Hey Rian, just want to say I'm a huge fan, and, as an aspiring filmmaker myself, I love and hate you. I spent my last years of high school developing a noir detective story set in a high school; then I saw Brick. You knocked it out of the park and I've been trying to get mine to work ever since, but I'm terrified of my film being compared to yours. Do you think there's room in the world for more than one high school set film noir?
Also, I know you're a fan of Cowboy Bebop; the visual influences are all over Brick and Brothers Bloom in wonderfully subtle ways (I haven't seen Looper yet, but I'll be there on opening day). Do you have any interest in directing the live-action Cowboy Bebop movie should it ever happen, and who would your dream cast be?
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Hey Rian, just want to say I'm a huge fan, and, as an aspiring filmmaker myself, I love and hate you. I spent my last years of high school developing a noir detective story set in a high school; then I saw Brick. You knocked it out of the park and I've been trying to get mine to work ever since, but I'm terrified of my film being compared to yours. Do you think there's room in the world for more than one high school set film noir?
Also, I know you're a fan of Cowboy Bebop; the visual influences are all over Brick and Brothers Bloom in wonderfully subtle ways (I haven't seen Looper yet, but I'll be there on opening day). Do you have any interest in directing the live-action Cowboy Bebop movie should it ever happen, and who would your dream cast be?
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