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here in Venice with director David Gordon Green & afters Nicolas Cage runny
Blevins and to share with them
and to talk about David Gordon Green's newest movie just called Joe
and it is an adaptation of The Larry Brown book up the same title not I
I don't know if people in Italy are very familiar with with Larry Brown snuggles
I salon
am NOT San I would like you if it's possible to
explain a little bit the importance of this also-ran the whole idea backwoods
culture backwards ito's and
how dat reflects into into the actual field the version that you made up this
for this now
well there was a a anomalous have contemporary Southern literature that I
greatly admired and
and falls into an accurate storytellers that
bring about fantasy team ring of texture and
substantive landscape he was a firefighter for a number of years and
discovered late no latest life his
great gift for writing and became a prolific writer
I discovered in film school when my film professor Gary Hawkins introduced me to
his work
and a documentary seriously done on larry's
on and Southern literature featuring lace work the rough South
Larry Brown and I was fortunate to
have met larry and it's been a number of days talking to him about his life in
about his work in
is very inspiring and have a point my career just graduating college in
looking to find my own voice and and trying to do for fill it with the same
on a city he had
you have this project in store from
for what quite a while I guess you've been planning to do this seven
hour how long did it take for for the the whole cast and
the whole group of people the 222 finally being able to realize
world it'd been a it
it was novel published in the eighties and it
when Gary Hawkins sent me the screenplay adaptation done in the script I
immediately became very enthusiastic about it
hours in production on another film at the time in put on a shelf and
thoughtful
you know maybe I'm gonna jump on that soon ands
I think it was the point when
a simpson et to get a read on
on what his opinion in the material was in his enthusiasm really sparked a
reality that
now was the time to to bring the story to life
it was a at a very similar moment to when I was
up in the editing room on the film %uh Jeff Nichols cell muddin
and it is to to tie in a substantial role
a you know he didn't reply fitted at recognizing from that but then
as for substantial roles in the film I did something that film in its first
production process
in realizing that I thought I had the bookends have
love to great talents to really put the father stun Sun story which was
most valuable mean there to flee thematically put it all together
the story I'll just make a brief recap is about
group disenfranchise people who want to call them like that
attack certainly they seem to have
missed out on some part of growth and that in their past some
that some of them like that Nicolas Cage captor have been in jail
but they're still have a tender court to themselves they know what's right some
people are pure
evil incarnate and want which is a sprint plans is
is is and the Jean provocateur up the story and possibly the only person who
can really
steel be saved is Gary and a
and and so the Nicolas Cage character sets out to
sort of a try to be his save your angel
and we want we we we will tell how the story ends but
but I was wondering how the TreeView
manage to to to to to to work as actors in this very
intricate web lets a twisted relationships
well we had a you as you know we had a great director to work with who is very
bro performance very pro creativity with performance in the allowed us to explore
into
to feel free with the dialogue in incurs improvisation and so
I you Ronnie in time they are very creative
actors and and and I would like to think that
do was David that brought us all together and encourage us to tap into
that create creativity
what is your impression type
your your your work with the with with David Gordon Green and this a specific
role this specific role I think you're the script twice
so but I felt so in tune with Gary that I didn't
I don't wanna mess with it you see sometimes I can somehow bottle
a character in my head in and ready to perform just go back and reach
find character that a big headache
particle performance wise was
me ringneck and and I know
who is is very clever
between all the cast members and and David
dave is very open with everything were to talk to you about something
is willing to listen and usually approved
so yes fun was it fun to play such a deep
plans because it's it's a because it's it's a it's very tough
typeof personality talking about real
really a Marsh role
sure sort on not I don't think it was it was tough at all
on ASEAN I don't think God that you know the mood on Sat really felt
on felt like you know and I think a you know I think it's
I think it's important and obviously not to play the a
you know the to to play the a enormous task throwing mustache
a bad guy in these films and and you know find the humanity and
bag on the plane I think I tried to do that in in the myself a little a
like a a little secret %ah
you know notion that I might have been a like a you know
even a man of God or something you know that and
not that that necessarily translates in in the
and in the movie or the performance but it certainly makes it a lot
easier to play you know if you give yourself something power
beyond are you know and you know
instead of the terror in addition to the TextView you give yourself some private
to play that that's
that has some sort and ability to it then acres you
it's a lot easier to go on and play the seas are you doing some pretty gnarly
stuff
and to your
that's that no I I didn't read the novel but there's a there's a fantastic
interplay between a you nicholas cage and
Antakshari when you teach him what Rd the right expressions to make and i was
just wondering
if some have that was kinda commands
on your part on on UNF are on be in nectar really or other
is is that connected to two to while you're very intuitive
arm that was something I've been trying to find a way to put into a movie for
the last
I'm twenty-five years I
and somehow I did by the way I have not seen the movie yet so I'm assuming it's
a move because you're talking about yeah
the anatomy of a cool fair I
spirit which never got made called heartbreaker and there was a guy who was
taught
teaching people how to have a cool face and that was the line that I put in your
bed
anyway I'm thankful that it's in this movie cuz I'm I think this is the right
move before if it david also
I just have to say goodbye to you that the one last question would be
have you already contacted million page for Jessica Harper role in the remake of
Suspiria
South I think it's just a remake is on hold as far as I'm concerned I've got
her brother comes up finances so
but that's at so at a wonderful idea love scene ever
okay thank you so much for being here and good luck for Joe
which is a great 30