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Jay Duplass Creates CYRUS

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Jay Duplass Creates CYRUS

Filmmaker Jay Duplass channeled the close relationship he shares with brother, co-writer and co-director, Mark, into the sweet but insular relationship the 21-year-old title character of their film CYRUS shares with his mother. As part of the Mumblecore movement, their particular brand of indy filmmaking, their goal is to capture the an emotional immediacy and… Read More »

Tagged With: cinema, comedy-drama, director, film, Indie, Jay Duplass, John C. Reilly, Marisa Tomei, Mark Duplass, mother-son relationship, movie, Mumblecore, narrative, romance, sea of possibilities, writer

John C. Reilly Makes Beautiful Music in CYRUS

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

John C. Reilly Makes Beautiful Music in CYRUS

  When I spoke with John C. Reilly about CYRUS on June 22, 2010, the first thing I wanted to ask him about was why the improvisational style used by the Duplass Brothers was so appealing to him. The script is more like an outline, with the actors creating the dialogue on the spot, and the first take usually… Read More »

Tagged With: comedy-drama, CYRUS, Duplass Brothers, indie film, John C. Reilly, Jonah HIll, Marisa Tomei, narrative, romance

Rich Moore Gives WRECK-IT RALPH Serious Depth

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Rich Moore Gives WRECK-IT RALPH Serious Depth

Rich Moore spent a healthy part of his youth playing video games, which ultimately paid off when the time came to come up with the story for WRECK-IT RALPH. When I spoke to him on October 17, 2012, the first thing I wanted to know was how he got from video games in general to existential… Read More »

Tagged With: 8-bit, animation, computer games, director, Disney, existential angst, fantasy, John C. Reilly, John Lasseter, kids, narrative, Rich Moore, Sarah Silverman, WRECK-IT RALPH, writer

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