This is just a fabulous interview. Really top notch. Portrayed GAR very very well, got to the honest man, stripped away the Hollywood bs.
I know a lot of GAR fans would love the chance to sit down and get to know the man and pick his brain. It's a childhood fantasy. Leo, you have done such a good job retelling the experience that, at least for me, I came away from the interview feeling like that urge was satisfied.
Well done Leo!!
As to the subject matter, I have a couple observations.
The interview seemed to indicate that GAR is thinking really hard about what his movies are trying to say and he's working really hard on how they look from a cinematic perspective. I only saw a little about plot development, character development, storytelling, etc. Alongside that I hear him saying that Night and Dawn were not "good" movies. It seems to me that he's never quite gotten what people love about those movies.
I think this new movie, Blank of the dead, is much better in a cinematic sense than Dawn, but I worry that a lot of people might think it's not."
This quote really brings some of my thoughts on GAR into focus. Land, to my eyes, was the best done Dead movie purely from a visual sense. I'd have to say, if cinematics and message are predominantly what the man is focused on then he's doing well with his movies, even the recent ones.
And you hope that at least your fans will come around and say 'Woo, cool man we're with you still'. Except that even your fans, even the 19 fans that you have, are split. 19 doesn't split evenly, so it's 10 - 9 liking it, not liking it. C'mon boys, I mean I did this, this was the idea that I had, I did it. C'mon stick with me."
This is a really hard sentiment to respond to. I've been a GAR Dead fan for as long as I can remember. And I've spent a lot of time in the "not liking it" category. The two are not at odds. I will gladly support any GAR movie he cares to make. At the same time I won't like them just because they're GAR movies. Like some. Dislike some. LOVE some. Through it all, still a fan.
GAR movies are not judged similarly to mainstream horror movies. They are in a class all their own. They are thought provoking. They breed discussion and debate. They generate strong opinions.
Where GAR sees a 10 - 9 split of his fanbase I see 19 people who watch the movies over and over again to explore every nuance. That's high praise whether the verdict is "liking it" or "not liking it."
So my message to GAR is, regardless of recent negative feedback, "Woo, cool man we're with you still!!"
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