Film: The Last Days of Jonathan Perlo


Directed by: Joe Warson

Liner Notes:

On November 25, 1996, in a telegram to Scott Chapman Plank, Jonathan Sonny Perlo writes:

ENDURING LIFE-WITH COUNTLESS ANXIETIES…
FROM THE WOMB TO THE INEVITABLE TOMB…
WE ALL KNOW PAIN…
WHAT IS JOY? HAPPINESS?
…INDUBIDILY…
SCOTT CHAPMAN PLANK IS PROSPERITY.
HIS BELOVED MOTHER…
MARY ELIZABETH KLEIN,
AN EXTRAORDINARY, ASTUTE,
INTUITIVE FATHER JACK…
MY AFFECTIONATE MAGNANIMOUS SON DANEIL
SELECTED FROM EARTH TO HEAVEN AT AGE 17,
TO JOIN THE AFOREMENTIONED…
ALL ARE LOOKING DOWN TO EARTH TODAY
AND FOREVER SENDING THE BEAUTIFUL “ANGELS�
TO CONGRATULATE
A GENTLEMAN OF REPUTE…
AND INTEGRITY
..A MASTER OF ALL TRADES..
THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS TODAY
BEFITTINGLY ARMISTICE NOVEMBER 11, NATIONALLY
I CHEERFULLY ANTICIPATE OSCAR AWARDS…
WOW! EUPHORIA

LOVE..HUGS..AND COUNTLESS KISSES..
JONATHAN SONNY PERLO

Biography:

Born in Nashville, Tennessee, formed in Fort Collins, Colorado. Highly educated at U.C. Santa Barbara. Moving with the jet stream, landed in NYC to work in the biz. Production designed some videos, independent features…lots of frequent flyer miles.

Tried a hand at documentary filmmaking in 1996, following a couple of football players. Ruined my credit, made some good friends. Started drinkin….lots.

Moved to L.A. to dry out. Appeared on “Monster House,� cried under a Sago Palm, then started working in the reality TV machine. Resume available upon request.

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