Comments on: LAFF ‘09 Interview: Alicia Scherson – Turistas

By: Craig Kennedy

Craig Kennedy — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:55:24 +0000

I’ve been tinkering with an idea for a looooong time. Maybe I should just sit down and do it just for you. Hard to believe there were ever only two and the last one was almost 2 years ago.

By: Alison Flynn

Alison Flynn — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:47:12 +0000

LOL, Craig. I’ll say it once more, you need to start up the WWCD column again.

By: Craig Kennedy

Craig Kennedy — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:35:37 +0000

He’s probably one of those guys that is good at putting you at ease even though he’s a huge celebrity.

Jerk. :)

By: Alison Flynn

Alison Flynn — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:32:35 +0000

I have to agree with Pierre about Clooney. I’m sure he gives good interview. :-)

By: Craig Kennedy

Craig Kennedy — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:18:06 +0000

Thanks Pierre, I really am still feeling my way around the interview thing. I’ll get better with practice.

Part of my hesitation isn’t so much how someone would react if I reviewed their film badly, it’s the danger that my review could be tainted by “getting to know” the people behind it.

Even if I could keep them separate, a reader would have to wonder if I was being biased.

By: Pierre de Plume

Pierre de Plume — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:15:31 +0000

This is an interesting interview piece. The questions are generative — which is good — and one can tell that both parties are engaged. Like sartre said, it whet’s my appetite to see the film.

True — to do a review, one would have to don a different hat, but I don’t believe a filmmaker would be pissed by thoughtful criticism as long as it wasn’t a potshot.

Speaking of Clooney, I bet he’d be a great interview, Craig, with someone blessed with your expertise.

By: Craig Kennedy

Craig Kennedy — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:51:41 +0000

Stay tuned. We’ll see if I can get it transcribed in time for Friday’s release of Surveillance.

By: Miranda Wilding

Miranda Wilding — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:47:02 +0000

That sounds perfectly delightful, Craig.

They’re both quite awesome in my book.

By: Craig Kennedy

Craig Kennedy — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:19:15 +0000

Would you settle for Bill Pullman and Julia Ormond?

I’m sitting on a round-table interview with them right now.

By: Miranda Wilding

Miranda Wilding — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:52:19 +0000

Oh, sweetheart…

You and I are going to have at LEAST ONE private conversation if you ever interview Mr. Clooney. Or anyone else that’s either high profile, that I deeply admire or that I’m incredibly in lust with..

I’D NEED TO KNOW, Craig…

By: Craig Kennedy

Craig Kennedy — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:29:55 +0000

Thanks guys. I’m not sure how I feel about interviews. They’re a lot of stress and work and they put me in a funny position if I plan on reviewing a movie.

Having said that, it’s fun meeting filmmakers and actors and talking to them about what they love doing and I think it helps break up the usual LiC monotony a bit.

Don’t expect me to be interviewing Clooney any time soon though.

By: Miranda Wilding

Miranda Wilding — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:48:46 +0000

Exceptionally impressive, Mr. Crabcake. As in VERY.

This is a woman who is serious about her art…and it shows.

You really drew her out and allowed her to talk about her work processes and the things that inspire her. That was extraordinarily enlightening.

Being a great interviewer is an uncommon talent that not everyone possesses.

You should do more of them. You’re a natural.

By: sartre

sartre — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:23:49 +0000

Excellent interview Craig, your questions encouraged the eloquent Alicia Scherson to talk about her film and work with genuine depth. This has whet my appetite for seeing it.