One of the colossal failures is, of course, the movie The Island of Dr. Moreau. Richard Stanely’s script was ruined by egomaniacs Marlon Brando and Val Killmar or so it would seem. I'm sure this was the case. Now, as many of you know, I was an actor in my 20’s and had short revival after meeting the fabulous and wonderful Laura Day. She touched my center for a healing ceremony, said, and I quote, “Oh my!” Later told me she saw me getting back into performing. As this was, and always will be, my dream, I was excited and decided to stay in L.A. to pursue acting just a wee bit longer. I got several films after she told me that and then was abused at an audition by a young filmmaker who hated actors and was extremely cocky. Now, I’ve heard many stories about young filmmakers abusing their actors. Finally, here I was facing the reality. The documentary, if you've seen it, is incredibly biased and shows how actors are abusive to directors, but shows nothing of how those actors got to be abusive in the first place. I’ll tell you: they became abusive dealing with abusive directors. It’s an ego thing in Hollywood. Many people like to waste other people’s times and they like to sabotage others to keep the glory and the mountain for themselves. Anyway, the documentary, Lost Souls, should be looked at and here’s some information about it http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x37rykz. After a quick look at the internet , I came across several ‘reviews’ one of which was on avclub.com. I perused Alex McCown-Levy’s article, which included ass-licking and other I’m-on-a-deadline-and-yes-I-want-to-see-my-name-online statements such as , “…Stanley…’s not the most interesting aspect of the story.” This despite that fact that he goes to a warlock (not a voodoo doctor), to create a spell to keep him on as a director AND IT ACTUALLY COMES TRUE. Other misleading quotes from this site include, and I must edit – God, I wish he had - “The filmmakers…quip about how star Val Kilmer immediately began undermining his authority and hurting the film are good…but stories about Kilmer’s appalling later behavior and clash of egos with the legendary…Marlon Brando are better.” The author never gives us the gift of why this is 'better'. Oy. Seriously. It's a film review. This is good, but that is better? Perhaps he had a party to go to in Chicago, where he could meet girls and brag about how his article was just published. Anyway, I digress and I’m being mean. I’m sure the author hates my writing as well. Usually when you hate something, or someone, they hate you even more. I remember kissing a young woman named Meg R. in high school. She was the worst kisser, honestly all wet and disgusting. Two years later, after we broke up, we were playing a game as high schoolers do, “Who was your best and worst kisser?” We both named each other. Or my partner K. and I recently talked about how we know a cheap couple. Comes to find out, through a friend, they thought we were the cheapest they knew. I’m certainly not here to make enemies. That’s not the G.A. way! I just get frustrated by film criticism nowadays. It’s become so. Well. You know. It's not Mr. McCown-Levy's fault. It's mine. I'm old school. I like the theater critics from the 30's, 40's and beyond. LOL. The point is Richard Stanely hasn’t made many (if any) movies since that one. He’s not considered a success and yet here we are learning a ton from him through this documentary. Kudos to the documentary makers, . Would anyone say he’s not bright? Not a knowledgeable filmmaker? I think not.