The Official PodCast has updated their Whit Stillman interview:

Interview with Whit Stillman on 10/24/2013

PRESENTED IN MONO

Update: on 4/11/2014 3pm CST we updated the audio and file format so the interview now is all on one file and no longer split into two parts. Also EQ’d the sound to make it more listenable. Thank you!

 

 

Stillman talks about:

• Ice cream sandwiches (yes, he does)
• TV and how he may be going into that arena soon
• His use of social media
• How Metropolitan played for seven months in NYC
• 1/3 of Metropolitan’s gross came from Manhattan

• Why he chose Chicago as the hometown of Ted
• The location of the lake at the end of the film
• His love of Lake Shore Drive
• The self help books in Barcelona and how a studio head helped keep their significance in the film
• Stanley Kubrick’s love of Barcelona and how Kubrick wanted to know more about John Thomas’ cinematography
• How a shot in Eyes Wide Shut is similar to one in Barcelona
• Stillman’s advice on who you should listen to when writing a script
• How the G and H in The Last Days of Disco are gonorrhea and herpes and not HIV like some people have speculated on the internet
• Lastly he talks about Evelyn Waugh