with them. I had a cast in my mind, so I knew what to take from them. Basically as I was writing the movie, I was writing it for those people. Mostly everyone I know has a sense of humor.ĭid you find it difficult directing non-professionals on the set?ĭamon Dash: Not really, just because I knew everybody. I don't know any gangster that's not funny. I wanted it to be a little more humor as well. I just wanted the script to be a little better as well. It was intended to be a demographical movie, something that's just directed towards the urban demographic. All my partners said don't put it out because it didn't represent what we wanted to do in terms of quality of production. I never anticipated it being theatrical or well received. When we first made it, the intention was to make it straight to video. What did you want to do to State Property 2?ĭamon Dash: Just everything. I want to make things that are socially conscious but it has to be the truth. When I make movies I want to make the truth. Whether it's right or wrong it's the truth. To say someone doesn't laugh is ridiculous. Who ever is serious all day long has a fucked up life. It's not realistic.ĭamon Dash: I didn't mean gangsters are funny. That's the reason why I chose to put humor in it. Why isn't it looked at negatively? I think we're so critiqued and that we're under a microscope so much that we're only limited to doing one thing. When you see the Terminator, that's not urban at all. You can't just say I have to make one kind of movie.Īre you worried about glorifying gun violence?ĭamon Dash: No, I'm not. We can't be pigeonholed into making the same movie. You can't have a double standard like that. The governor of California used to be the Terminator. I was providing another venue for him to be creative. The reason why I mad the movie in the first place is so Beanie Sigel would get the attention. It's definitely to be shocking.Īre you worried that you are portraying wrong stereotypes?ĭamon Dash: It is demographically shot. To a degree, I'm quite sure that has happened before to people who sell drugs and have kids. Not to advocate anything, just to show how real things happen. The purpose of movie making is to invoke emotion. IT was to be as provocative and shocking as possible. What was your reason for the scene where the child is playing with the heroine brick? Isn't that a bit irresponsible?ĭamon Dash: Actually it was cocaine. ![]()
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