Joe Pytka blog

[Piek]

I just discovered director Joe Pytka wrote a lot about working with Michael on the short films for The Way You Make Me Feel, Dirty Diana and Heal The World. Apparently he also worked on a concept for Man In The Mirror, but that was shelved and never used. I never knew that. Pytka is somewhat blunt in his storytelling, but he has some interesting bits on his website:

• On working with Michael
• On meeting Michael during the shooting of BAD and his first Pepsi-commercial with Michael (great post)
• On Tatiana in The Way You Make Me Feel
• On Quincy Jones
• On Frank DiLeo and a movie for Michael that was never made
• A little anecdote about Michael interrupting an important meeting
• On the edit of Dirty Diana
• On his admiration for Vincent Paterson
• On Martin Scorsese's reaction to The Way You Make Me Feel (hilarious)
• On Herb Ritts and In The Closet

Enjoy!

 

[dam2040]

Wow, these were a great read. Thanks for sharing. It did make me wonder what life would be like if DiLeo stayed around MJ & Geffen didn't influence his decisions around the time in the way he did.

 

[Piek]

Wow, these were a great read. Thanks for sharing. It did make me wonder what life would be like if DiLeo stayed around MJ & Geffen didn't influence his decisions around the time in the way he did.

I had the same thought... I think it would have helped him a lot in dealing with Sony if DiLeo had still been there.