…an open letter from Michael C. Williams.

Mike came up with a brilliant idea.  Ever since Newsweek published an article in early 2004 revisiting Blair Witch, he’s had this idea he’s kicked around the kitchen for some time.

The inspiration came from a specific paragraph within the article that reads -

“…It was a couple of years ago, and Daniel Myrick, codirector of “The Blair Witch Project,” was visiting the set of “Minority Report.”  Myrick was thrilled to see the master at work.   Meeting (Steven) Spielberg?   “That was huge!” Myrick says. “He asked me how we shot ‘Blair,’ and said he was really inspired by it. My jaw was dropping.” Spielberg even singled out a member of the cast, Michael C. Williams, who’d played one of the three film students who disappeared in the Maryland woods. “I really liked that Michael guy,” he said. “Whatever happened to him?”

Mike’s wanted to respond to that question for a long time now.   However, Steven Spielberg isn’t the easiest fella to get in touch with.  And just because you were on the cover of Newsweek during the Blair madness does not mean you suddenly have his address and phone number.

To contact Spielberg’s office or management office might prove in vain …and far less creative.  Steven Spielberg made his inquiry about Mike in public, thus Mike decided to respond… in public.

And in this way, he might actually get Spielberg’s attention easier than any traditional way.  Thus, when Mike called and asked, “Hey man, can we do this? Can you put something together?” I responded, “If Washington Irving can do it and get Commodore Vanderbilt’s attention, back in a day when media was shall we say – a wee limited, I should think so, fire off the letter and let’s put it online mang!”

The result has become www.dearmrspielberg.com