Comcast has brief interview
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UPDATED: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 02:30
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I use Comcast, and this interview came up on the homepage tonight along with other promotional info regarding the release. How shiny is that?
http://wwwj.comcast.net/movies/news/index.jsp?cat=MOVIES&fn=/articles/
josswhedon.html
I got worried that due to subscriber issues, not everyone may be able to read it, so I am including the text here. Note to Comcast, don't sue, it really isn't worth your time, and I did credit the source!
Here you have it:
‘Serenity’ Now — A Conversation with Director Joss Whedon
Interview by Louis Miller
December 19, 2005
Following in the literary career path of both his father and grandfather, one might say that writing is in Joss Whedon’s blood. After honing his TV writing chops on the larger-than-life sitcom, ‘Rosanne,’ in the late ‘80s, Whedon went on to garner legions of fans by creating the ‘Buffy the Vampire’ franchise that launched a stake-wielding Sarah Michelle Gellar into the spotlight. He has also received an Oscar nomination for his work penning the animated blockbuster ‘Toy Story.’ Whedon’s interests soon turned to galaxies far, far away, as he helped write the screenplay for the futuristic space cowboy animated tale, ‘Titan A.E.,’ and created the renegade crew from ‘Firefly’ TV series, the same show that ultimately led to his feature film directorial debut, ‘Serenity’. But how do you go about explaining the stories behind nine leading characters, a totalitarian government, and a marauding race of cannibals within a movie’s two-hour time constraint? Joss took the time to try to explain it all to us recently, as he also dodged any question about his upcoming ‘Wonder Woman’ movie.
What was your first reaction when you heard that Firefly was being cancelled?
Joy. Unbridled, giddy joy. I laughed and laughed. Um, next question (laughs). No, my first reaction was, quite simply, denial. Denial that sits on your DVD shelf. I would not accept it. I was like Ed Harris in ‘The Abyss.’ I just wouldn't let her go.
Do you usually put so much of yourself into your work?
Yeah, I really do. From the very first [time], when they were making the movie of ‘Buffy,’ if you had asked me when I was wringing my hands over lines being rewritten by actors if I can just grow up and get over it, but actually no, you can’t. Because you can’t sit down at your desk and say, ‘Oh, well, this will do,’ or, ‘This will be ruined later.’ If you’re not in love with what you’re making, then you have no business making it. It is always completely personal to me. That doesn’t mean that I don’t pay very close attention to the technical things. If I made utterly personal films, they would be boring and really just histrionic. But the fact is, I create a connection to what I’m doing [with my movies] that is as real as any connection in my real life, sadly (laughs).
You’ve basically said you would do anything in your power to bring the Firefly series back. What’s the craziest thing that has entailed?
You know, even though I think the last three years of my life have been one unending string of crazy, there wasn’t any single thing that — I wasn’t buying a car next to actor Dennis Woodruff saying, ‘Make my movie.’ Ultimately, Universal stepped in and made things easier than I ever expected. They ‘got it.’ And if somebody gets it, you don’t have to explain anything. So it never got really crazy. I went about it pretty methodically, in fact. I sat down with people and asked, ‘Who is everybody we can go to? Where can this land? Where does this have a chance?’ I just kept my head in the game, which is not usually where it is.
So is the story finished?
The, um, the movie is finished. And the story is told. The world is not finished. There’s more to tell, but that’s always the case with everything I do and whether I get the chance to tell [it] or not it is up to somebody else. So I made sure that this movie had completion and didn’t feel like a glorified prequel. It’s its own piece and it wraps everything up. I have a sense of closure that I never
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