#26
Posted: 7/20/07 at 6:38pm
what moment in the whole process of making the film, from the pre-production, to the recording of the music, to the actual filming, etc. did you go "OMG, this is going to be amazing?"
Well, when Adam first had me come down to the editing room to watch what is called "the assemblage" which is literally the editors first pass using every single scene and line of dialogue filmed.
Now, we have been the closest of friends with Adam for like 18 years, so this was REALLY a scary moment for both Adam and myself. What if it sucked as*??
So, they hit play and I watched it on a large screen TV monitor in the editing room.
"Oh my God" I thought as it started to unspool "this is not terrible!"
When it was all over, for practically the first time in my film career, I was able to turn right around (Adam was sitting behind me, *****ing bricks) and just look a director in the eye and say "That was great!!" And MEAN it!!
The fact that it was my baby made this, obviously, even more amazingling that I could say that.
And the fact that I wouldn't have to kill Adam for ruining HAIRSPRAY was a really good thing. There would have been witnesses and a motive!
Could you tell me about the decision of having Little Inez win Miss Teenage Hairspray?
The idea for Lil' Inez to win was the very first thing that Leslie Dixon (the screenwriter hired to adapt all the existing scripts into a new one) suggested. It would show JUST how pure Tracy's feelings are, by her being so excited for Inez and not giving a rat's ass that she hadn't won. That was one of my favorite moments to "score" as YCSTB is finishing, the shots, one by one, of all the couples that culminates with Corny crowning Inez. When you go see the movie again and again (and again and again!), listen to how the strings play two emotional notes on the cut to Tracy and Link, then echo on the cut to Wilbur and Edna, then grow on the cut to Seaweed and Penny and then finally peak as the crown is placed on her head, resolving just as it "lands"
Well, when Adam first had me come down to the editing room to watch what is called "the assemblage" which is literally the editors first pass using every single scene and line of dialogue filmed.
Now, we have been the closest of friends with Adam for like 18 years, so this was REALLY a scary moment for both Adam and myself. What if it sucked as*??
So, they hit play and I watched it on a large screen TV monitor in the editing room.
"Oh my God" I thought as it started to unspool "this is not terrible!"
When it was all over, for practically the first time in my film career, I was able to turn right around (Adam was sitting behind me, *****ing bricks) and just look a director in the eye and say "That was great!!" And MEAN it!!
The fact that it was my baby made this, obviously, even more amazingling that I could say that.
And the fact that I wouldn't have to kill Adam for ruining HAIRSPRAY was a really good thing. There would have been witnesses and a motive!
Could you tell me about the decision of having Little Inez win Miss Teenage Hairspray?
The idea for Lil' Inez to win was the very first thing that Leslie Dixon (the screenwriter hired to adapt all the existing scripts into a new one) suggested. It would show JUST how pure Tracy's feelings are, by her being so excited for Inez and not giving a rat's ass that she hadn't won. That was one of my favorite moments to "score" as YCSTB is finishing, the shots, one by one, of all the couples that culminates with Corny crowning Inez. When you go see the movie again and again (and again and again!), listen to how the strings play two emotional notes on the cut to Tracy and Link, then echo on the cut to Wilbur and Edna, then grow on the cut to Seaweed and Penny and then finally peak as the crown is placed on her head, resolving just as it "lands"
Updated On: 7/22/07 at 06:38 PM
