Daniel Robert Epstein: Wim Wenders

This is so great that this interview is up today, because he stopped by at my (film) school today and gave an interview for us, since he's on a tour promoting the film. He's one of my favorite directors, and I highly suggest those who don't know his work to check him out.

Paris, Texas, Wings of Desire, Until the End of the World, Faraway, So Close!, The End of Violence, The Million Dollar Hotel...all wonderful films.

Alas, I could take no pictures, since I ended up on the crew that was filming him.

He stayed for about an hour, most of which was spent in conversation with the interviewer. At the end, only 4 questions were squeezed in, one of them mine. I asked him about his use of music from popular musicians in his films and why he was attracted to those artists and one finds the right music for a film, and he replied about his friendships with musicians and his fascination with rock & roll, and told a delightful little story about how in his early filmmaking days, he'd be up editing film, with no sound, and he'd play along records to the segments, and how he thought that was wonderful.

He's a very witty, intelligent guy. Tall too. He said "Hi" to me as he came in the studio.