Today we’d like to introduce you to Frank Pilarski Jr.
Hi Frank, so excited to have you with us today. What can you tell us about your story?
Born wet and dreaming in 1971 I was mashed potatoes and gravy from the moment my flesh released from mother to become human product. My character was ill-formed but joyous, my spirit lacked shape because tragedy had yet to dump its foamy mess into my head diaper. This all changed on January 28th 1986 when my parents exploded. It happened on the same day as the NASA Challenger disaster, they got into a car accident while driving, ominously, a Dodge Challenger. I look back and I realize there were three “challenger explosions” that day…the space ship, my parents and the challenging spirit of creation within me. Looking back, it was on that day I became a filmmaker.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
Trying to find your place in the world of film is no reach-around on a sunny day, you’ve got to get on your knees and beg for it even when you’re having performance issues. Luckily, I’ve been able to fund my films through a profitable variety of exclusive, homemade, high-quality sausages I sell to family, friends and nomadic sausage enthusiasts. Choosing the delicate, moisture-ish contents of a sausage brings about a euphoria I have zero ability to describe, perhaps that’s why I have such loyal repeat sausage customers begging me for their next delightful grease log. I would never want to sell sausages as my main form of income as I view the passion I wield as a sausage-smith imperative to my being, one that can never be corrupted by the evils of capitalistic dominance. The pit inside my stomach filled with the rot of self-loathing is satiated enough by hocking these meat-tubes that it lets me freely reckon with my ability to manipulate emotions in the way only cinema can.
Appreciate you sharing that. What else should we know about what you do?
Having directed thousands of short films and hundreds of full length features I’ve only recently started showing my work to other people. This includes, for the first time ever, putting my films online and let me tell you the response has been overwhelming. Literally three days ago an online-audience member named “user3938392266222f3” commented the following on my new film THE CALL OF THE SHADOW FATHER:
“If you want to see me naked, check link in bio”
Just to know that the work I’m doing could elicit such a positive response and even an offer to collaborate makes me incredibly proud.
Are there any important lessons you’ve learned that you can share with us?
I was a quiet child that lived inside my own mind very often. Mother was a wonderful homemaker and Father worked a Government job. My specific love of cinema came from Father’s VHS collection, we owned around an estimated 250,000 tapes, all unmarked without labels. The fact that we never acquired a VCR or a television didn’t stop me from using my extensive imagination to dream about all the wonderful stories that each of those tapes was holding within. This taught me to live inside my own mind, to withdraw as deep as one could go. Sitting in my pen and spending two to three hours leering at each individual tape I learned to make “brain films” at a younger age than most. The sight of each tape created the tapestry for a new adventure, one without limits, stories so powerful they distracted me from the putrid smell of our kitchen toilet.
Contact Info:
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@
FrankPilarskiJr - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/
frankpilarskijr/ - TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@
frankpilarskijr - IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/
nm18700350/?ref_=tt_ov_1_1
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