I believe he’s creatively attuned to grander issues in his movies proper now. Which is superior for us as viewers. However what we did was extra within the vein of—and, sure, it’s a business and it’s 90 seconds, and I’m clearly not placing it within the class of After Hours or, y’know, Imply Streets or something like that—but it surely was a way more of a run-and-gun train. Even the shot of the digital camera hitting me. And simply having to knock one thing out in 5 days, it resembles these New York movies greater than a six-month sweeping shoot in Oklahoma.
The final time we have been speaking, for the November 2023 cowl, it was proper on the precipice of those two movies—Wonka and Dune: Half 2—and now, clearly, your head is in a distinct place on Dylan. However whenever you type of look over your shoulder again at what simply occurred, how do you regard it?
With simply an unlimited quantity of gratitude. And gratitude to leap into one thing new immediately, too. I really feel earlier in my profession, and the success of different initiatives, I questioned what the easiest way was to understand them. And this time, I really feel like I’ve executed it the precise manner—if there is a proper manner and there can be a proper manner—which is to easily take it as a inexperienced gentle to maintain engaged on the issues I wish to work on which are inspiring to me. And to maintain my head down and, you understand, preserve pounding my nail into the wall.
That’s most likely the extra contextualized feeling. The true feeling is I’m simply so locked in on this different factor. As a result of I do work on this unusual medium the place issues take years to return out, so I do really feel like I’m 37 miles down the trail.
You’re dwelling sooner or later, movies-wise.
Proper.
What about this Travolta factor? With the box-office success of Wonka and Dune: Half II, you have been the primary actor since John Travolta to have two main box-office hits out inside eight months of each other. Or one thing like that. It’s not like a kind of issues the place folks have been ready round questioning, like, When will this document be damaged? However it’s a helpful metric to articulate a sense within the air: These have been two smash hits with the identical man on the middle of them. What of it?
[long pause] I imply, it’s gonna sound pretentious, but it surely actually simply inspired me to maintain utilizing the shades of colour or paint that I wish to use once I do, and the older I get, the extra, and even speaking to Marty about After Hours, when it got here out and the way it stood up over time versus the preliminary response. You actually simply gotta take note of no matter you’re engaged on within the second. Like: All proper, let me simply proceed to belief what I wish to work on, large or small.
Give me a Knicks prediction.
Holy shit. I’m gonna say Knicks in six on this collection. After which we’ll see about Boston.
Have you ever been to a playoff recreation but?
No, I have been so locked in on this film. This name is about probably the most thrilling and totally different factor I’ve executed in two months, I swear to God.
But when the Knicks are in an Japanese Convention Finals, you will emerge.
Completely. Positively. I’ll be there.
