This week, the sci-fi/comedy geek tease,Paul, beams onto our Earth-based cinema screens.
Otherwise, read on!
Is that something you brought to the table or were they in the script?
Is making these song choices an important part of the creative process?
I did make those choices.
What station would you turn to if you were on a road trip in South West America?
Youd probably just put on an oldies station.
And then some of the songs were just choices that had a sci-fi theme to them.
AndAnother Girl, Another Planetis such an awesome song.
Paulcontains a lot of film and pop culture references.
Knowing Pegg and Frosts previous work, Im guessing most of them came from the script.
Were there any that you added in, or particularly enjoyed working on from a directors point of view?
AndDuelwas a super low budget film.
And, obviously, theres moments at the end with the spaceship that are stolen fromETandClose Encounters.
And then you see a cinema later, which is showing a double bill ofEasy RiderandDuel.
I went back and I did watchEasy Rideragain, because its the ur-road movie.
Its all shot on that block.
It was really cool.
Pauls both a sci-fi and a road movie, neither of which are genres youve worked in before.
So, was that part of the fun of it?
Yeah, I wanted to push myself.
Those are films that really made me want to be a filmmaker.
I have the same nostalgic love for that as the guys do.
And I was really into the challenge of creating a CGI character that was actually a well-rounded character.
Its different from their other films.
Those are real buddy films.
This is about an interloper who comes and takes over the movie.
And movies suddenly showed things that you could never see before.
And so, I think Simon and Nick remember what that felt like.
So, it was really fun to try and capture a little bit of that magic too.
Mr Mottola, thank you for your time!
Paul is out now.
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