So, as a huge admirer of your work and of the themes in your stories, I have about eight million questions undoubtedly. I heard brevity was the soul of wit somewhere, so I'll try to be as witty as possible.
1) One of the things I love most about your work is your depiction of younger kids. Teenagers, children ~ your movies, perhaps more than a majority of the films being made today, give them depth and respect and this incredible voice that I think capture the essence of what being young and confused is all about. 'Dazed' really shaped my high school experience and I was wondering if 'That's What I'm Talking About' had any chance of coming out. Do you see Kickstarter or Netflix being the new saviours for projects like these for future filmmakers or is too much of the industry still deeply invested in anachronistic business models?
2) Waking Life has to be my favourite movie of all time; my question about it comes in terms of how one goes about writing something like that. Were the vignettes in the film written by you or were they more of a collaboration between people where you asked them to write or contribute something to the film? It has an air of documentary at times, and at others, it's probably the closest to Slacker than any of your other movies have gotten. So I was wondering how exactly a film like that is written and conceived.
3) Lastly, Steven Soderbergh's 'State of Cinema' speech was very enlightening for a lot of people wanting to get into film, or into any art form in general, I think. What trends are you starting to see in cinema today? Are you hopeful or cynical about where the art form is headed? How does your role as a creator change with such an altering landscape in terms of finance, distribution and audience?
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So, as a huge admirer of your work and of the themes in your stories, I have about eight million questions undoubtedly. I heard brevity was the soul of wit somewhere, so I'll try to be as witty as possible.
1) One of the things I love most about your work is your depiction of younger kids. Teenagers, children ~ your movies, perhaps more than a majority of the films being made today, give them depth and respect and this incredible voice that I think capture the essence of what being young and confused is all about. 'Dazed' really shaped my high school experience and I was wondering if 'That's What I'm Talking About' had any chance of coming out. Do you see Kickstarter or Netflix being the new saviours for projects like these for future filmmakers or is too much of the industry still deeply invested in anachronistic business models?
2) Waking Life has to be my favourite movie of all time; my question about it comes in terms of how one goes about writing something like that. Were the vignettes in the film written by you or were they more of a collaboration between people where you asked them to write or contribute something to the film? It has an air of documentary at times, and at others, it's probably the closest to Slacker than any of your other movies have gotten. So I was wondering how exactly a film like that is written and conceived.
3) Lastly, Steven Soderbergh's 'State of Cinema' speech was very enlightening for a lot of people wanting to get into film, or into any art form in general, I think. What trends are you starting to see in cinema today? Are you hopeful or cynical about where the art form is headed? How does your role as a creator change with such an altering landscape in terms of finance, distribution and audience?
Keep causing chaos, man! Peace and Love, WJr.
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