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Thursday, December 20, 2007

Can We Lie on the Floor?

posted by on December 20 at 12:09 PM

My interview with the ’80s art star and accomplished filmmaker Julian Schnabel (Basquiat, Before Night Falls) is up now. Yes, he really did get me to lie down on the hotel room floor with him for the second half of the interview:

I want to talk briefly about the scene with Inès [Jean-Do’s mistress] on the phone—

Can I—I’m going to lie on the floor. Can we lie on the floor?

Um, sure.

[Schnabel hunkers next to a table and tells me to where to put the tape recorder, etc. I lie down in the opposite direction.]

Very good.

Okey-doke. That’s better, right?

You gonna take a nap now?

I am one tired guy. But I’m with you! Okay, so Inès.

I recommend reading my review of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly first—you know, so you can follow what we’re talking about. Watch the trailer, too: Those hair shots feature prominently.

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly opens tomorrow at the Egyptian.

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What a gross, leathery, hirsute and pretentious rich man. I hope that floor was bleached clean shortly after.

Posted by frederick r | December 20, 2007 12:13 PM
2

It's almost as good - DB&B - as Sweeney Todd.

But not quite.

I love lying on the floor at meetings when I can, it gives you a different perspective.

Posted by Will in Seattle | December 20, 2007 1:04 PM
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This film is stunning. Good interview, too. I was surprised that he included the line "Each day I wait for you" as a tribute to Ines, because in the film it just makes Ines seem a bit heartless--you think she never came to see him, and it's unbelievable that she wouldn't--all the other women are so compassionate and involved.

Posted by Also heartless | December 20, 2007 1:57 PM

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