what cool job from movies would you love to do (and what would suck about it)?
Dream big, and have fun.
talk amongst yourselves
what would you like to know would be one of humanity’s legacies (à la NASA’s Voyager)?
What are the greatest things we have already achieved or could conceivably achieve that future superevolved cockroaches or alien tourists would look at and go, “Huh. Those humans weren’t half bad”?
when did movies start sucking?
I’ve given green lights to plenty of films in recent years, but I can’t shake the sense that, in the aggregate, movies suck, and have been sucking since 2000.
what games are you playing at the moment?
Give me some good iOS games!
what are the potential upsides of allowing people to use their smartphones in cinemas?
This is purely as an exercise in creative contrarianism. I don’t imagine anyone reading this would actually welcome a “second-screen” experience at the multiplex.
what is your dream job?
How would you be spending your time if you didn’t have to worry about earning money? Or are you lucky enough to be passing your days doing something close to your dream job?
why so many movies about folktales?
What is it about folktales that appeal to us? What elements of folktales do you particularly like or hate, especially as Hollywood deals them out?
if you were part of a highborn family in the Game of Thrones universe, what would be your house words?
Mine might be: “House Johanson: Wine? Or Tea?”
does fancy packaging make you more likely to buy a DVD/blu-ray set?
If so, what sort of special packaging do you like, and do you display it more prominently than other box sets?
what is your favorite special weekend breakfast?
Mine must be chewy, buttery croissants with jam — almost any kind of jam. And any breakfast is more special and more decadent if you can eat it outside…
