I liked the idea of beginning the movie with death, because you sort of say well, where do we go from here. I think the only answer is life, and that's the ending of my movie.
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I always thought I'd write about my dad, at some point, ... I didn't think it would be like this, but it arrived like this. I'd been listening to a lot of Garrison Keillor at the time. I love that simple story that ends on a grace note and you go, 'Wow, I'm just happy to be alive right now.' That was the feeling I was chasing.Cameron Crowe
I liked the idea of fiasco as failure gone to church. How does that become a transcendent thing And that morphed into the different mini-themes.
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This was not a navel-gazing experience. But it did feel like it was worth saying as a tribute to my father. I always equate it to music. Every once in a while, songwriters say, 'This one's more personal than the others.' So I figured, embrace it.
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I just think if you play it, it seeps in, it seeps into the performances, it seeps into the atmosphere of the movie. And a lot of times I used the music ... while they were doing the scene.
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Wilder would say, 'Ninety minutes for this picture is all my bum can take in a seat',
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I told them, 'Don't even think about the camera. It may not even be near you. Just have the party.' And then there's somebody in the middle of them shooting film.
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