Hey, thanks for waiting, sorry to hold you up.
Oh, no problem whatsoever. Thanks for taking the time.
in pre-production, is that true?
to make it very good, but—it’s very hard to detail.
And are you back working in the States now?
years I’ve been back quite a bit, and I’m really back now.
Is there anything in particular influencing that move?
to go back to Madrid where she was studying anymore.
And you’d been in Paris for most of the expatriate years?
You were attempting to finance through the European system there?
And is that an existent script?
in the background in the publishing house.
that’s true and I hope that’s happening.
It would be nice to have them all of a piece.
I have come around since age thirteen.
Was that the actual poster art?
original theatrical release of Metropolitan.
outrageous that she hasn’t had a bigger career.
Do you feel you needed any outside consultation when writing for women?
Do you think there are deeper consequences for women?
interesting than the guy just getting up the nerve to make a phone call.
also tend to make more magnetic characters.
but then it was considered completely against her image.
decided to go with her so… we didn’t get in trouble with Winona Ryder.
to avoid being shocked—are you easily adversely affected by movies?
Yes. Yes. I really like watching Code movies. I’m Mr.
a horror movie or something like that?
room shrieking to this day at the sight of stage blood.
surface when reacting to the film.
Yeah, exactly. I think maybe the film came out too soon.
some other things happening… And it’s bad to be a trend.
came out in Oct, 1996. I can only presume this is what I was thinking of).
There was a virtual disco revival, sure, in think pieces if not in actual fact.
“going out” madness has continued definitely in full force for several decades.
loved European nightclubs, I like nightclubs and dance places. But… Off and on.
the early 60s ska music…?
don’t easily get tired of. They’re melodic, there’s a clear melodic strain.
building onto that existing universe?
Exactly. Because I didn’t really want to go back to it.
needed to have material, I needed to see something else, and do something else.
And eleven years in Europe was definitely that.
another, basically a good person or basically not a good person.
to re-run Kate at the end of the credits, it seemed like the right thing to do.
much better and much more authentic and worth exploring.
And that’s the process you’ve continued with since?
character to say that, or they can themselves reconsider what they said.
Your one foray into police procedural.
You have? How come? Is it still operating?
They show movies there now.
frequent the Journal Square Pub?
I don’t think so… We got out of there pretty quickly.
as silly as it could be, to the multiplex, a grim study in contrasts.
disappearing, we’d give it more of a period feel.
Do you have a heightened sense of decline?
you’re somewhat inclined to nostalgia, anyways.
everyone likes it. (with gusto) The Price is High.
Possibly didn’t read it all the way through.
criticism all the way through.
“9/11 Was an Inside Job” conspiracy?
inexcusable of some kind or another. Please erase all that.
Where did you come from? Did you grow up in New York?
No, the Queen City of the West, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Oh, cool. The Athens of the Ohio.
and Cincinnati are cool cities, they’ve got great stuff.
were a part of some kind of “indie” groundswell?
festival circuit, who you felt was working along parallel lines with?
own thing, saying this and that.
and… it was great to find something that I could do too.
there’s literally nothing I want to see more.
I’ll double it for you. But read the prospectus first.
$250 sometimes—I actually met some people who paid like $200 for a DVD.