October 26, 2005
I love that I can now wear a jacket when I go running, and I love that each summer without fail wipes clear my memory of winter so that the cold can sneak up and surprise me.
Anyway: my review of Where The Truth Lies is now online, as is my short interview with its director, Atom Egoyan.
About that interview: my seemingly foolproof but ultimately foolhardy plan for recording our telephone conversation in Soundtrack Pro, implemented so as to expedite the transcription process, failed me. Thus, the interview is missing the second half of Egoyan's answer to my first question, and the entirety of the three subsequent questions I posed. In a nutshell, his fascinating answers to these questions covered the fact that the telethon and various acts performed in the film by Colin Firth and Kevin Bacon were rehearsed extensively; that staging Wagner's Die Walkure for Canadian theater just prior to production had, in retrospect, an immense effect on how he directed the film; and that the film might be considered mainstream in that it deals with popular entertainment, but whether or not it is a 'commercial effort' will be determined by whether anyone actually goes to see it.
And despite my mixed review, I do recommend going to see it; partially because Atom Egoyan's films are always worthy of consideration, and partially because it's important to support films and filmmakers and distributors that have the courage to shuck the MPAA.
Posted by David Lowery at October 26, 2005 12:58 AM
Comments
Fascinating, David, to read both your review and the interview. By the way, did you do the interview for the site or also for some print publication? That's pretty neat that you were able to get access to him like that.
My review for the Buffalo alt-weekly (ArtVoice) is not on-line yet (not sure when it'll be) but my take was very similar to yours.
Posted by: girish at October 26, 2005 09:51 PM
yes, how DO you get all these people to give interviews?
Posted by: brad at October 26, 2005 10:03 PM
All the interviews are for my site. Who I talk to really just depends on who's handling the publicity for a film. I just let them know that I'm interested in doing an interview, if the individual is available, and then they set it up. Next up (I think): Neil Jordan!
Posted by: Ghostboy at October 27, 2005 12:10 PM
you are a king among men my friend
Posted by: brad at October 27, 2005 03:37 PM