Full disclosure, my father, Brandon Chase, hired John Sayles many years ago to write a fun and very popular monster film, ALLIGATOR. It’s probably why Sayles used that film to illustrate a point during our phone conversation on May 18, 2017. The occasion for this, my fourth interview with him, was the Mammoth Lakes Film… Read More »
Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman Consider ADAPTATION
Frankly, I would have been disappointed if an interview with director Spike Jonze and screenwriter Charlie Kaufman hadn’t turned surreal with the first question posed. The team that brought us BEING JOHN MALKOVICH and now with ADAPTATION, a tall tale of orchid hunters and moviemaking, have their own take on reality, which makes for a refreshing change… Read More »