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I worried and worried about knowing enough about the guy for too long. If I didn't though, would I feel prepared? Would I do well? I'm not sure. I swear I did all I could in a short amount of time to be ready. Watched some of his movies, read about it, took notes, thought back to my days at UCLA as an East Asian Studies major (Japanese emphasis), GR work, and came up with a short list of...
I worried and worried about knowing enough about the guy for too long. If I didn’t though, would I feel prepared? Would I do well? I’m not sure. I swear I did all I could in a short amount of time to be ready. Watched some of his movies, read about it, took notes, thought back to my days at UCLA as an East Asian Studies major (Japanese emphasis), GR work, and came up with a short list of questions. link to Tokyo Sonata site. Here’s the release schedule. This is what the back of the Apple store looks like. I was kidding that we were like thieves jammed up back here, but they really put thieves back here while they call the police. If you see this room, it means you did something bad. So I hope you never do. Yet being back here with the filmmaker made a bit of pressure mount more. I’ve come recommended by translator / filmmaker Linda Hoaglund as being good at this and they talked about it for a bit. That’s us with mics in our faces. Mr Kurosawa answers questions with a lot of care and he’s quite gracious and genuine. That alone should tell you to see Tokyo Sonata when it makes it runs in theaters. That is Mr Taro Goto the translator on the left. He did a great job, and I had no idea he was adept at doing translations from Japanese to English. I know him as part of the film festival in SF, and as a producer of some indie films. This is the sign. I guess it got on indieWire I don’t know much about indieWire except it’s film related. Either way, the event went well at the Apple store. It’s pretty much an honor to do things there.
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I'm in SF to do an interview with director Kiyoshi Kurosawa. I've seen my share of Q and A's and done my share too. I'm still not sure what I'll ask him. What criteria do I use to drum up questions? Here's a few for a live audience:
1) Who's the audience? Are they fans or just shoppers who happen to be there.
2) How fanboy does one get? I read other interviews and they ask some of the most pointed...
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1) Who's the audience? Are they fans or just shoppers who happen to be there.
2) How fanboy does one get? I read other interviews and they ask some of the most pointed...
I’m in SF to do an interview with director Kiyoshi Kurosawa. I’ve seen my share of Q and A’s and done my share too. I’m still not sure what I’ll ask him. What criteria do I use to drum up questions? Here’s a few for a live audience: 1) Who’s the audience? Are they fans or just shoppers who happen to be there.2) How fanboy does one get? I read other interviews and they ask some of the most pointed questions ever. Tuck in the fanboy.3) Is it a Q and A about his most recent project? I’m only giving you these three things, but in the end, there are plenty of major other things to think about when doing an interview – which most people don’t think about because they think doing an interview is easy. I’m realizing more and more, which interviews are important and which ones aren’t. You should be able to read it years later and have it still make sense and still have long lasting qualities. It’s just like art, many artists make tons of tiny pieces which are cool, but the big ones are often the “important” ones. I try and go big each time.
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Giant Robot presented Tokyo! by Michel Gondry, Bong Joon-ho, and Leos Carax. The cool thing is that Michel Gondry and Ayako Fujitani (the lead actress) made a special appearance. It wasn't on the schedule, so it was a great surprise. He did a long Q and A afterwards, which was quite nice. He's an interesting dude for sure and won't hesitate to tell the truth. It's funny how he at some points cuts...