Sublimating yourself to a story is sort of the opposite of the Quentin Tarantino school. When I watched “Kill Bill,” it was like sitting next to Quentin Tarantino and having him go, “Alright, cool! Check out my music that I love!”
Hee — jeg har faktisk ikke sett Kill Bill, men nå vet jeg neimen ikke om jeg trenger heller. Litt som med Brokeback Mountain på kaninmåten 🙂 (via Hans Petter)
Sitatet øverst er av Joss Whedon (en liten stund siden jeg har drevet Joss-pushing nå, er det ikke?) i et intervju mest om tegneserier, inklusive et “Buffy sesong 8”-tegneserieprosjekt under planlegging, som er spennende nyheter for buffofile. Whedon avslører også den eneste sjangeren han ikke er interessert i å jobbe med:
BENDIS: What’s the trouble with sensitive family drama?
WHEDON: I don’t know what the structure should be. I never studied writing. So genre lends me certain crutches or signposts. Here, they’ve gotta sing, they’ve gotta be scared, they gotta have action. I just saw a great production of “All My Sons” and I was like, “Oh yeah. That’s the way you’d do [drama].” The way the stories and revelations come out about the family. Besides the fact that I don’t know structure, I like to be one step removed. I like the fantasy or the singing or something that takes you a little bit away from where you’re at. Because I don’t want to write about me. I mean, I’m in there obviously, but I want to make that more general. I want that to be more universal as opposed to, “I’m 40. I’m writing. I’m boring and depressed.” I mean, it’s like, “Great. That’s a fascinating story… buddy.”
“something that takes you a little bit away from where you’re at” — det er da et godt credo.
(Via Whedonesque)
