Your Independent Movie Guide
Interviews
By | February 2001
TK
Where did the idea of Standing by Yourself originate? And how did Adam and Josh feel about having you tail them all the time with a camera? ^ Well,...
How did the Slamdance audiences react to Standing by Yourself? And what did you get out of attending Slamdance? ^ It seemed to go really well with...
Did you see The Phantom Menace, and what did you think of it? ^ Yes, it was the first chapter of a book, and as such it was an introduction to the larger...
[ How did you two meet and what are your respective backgrounds? ] ^ [ James Portolese: ] We met in April of 1998 when I was directing my first feature...
So, what's the thing you're working on right now, what are you editing? ^ It's called "Takeaway." I was living in Berlin for six months on an artists in...
Did you do anything different to make it a horror movie, anything more effecty, more producing? ^ Um, it was interesting cause the entire thing was...
Has there been a big change in you over this time. I notice the consistency in your mode is the big theme, but in this new one you've got more of a...
Do you see a curve or a trajectory of this DV revolution and where it ends? When you'd be satisfied, whether or not it's actually gonna happen, can you...
Geoff Gilmore came to Sundance in 1989 and has been instrumental in the festival's emergence as the number one market for independent films in the United...
What led you to make a film about WACO? ^ A typical fluke. Somebody showed up on my doorstep with demo in hand and pitched me on whether I'd want to do...
