MTV Interviews Chris Weitz
Collider Interviews Chris Weitz at Comic Con
EW Comic Con Videos
EW has a series of Comic Con videos:IESB: Ashley Greene & Chris Weitz at Comic Con
IESB adds another great interview to their Comic Con collection. This time out they talked to Ashley Greene and Chris Weitz.
“Q: How is it for the cast?
Ashley: The funny thing about it is that we’re not filming, but we’re still traveling, doing press and doing Comic-Con, so we’re not really getting a break. At least we’re not working 12-hour days. We get a little bit of time to rest. But, it’s good that we’re getting them all done because we keep the memory fresh. We’re in these characters for the next two years, so I think that it helps to get them all done at once.
Q: Why do you think these books have succeeded so well as films?
Chris: I think it’s the feeling that, in some way, the vision presented on the screen was not so different from what they dreamed up in their head, when they were reading it, and that’s a very difficult thing to do because you’re presenting a contrary image to what any reader’s experience is. There’s something very sacred about the experience of reading a book. There’s something very extraordinary about a film, when you’re in a darkened room, seeing it. And, if those two things can blend, in some good way, then that’s great.”
See the rest on IESB
Chris Weitz Interview on Movies Online
Chris Weitz gave an interview to Movies Online about the perils of shooting around crowds and more.
Q: How hard was it to shoot, now that the cast is so much more popular? Did you have to have extra security?
Chris: It was with Rob and Kristen, and all of the cast. It’s not just Rob. It’s really anybody who embodies, for these fans, the characters that they love. In the very best way, they have a hard time distinguishing between the love that they feel for the characters and the love that they feel for people they don’t know, who are the actors. So, yeah, you need security and you need people to protect them from the love of the fans, which is different from being the bodyguard for someone that someone is trying to assassinate. It’s a good thing, but sometimes you do worry about people getting crushed.
See the rest on Movies Online. (Via Twilighters Anonymous)
Chris Weitz: Zen Master At Work
Chris Weitz has been described by the New Moon actors as “the Zen Master” who is the epitome of calm, focus, and organization while shooting. You can see the master at work in this scene that appeared in this Sunday’s LA Times print edition.
TY to Summit for the hi-res version.
Chris Weitz: Noot Seear More Than a Pretty Face
Chris Weitz talked to fashion industry publication Women’s Wear Daily (WWD) about why runway model Noot Seear was chosen for the role of Heidi.
“We wanted someone who had an unearthly and unlikely beauty, but could also convey humour and menace. It’s rare to find a stunningly attractive person who also happens to have the ability to act.”
You can read the article on WWD , alternatively InStyle UK has summarized the article.
For background on Noot, NY Mag has a great rundown.
Chris Weitz: LA Times Interview
The LA Times Interviewed Chris Weitz about New Moon, and Chris dished some never heard of before details:
“Driving home from a day of post-production, Weitz says he understands what’s at stake. There are 450 visual effects shots to complete, in addition to the score and the movie’s soundtrack, which he says will feature songs from Radiohead, Muse and Band of Skulls, among others. But the sequences he’s readying for the event — one, an action scene that will feature some of those effects, the other, a love scene sure to elicit hysteria from the crowd — will be done in time.
With so much on the line at Comic-Con, where word of mouth can often make or break a project, Weitz is feeling fairly confident that the reaction will be positive, especially since many of the cast members will be there.”
Hit Fix, Rotten Tomatoes, Etc Interview Chris Weitz
Hit Fix, Rotten Tomatoes, and several other mainstream entertainment websites had a fantastic interview with New Moon director Chris Weitz. They did an awesome job, asking some in depth questions.
Kudos to Greg from Hit Fix for bullet pointing out the key areas. Just some of the areas the interview covers:
*Even Weitz was surprised with how quickly Phil Tippet’s company turned around the Jacob wolf shot at the end of the first teaser trailer. The shot has gone through numerous iterations and is much more photorealistic than that version.
*He’ll be submitting a director’s cut of the film to Summit within the next two weeks.
*Alexandre Desplat is currently working on the movie’s score. It may include hints at Carter Burwell’s original “Twilight” theme, but will sound different.
*Thom Yorke and Kings of Leon are interested in contributing to the film’s soundtrack.
*A couple of new scenes from the film will be shown during the “New Moon” Comic-Con panel on Friday, July 25. NOTE THIS IS HIT FIX’S ERROR, panel on Thursday!
*The movie within a movie, “Facepunch,” will only be heard — not seen.
*Shooting in Italy with all of the fans that trekked across Europe to see the production was like Beatlemania.
*His vision of the Volturi is very much like the book and unlike a number of fan inspirations that have hit the web. He also sees them as having gone slightly insane after living for 2,000 years.
*He’s met with David Slade and expects the filmmaker’s vision for “Eclipse” to be different than what he’s doing with “New Moon,” but with the same actors and visual effects team.
*He’s flattered that fans want him to direct “Breaking Dawn” without seeing “New Moon,” but thinks the fans will want Slade to do it by the time “Eclipse comes out.
*Weitz needs to turn the film in by Oct. 30 to strike prints or if not, they are in “big trouble” to make the release date.
Read the whole Chris Weitz interview on Hit Fix or if you prefer, read it all on Rotten Tomatoes
Behind the Scenes on New Moon
The Florida Sun Sentinel has an article on what it was like behind the scenes on New Moon.
Chris Weitz explained how he made the actors comfortable with his style and the script. “I promised the actors that no matter what, we would have time to discuss every single line,” Weitz explains. “There was a line that he felt was repetitive, and Rob wasn’t feeling where he was in the scene. We worked it out and came up with some alternate dialogue. I can work on the fly a bit because I’m a writer-director, which is helpful. I don’t feel stuck or panicky when an actor is not down with a particular piece of dialogue.”
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