I can't vouch for the quality of the interviews, or whether or not anything interesting will come of them. What I do find fascinating is the concept: filming a bunch of material, editing it, and releasing it periodically. More so what I'm fascinated by is the rapidity of the releases. Typically, webisodes are released on a weekly, or sometimes monthly basis. With the interview project, episodes will be released so frequently as to hold an audience's attention for a longer period of time, granted the material is good. You never know what you're going to get when you venture into the world of David Lynch, so I'm not going to make any predictions.
So many of the docs this semester could be turned into awesome webisode series. However, I've always found daunting the task of coming up with a new episode each week. What I find inspiring about the Interview Projects is the notion that all the episodes, footage, etc. can be shot and put together before the series even begins. This model certainly allows for more breathing room and fine tuning, something I'm sure we all need at this point. Anyways, I hope y'all found this post interesting. To check out the trailer for the interview project, visit interviewproject.davidlynch.com!
wow, jason - so glad you posted this! david lynch is one of my fiction director loves. i moderately stalked him the last time he was in town, hahaha. well, not really. i just went to three events that he'd be at in two days. and managed to give him an abstract art piece that i drew of him, haha. but that is so beyond the point.
ReplyDeletethe point is...david lynch and documentaries? ah, my dreams have come true, haha. and it's great how you would expect a documentary that is presented or produced (or whatever it is he did for this) by david lynch to be some abstract, strange perspective on real life, but no. it's simple and it's going to be beautiful. ask real people all over the country real questions? i honestly can't wait to hear 121 candid stories from people i've never met. i mean, it's the epitome of the reason i am in this "business." i want to know. i want to know about each and every one of you, and here's 121 more people to add to my list. it actually reminds me of the project idea that i had talked about in class at the beginning of the semester - the one about going on the back roads of the US and stopping and small towns and finding what it is that makes each town unique - whether a cafe, an inhabitant, an event, a food dish, a monument, etc. and a project like that can definitely be released in a format similar to the Interview Project. hmmm...maybe i should get rolling on that. really. i have a summer. we'll see what happens.
but yes, jason. thanks for posting this. maybe when it begins we can talk about what we think of it.