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GR: The four stories cover infancy, childhood, working life, and death. What¹s left? GP: Great question. I think money and power. There's some hint of that in Tamlyn's story, where we get the sense that both she and her husband have these painful drives to succeed in their professional lives, and in the last story, "Clay," where Sab Shimono's character seems to have destroyed his personal relationships in order to nurture his career as an artist. But I think there's a whole other level of ambition centered on wielding fiscal and political power over the masses. I guess that would be the story wherein the robots take over the world, right? Maybe that's why I didn't do it; there are plenty of those kinds of robot stories being done all the time. And then there's the problem of depicting a robot army on an indie budget... |
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GR: How did filming a Giant Robot softball game compare to shooting Robot Stories? GP: Shooting GR softball was more dangerous. I nearly got killed by an Idemoto line drive, as I recall. SUPPORT ROBOT STORIES AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS February 13 - 19 in New York City Cinema Village 22 E. 12th St., New York, NY http://www.cinemavillage.com February 20 - 26 in the DC area AFI Silver 8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD http://silver.afi.com/ February 27 - March 4 in Boston Brattle Theatre 40 Brattle St., Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA http://www.brattlefilm.org/ March 5 - 11 in Chicago Facets Cinematheque 1517 W. Fullerton Ave., Chicago, IL http://www.facets.org Opening March 12 in Los Angeles Laemmle Fairfax 7902 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA http://www.laemmle.com/theatres/fairfax/fairfax.html Opening April 2 in St. Louis Opening April 16 in San Francisco and Berkeley |