When the Borat movie was released last year you couldnt even count the number of publicity appearances that Sacha Baron Cohen made as Borat. Those appearances, along with creating a hysterical and powerful movie, turned Borat into a monstrous hit and a cultural phenomenon that crossed all lines of gender, race and politics. Much of the attention for the film was given, and rightly so, to Cohen but for most movies the director is always an essential element. Borats director is Larry Charles previously...
GREAT fucking interview. He tells it like he sees it, that's for sure.
And the recognition of how Merry Prankster-like his work m.o. is was good of him to share. It revealed that - happily - there are a few old-school, hippie-ish creatives who not only made it out of the 60/s / 70's intact, but who also continue to thrive and stay engaged with the process and who contribute to the common pop-cultural vernacular.
I finally saw Borat last weekend and have been thinking about 'how did they do this or that' all week. This piece is awesome -- great questions and great answers. So glad one of your subjects really took the time to present complete answers. Love Todd Phillips humor but seems Larry Charles (who I didn't know of till now) is on another level.
Zoetica
NEWSWIRE
Los Angeles, CA
APR 06, 2007 06:00 AM