JOAN JETT UNCHAINED

“You picked an interesting time to visit.” Michael J. Fox has his tongue planted firmly in cheek as he stands in the backyard of a small bar in Cleveland. The yard is paved with stones and covered with puddles, extras, equipment and four journalists, to whom Fox had addressed his remark.

It’s the last week of shooting for director/screenwriter Paul Schrader’s movie Light Of Day. Things are moving a bit slowly; tempers are still good-natured, but the surrounding cloud of tension grows more palpable each day. It’s not fun to pay union wages on weekends.