December 19, 2004
"...and you know, in the end, I think if it’s interesting you go with it." -- Wes Anderson gives a great interview concerning The Life Aquatic to Paste (via Green Cine).
I wonder if the last few chapters of Return Of The King appendices would be as emotional to a non-filmmaker as it was to me. The footage from the very last day of shooting, where Peter Jackson just keeps rolling on the last shot, completely unable to call "cut," is a legitimate tear-jerker. I could die perfectly happy if I had an experience like that to look back on, and with such an outstanding lasting accomplishment to live on through.
I'm sitting here burning Deadroom screener DVDs (various people and institutions have started asking for them) and listening to Christmas music. Christmas is such a sad time of year, in such a wonderful, inexpliable way. All this so-called joy and Christmas spirit always feels so bittersweet, and I think that's why love it.
Posted by David Lowery at December 19, 2004 10:25 PM