Defending 'Vertigo' From Myself.
Reactions to the Cannes Lineup
'Trip to the Moon' In Color
How I Met My 'Doppelganger' at 'Twilight ...
Revisiting 'Martha Marcy May Marlene'
In Praise of Woody Allen.
Brief Thoughts On 'Contagion.'
Harold & Kumar & Sonic.
Don't Say "Fuck 'Twilight.'" It's Good.Spike Jonze Talks About Maurice Sendak.
I had a pleasant chat with Spike Jonze yesterday for the release of his new documentary, Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak, which came out on DVD this week. At a concise 40 minutes, the movie is genuinely touching and entirely sustained by Sendak's colorful personality from the very first scene. (See above for a clip of the octogenarian to get a sense for his endearing shtick.)
I also asked Spike about the changing face of indie film distribution, since he had a short film at Sundance and made another one with Kanye West that leaked online before it could be sold on iTunes. Here's what he told me:
With the Kanye thing, our experiment was going to be putting it out on iTunes. With the short film, the experiment was to get it funded by Absolut Vodka. There are many ways to get the story out there. Smarter people than me are trying to figure it out.
Concise. Like the movie!
Read the rest of the interview here.
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