Interview is the latest film directed by Steve Buscemi, starring Steve Buscemi. Based on the late Dutch director Theo Van Gogh’s 2003 film of the same name, Interview picks up in the Sundance minimalist tradition.
Pierre Peters is a former respected political journalist who is assigned to interview Katja, the star of the latest crappy horror sequel. Katja (Sienna Miller) is your typical crappy hot blond actress, more famous for the people she dates and her fluctuating breast size than her movie career. The whole movie essentially chronicles the events of the interview. Like Hard Candy (Sundance 2005), 99% of Interview takes place in one location (Katja’s Apartment) with the two main stars (Bucemi and Miller).
Shot on XD video, the movie has that immediate cheap video look. Interview could very well be a play (in fact the story has been adapted into a stage version overseas), but is naturally photographed. As the film progresses, the conversation elevates to more and more personal levels leading to some intriguing twists.
Interview is a compelling psychological character study. It’s very hard to keep a film like Interview interesting. Many two star conversational efforts eventually hit a lull. Buscemi’s film keeps it’s momentum through-out.
/Film Rating: 7.5 out of 10
January 24th, 2007 at 10:35 am
I really like Steve Buscemi’s work, but it’s too bad no one will watch this movie. The alcoholic slut & drug addict Sienna Miller has been black listed ever since her bizarre behavior in Pittsburgh back in October 2006, so she’s given this movie the kiss of death, like all her other projects.
October 24th, 2007 at 7:56 pm
This film finally made it to the arthouse in my town and I’ve just returned from seeing it. Really good — Sienna Miller was compelling as the attention-whore actress; both actors were excellent but her performance was outstanding, and should serve her career well. The script was well done; I don’t have much to say about the cinematography, as it was shot on video and was meant to look rather amatuerish (in the true sense of that word, though, as well).
Some movies ou really enjoy while you’re watching them, but b the time you’ve gotten home they’re sort of out of your system. It’s been several hours and I’m still enthralled with the characters and their situation, and I think I’ll feel the same way tomorrow.
Definitely worth seeing. Cheers.