Your Independent Movie Guide
Interviews
By | September 2001
TK
You have a new TV show coming out called "HOT Ticket." What will make this show HOT as compared to other shows we've seen such as "Ebert & Roeper and the...
I think the key ingredient is how you come across with that opinion. ^ Well yes. You talked about that image of arrogance. I think there's no quicker...
After "Swingers," did you get offered a lot of writing assignments? ^ Yeah, that's kind of what happened. Remember, when I wrote "Swingers," I was an...
Then you did a number of television projects that went to pilot but nowhere beyond. ^ My real agenda on those pilots was to learn how to be a director....
So how did the idea for Made the film come about? ^ After working on "The Marshal of Revelation," there was another one in there, a Paramount project...
What was the genesis and inspiration of Harsh Light? ^ When I was 17, I started photographing boxing matches. I made it living at it for 10 years,...
You've expressed reserved enthusiasm on your first short, "A Distant Chord." What do you see about that film today which was not immediately obvious...
There are an awful lot of short films being made (not to mention a lot of awful short films), and few short films carry the technical and emotional wallop...
"The State" initially received horrible reviews then kind of grew on people and developed an audience. What do you attribute to its success? Or lack of...
How did you go about casting the film? Was it a matter of just calling up your pals and asking them to go away to camp for a few weeks? ^ In many...
