Is it the marketing? Or am I right in thinking Richard Ayoade is ripping off Wes Anderson's style, a style which I personally think is tired and done to death? It feels like He went to Ben Stiller and the Weinsteins and said "You guys want quirky? I'll quirk the fuck out of this movie!"
I saw the ‘Submarine’ at Sundance earlier this year and it was great. I hate hearing how fans think other filmmakers ‘rip off’ Wes Anderson for being quirky and having meticulously organized establishing shots and slow tracks.
I talked with Richard Ayoade in September of last year and he’s a solid director who cares about the craft of storytelling and comedy. The main thing that sold me on the film more than the dialog, directing, and story was the kids are so awesome to watch. Such rare talents. The girl and guy leads are amazing young actors who take the material and create their own realistic portrails of high school youth.
Basically the movie is crazy quirk at the beginning, calms down in the middle, then brings it full circle and it’s awesome. One of my top three films from Sundance 2011.
Lost Filmmaker Interviews pt. 1
We realized through French New Wave that we can mumble and stutter our way through a conversation and it can actually be cinematic…
Cut from my interview with Michelle Monaghan. The most amazing thing I’ve ever heard, after cracking a ton of ‘source code’ jokes during the set-up.
Duran Duran Interview: John Taylor + Nick Rhodes
At SXSW I sat down with a couple guys from Duran Duran and chatted with them about director David Lynch, how technology has changed the music industry and advice for new up and coming bands. It was in promotion of a concert special that streamed on YouTube earlier last week. Check out the interview transcribed below.
Weston (MO): First, just want to know what everyone is asking, where did the decision land for Mr. David Lynch?
John Taylor: Ah, we were just talking about that actually.
Nick Rhodes: It’s very exciting!
MO: It’s super exciting! I’m really excited to see this.
JT: How did we…
NR: Well we hooked up actually, first to do a remix. He’d done a remix of our song “Girl Panic” and it came through and we listened to it and said, “Woah! That is actually really unusual!” It’s just so out there, so different than what you’d expect from a remix. ‘Cause remixes tend to come back and you usually say, “Eh, it’s ok, yeah, I like that bit, it’ll work for the dance floor.” He looked at it as a piece of music and let’s make something really interesting with it. Which is what remixes used to be I think, and loved it. So we hooked up with American Express and they said, who do you want to direct your concert? And he [David Lynch] was really right at the top of the list. He’s one of the most creative filmmakers out there, has been for over three decades now and honestly, he’s made a lot of our favorite movies, so, hey, couldn’t wait!
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I think if I was starting a band today, I’d have a videographer in [it].
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Nick Rhodes, keyboardist of Duran Duran, in my interview with him for MakingOf @ SXSW.
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Sourcing the Code: Jake Gyllenhaal & Duncan Jones (MakingOf.com)
Interviewer Weston Green from MakingOf experiences “Source Code” while interviewing actor Jake Gyllenhaal & director Duncan Jones at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, TX.
this is it. the most insane thing i’ve ever done in an interview. I’m really happy with how it came out and how down Jake and Duncan were. This is the first interview we used visual effects for. Also i’m happy how this really does promote the film in the end as opposed to just being super off the wall.
You have to love to put yourself in uncomfortable situations. People ask me all the time, do you stay in character and if so isn’t that uncomfortable? Don’t you want to get away from that character?
And I always say to them, I don’t want to get away from that character, I want to get closer to that character. I want to put myself in the most uncompromising and uncomfortable situation I can.
You have to be masochist, you have to crave reality. You have to put yourself in a situation where you humiliate and embarrass yourself to achieve some sort of reality and you are around so many people who don’t understand it.
I remember Heath, as the Joker, would be in the corner talking to himself all day. You know? He’s alway in character. I love it, I absolutely love it.
I’m so glad I spent time with Heath because I believe in that. That’s the way to do it. But you have to understand, It’s hard for people to understand this. Your other castmates, and the crew and the people around you don’t understand what you are doing. Even though you are making a movie together, they still don’t understand what you are doing.
