LAFF Video | Guillermo del Toro on "The Hobbit"
"The Hobbit":
"The Hobbit is the only book from Tolkien that I read at the right age. I read it at 11. I proceeded very gingerly though the trilogy and failed miserably. The Hobbit comes from a place that is completely spontaneous. It almost blurted out. It came out of a very personal side of Tolkien, I would imagine. I keep thinking in a way it's his reaction to his own experience going through World War I."Moving to New Zealand:
"Before The Hobbit came I had just bought a house for my crap. I was home hammering art on my wall... when the call came: Would you pledge half a decade of your life to The Hobbit [by moving to New Zealand]? Fucking yes."Fucking institutions:
"I fucking hate institutions. I love bank robbing movies. Rififi. Ocean's 11. As long as they're fucking a bank, I'm happy. In my mind, planning a bank robbery would be a very creative endeavor. You would need to plan them like a movie shoot and organize the crew. I would probably make more money."
Michael Jones is the film festival editor at Variety.com. 
Perhaps. Though I have worked on many different shoots, I have never robbed a bank. However, those Oceans movies make it look super-duper complex. Way harder than those long Steadicam shots. Unless he has robbed a bank, he is no more qualified than me. This of course makes me pompous as well I suppose. I reiterate that there must be more interesting people to interview.
Posted by: Ktroop | 7/3/2008 4:04:49 AM
A bit harsh, Ktroop. Don't you think he's qualified to make the film shoot/bank robbing comparison?
Posted by: Jones | 6/30/2008 4:38:47 PM
Pompous Idiot. 'Idiot' because he thinks that robbing a bank hurts the bank and not the people who have money in the bank. 'Pompous' because he thinks film shoots are more organized than they are. His projects perfectly reflect his 13-year old mentality. Aren't there more interesting people to interview?
Posted by: Ktroop | 6/28/2008 9:23:32 AM