Barry Yourgrau: Interview with Steven Shainberg

great flick. i wish there were more movies that made me feel that err.... excited to get home with my lady after.

I just found out that Maggie Gyllenhaal from Secretary is the sister of Jake Gyllenhaal from Donnie Darko. How cool. There's a picture of them together here

yea actually maggie is in donnie darko as well. she plays...who else...donnie's sister. "suck a fuck!"
I've yet to see secretary but the premise very much intruiges me...I can't wait to check it out.

haha, "takes a moment."

if it were me it would be, "asstie takes a moment to shit himself prostrate before the cult leader."

Yay, that was such a cute movie, it made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside, in more ways than one.

lexi

this is such a great interview. very interesting.

I loved reading this. I admire that Yourgrau didn't placate Shainberg when inquiring about the word "fuck" (even though I agree with Shainberg there). It's refreshing to find an interviewer who can be this honest and I'm really looking forward to Shainberg's future projects and watching him delvelop as a director.

I don't think i've said this enough, but James Spader fuckung rules. i can only ask for more "creepy weirdo" roles for him to play.

I loved Secretary. I love to see and hear about little crazy things that people do. I wounder what it would be like to send a worm to someone. I have always wanted to do wierd things like that but never had the nerve.

What Shainberg says about the tension in some of those scenes is so true...you're pretty scared, wondering what the hell's gonna happen next. Dramatic and sexual tension.
I hope the interview doesn't spoil things for the folks who haven't seen it. It's the kinda movie where it's best just to see it without knowing anything, with all the unpredicatble interplay between many characters, not just Gyllenhall and Spader.
...and Buffalo '66 is really good.

I WANT TO CANCEL MY SUBSCRIPTION YOU FUCKS!!!

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mmmm i love this film. i had no idea the script had a bad ending. I thought the part with the tree was a very touching ending for a jarring film.