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Interview (2007) DVD Review
Interview (2007) DVD Credits:
Interview (2007) Directed by:
Steve Buscemi
Interview (2007) Written by:
David Schechter, Steve Buscemi
Interview (2007) Cast:
Steve Buscemi, Tara Elders, Molly Griffith, Sienna Miller, Philippe Vonlanthen, Wayne Wilcox
Interview (2007) Released by:
Cinemavault Releasing
Region:
1
Interview (2007) DVD Release Date:
11th December 2007
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Interview (2007) Synopsis:

After falling out with his editor, a fading political journalist (Buscemi) is forced to interview America's most popular soap actress (Miller).

Interview (2007) DVD Review:

Steve Buscemi has had a rather humble film career as a director, sticking to independent films, more recently shifting over to digital for an even simpler look. After Tree’s Lounge the actor/director took a break acting in his own films when he made Animal Factory with Edward Furlong and Lonesome Jim with Casey Affleck, but he returns in front of the camera in his new film Interview. Buscemi also co-adapted the screenplay with David Schechter from the original Danish screenplay written by Theodor Holman. The original film was directed by the late Danish director Theo Van Gogh, who had always wanted to remake his films in America before passing.

Keeping in line with simple filmmaking, Buscemi’s new film Interview takes place all in one evening, in primarily one location with only two characters. As the title suggests, the entire film is an interview. Alcoholic journalist Pierre Peders (Buscemi) is a war reporter who is used to coving highly important political events, but when his editor begins to suspect he has been fabricating sources, he is given the new task to write celebrity profiles. His new assignment, on the evening of an important political fiasco, is to interview a spoiled evening soap and horror film icon Katya (Sienna Miller). This movie star is better known for her lifestyle than her work, which is all fluff, so Pierre feels the assignment is a waste of his time. His frustration is pushed even further when she doesn’t arrive on time, and he treats her in a way she isn’t accustomed to being treated by the press, or anybody else.

Refusing to take her serious as an artist, Pierre eventually becomes fascinated by Katya, who playfully drags him along in her web of games. Each seems able to make an impact on the other as the interview turns into an evening where two people find out a great deal about each other. They return to her apartment after an accident, even though they both openly loathe each other. Even as they are together in the apartment, drinking and becoming more intimate, Katya repeatedly tells Pierre how much she hates him. They are fighting one moment, and seem to get along perfectly the next, and it is difficult to tell what direction their relationship will go in next.

The DVD includes a great commentary by Buscemi, who gives a factual commentary that is spread out at times, but extremely good. There are also a generic behind-the-scenes featurette, which is about as good as they ever are. “Triple Theo, Take One” is about the idea of bringing three of Theo Van Gogh’s remake films to American screens, with Interview being the first.

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Interview (2007) DVD review written by: Ryan Izay

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