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הדיון אודות "שמש נצחית" שנערך לאחרונה: Elijah at the Arclight Theater screening of "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and Q&A (October 28, 2004) Note: I am assuming that you've all watched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (ESOTSM). I also want you to know that these were my hastily scrawled notes. They are not always direct quotes, but I tried to get as close as I could. I did not capture everything that everyone said. I did get almost everything Elijah said, again not always verbatim. Also, I do not always write the questions, only the answers because I just can't write fast enough sometimes! _____________________________________________________________ We watched ESOTSM on a very large screen with a great sound system. After the screening, the Arclight people introduced Elijah Wood, Charlie Kaufman, and the producer, who I will call "Producer" (because I never did catch his name). The fourth person was a woman from USA Today, who I do not much quote here. She asked a few questions at the beginning, but very quickly it was opened up to the audience to ask questions. She moderated the question asking. Apparently, a lot of the audience were film school students and other film buffs, so they asked a lot of questions of Charlie. He talked a lot at first, and Elijah sat there and listened intently, as he does. Finally, the moderator said: Mod: Elijah, you did a lot of improvisation on this film. Elijah: Yes, a good thing about working with Michel Gondry is that he lets the actors work improvisationally. Charlie mostly spoke during the early part of the hour. Charlie said that he gave a pitch to a studio for ESOTSM that lasted only 5 minutes. From that, they decided to pick it up. He said the pitch was easy but writing the script was hard. Michel Gondry liked the story. They waited 10 months to start filming the movie because Jim Carrey was filming "Bruce Almighty". Charlie said he doesn't have actors in mind when he writes stories. He was involved in the movie editing. Producer: It's unusual for the writer to work at editing. Charlie: I've worked with Gondry twice. I would also like to work with David Lynch. I liked working in TV and learned a lot, but I wanted to do my "own stuff" so I went into movies. I wrote "Being John Malkovich" while working in TV. Mod: Elijah you said something about the color of your hair before you came out. Elijah: Yeah, my hair is darker because I was in Prague working on "Everything Is Illuminated". They colored my hair dark for that. I liked the dark hair, so I kept it. Charlie: The part with Elijah, Mark, and Kristin was added to the story later. At first it was only Joel and Clementine. I had to get the timeline in good order, and that took a long time. Elijah: I did ESOTSM because I wanted to work with Gondry, and I loved the script. (By this time, Elijah had hardly been asked anything, so I asked a couple of questions.) Me: Elijah, looking toward future projects, has "The Yank, or Hooligans" been picked up in the US yet? Elijah: That's a good question. It's all done and ready to go, but it hasn't been picked up yet. It's still out there, so hopefully it will be. Me: How about "Everything Is Illuminated", when will that be released? Elijah: That will be released either next spring (pauses) or next summer. Charlie: I liked Jim Carrey because he wanted to do the part and was down to earth and natural sort of person. I thought he might be the "big movie star," but he wasn't like that. Charlie: I wasn't all that involved in the creative process of the movie. I was there in the beginning and then saw a rough cut. Someone asked all three of them, "What were your inspirations?" Producer: I worked with David Lynch, Spike Lee and Michel Gondry. They inspired me. I grew up before there were home videos and only saw studio movies in theaters. 1970's pictures were influential for me. (I didn't write down Charlie's response.)
הדיון אודות "שמש נצחית" שנערך לאחרונה: Elijah at the Arclight Theater screening of "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and Q&A (October 28, 2004) Note: I am assuming that you've all watched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (ESOTSM). I also want you to know that these were my hastily scrawled notes. They are not always direct quotes, but I tried to get as close as I could. I did not capture everything that everyone said. I did get almost everything Elijah said, again not always verbatim. Also, I do not always write the questions, only the answers because I just can't write fast enough sometimes! _____________________________________________________________ We watched ESOTSM on a very large screen with a great sound system. After the screening, the Arclight people introduced Elijah Wood, Charlie Kaufman, and the producer, who I will call "Producer" (because I never did catch his name). The fourth person was a woman from USA Today, who I do not much quote here. She asked a few questions at the beginning, but very quickly it was opened up to the audience to ask questions. She moderated the question asking. Apparently, a lot of the audience were film school students and other film buffs, so they asked a lot of questions of Charlie. He talked a lot at first, and Elijah sat there and listened intently, as he does. Finally, the moderator said: Mod: Elijah, you did a lot of improvisation on this film. Elijah: Yes, a good thing about working with Michel Gondry is that he lets the actors work improvisationally. Charlie mostly spoke during the early part of the hour. Charlie said that he gave a pitch to a studio for ESOTSM that lasted only 5 minutes. From that, they decided to pick it up. He said the pitch was easy but writing the script was hard. Michel Gondry liked the story. They waited 10 months to start filming the movie because Jim Carrey was filming "Bruce Almighty". Charlie said he doesn't have actors in mind when he writes stories. He was involved in the movie editing. Producer: It's unusual for the writer to work at editing. Charlie: I've worked with Gondry twice. I would also like to work with David Lynch. I liked working in TV and learned a lot, but I wanted to do my "own stuff" so I went into movies. I wrote "Being John Malkovich" while working in TV. Mod: Elijah you said something about the color of your hair before you came out. Elijah: Yeah, my hair is darker because I was in Prague working on "Everything Is Illuminated". They colored my hair dark for that. I liked the dark hair, so I kept it. Charlie: The part with Elijah, Mark, and Kristin was added to the story later. At first it was only Joel and Clementine. I had to get the timeline in good order, and that took a long time. Elijah: I did ESOTSM because I wanted to work with Gondry, and I loved the script. (By this time, Elijah had hardly been asked anything, so I asked a couple of questions.) Me: Elijah, looking toward future projects, has "The Yank, or Hooligans" been picked up in the US yet? Elijah: That's a good question. It's all done and ready to go, but it hasn't been picked up yet. It's still out there, so hopefully it will be. Me: How about "Everything Is Illuminated", when will that be released? Elijah: That will be released either next spring (pauses) or next summer. Charlie: I liked Jim Carrey because he wanted to do the part and was down to earth and natural sort of person. I thought he might be the "big movie star," but he wasn't like that. Charlie: I wasn't all that involved in the creative process of the movie. I was there in the beginning and then saw a rough cut. Someone asked all three of them, "What were your inspirations?" Producer: I worked with David Lynch, Spike Lee and Michel Gondry. They inspired me. I grew up before there were home videos and only saw studio movies in theaters. 1970's pictures were influential for me. (I didn't write down Charlie's response.)
