JOHNNY SPOTS
23-year-old Cam Archer has created a series of surreal mini-films, “The Johnny Spots,” to promote his latest film American Fame Pt. 2: Forgetting Jonathan Brandis, about the child former child actor who committed suicide last year. The film premieres at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.
“I have my actors in the film wearing masks, writes Archer on his Web site. ” I did this deliberately. I want people to see that fame, this thing (beast) that so many obsess over, is not as ‘person specific’ as we might think. Jonathan [Brandis] could’ve been any kid that got a lucky break and had pushy parents. So, once again, I had my main actor wear a faceless, or ‘all-white’ mask, the idea of it not really mattering as to what this character looked like underneath.”
