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John Talks World Trade Center With Oliver Stone

By John Campea - August 10, 2006 - 14:18 America/Montreal - 22 Comments

I recently had the chance to sit down for a few minutes with Oliver Stone to talk about his new film “World Trade Center“. To see my review of the film you can go here.

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  1. Pat says:
    August 10, 2006 at 2:29 pm

    Good stuff John, you almost sounded like a proper grownup movie critic there for a second or two. :P Guess you had limited time, but what you got out of him was not bad at all. This inteview do shows why I like Kevin Smith though. He doesn’t take himself so God damn serious, which is the case with a lot of other Hollywood people. Getting an Oscar does in fact not equal finding the cure for AIDS.

  2. wolf says:
    August 10, 2006 at 2:45 pm

    Good interview, I enjoyed it. I’ll be check this movie out when it comes out here.

    I would love to see you get moe interviews with directors and stars.

  3. bret says:
    August 10, 2006 at 2:48 pm

    For some reason the video isnt working. You tube says it isnt there

  4. marty says:
    August 10, 2006 at 2:52 pm

    Great interview. It’s always fun to listen to Oliver Stone talking about his movies. Good job on the questions. Nice to hear stuff that relates to the film and the actual decisions behind the casting, not just the typical “So what was it like working with global superstar Nicolas Cage?” and the ass-kissing that follows.

    Nothing annoys me more than seeing really talented people being asked really dumb questions on MTV-ish shows. “Hey, Eric Bana! You’ve worked with Ridley Scott, Ang Lee and Steven Spielberg, three of the greatest directors around, so… what makes you Hulk Out? Does your dog poo in the living room or something?” Grrr.

    Good job!

  5. bret says:
    August 10, 2006 at 2:52 pm

    never mind, it worked fine in the actual blog page. Great interview, you interview very well.

  6. Alfredo says:
    August 10, 2006 at 3:05 pm

    Good job dude.

  7. Joey 1.0 says:
    August 10, 2006 at 3:07 pm

    Great job John. I bet you enjoyed that. lol.

  8. Bishop says:
    August 10, 2006 at 3:17 pm

    I remember reading about how excited / nervous you were. John you seemed very calm and genuinely interested in what he had to say, and I think this reflected in his answers to you.
    You could, however, almost see the little boy glee bubbling just under the surface.
    On you that is.
    Not him.
    So much.

    - Bishop

  9. Meli says:
    August 10, 2006 at 3:26 pm

    Nice interview – good questions – I thoroughly enjoyed it. :)

  10. FredoTeabaggins says:
    August 10, 2006 at 5:07 pm

    Impressive indeed, John. I remember my first two press junkets at Sundance and my testes were in my ass both times.

  11. finnishguy says:
    August 10, 2006 at 5:51 pm

    Very nice effort on the interview. I would have listened to it much longer, but of course you had your restrictions. So when do we see your next big time interviews?! :)

    As for the movie.. I dunno.. I guess I’m waiting for a movie that isn’t afraid to ask a question or two about what happened. But I guess I’m in for a long wait on that one..

  12. Justin Flood says:
    August 10, 2006 at 5:58 pm

    Hey John, good interview. Looking forward to the next one. You successfully avoided asking the typical hollywood fluff questions, and I think Stone rewarded you by giving thoughtful answers. Good job!

  13. Dirk says:
    August 10, 2006 at 6:15 pm

    Good Job !!! Stone, wow

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    http://video.scifi.com/player.html?dlid=25067

  14. Triflic says:
    August 10, 2006 at 6:18 pm

    Nice and to the point. Even though I almost always dislike Oliver Stone films, I do enjoy hearing the man talk. Good interview John.

  15. Dirk says:
    August 10, 2006 at 11:05 pm

    HALO director Neill Blomkamp speaks!!!

    http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=24139

  16. Mdean says:
    August 10, 2006 at 11:11 pm

    Good job! Question…Who filmed and edited this?

  17. Drewbacca says:
    August 10, 2006 at 11:40 pm

    Nice interview John. Well thought out, yet simple questions.

    I love the way you sit there like a statue while he’s talking, and I can read your thoughts as you’re not listening to a word he is saying, “oh my God, I’m talking to Oliver Stone, oh my God, I’m talking to Oliver Stone, oh my God, I’m talking to Oliver Stone, oh my God, I’m talking to Oliver Stone, oh my God, I’m talking to Oliver Stone, oh my God, I’m talking to Oliver Stone, oh my God, I’m talking to Oliver Stone.”

    Sriously though man, good work!

    ~Drewbacca

    MoviePatron.com

  18. Brian says:
    August 11, 2006 at 4:30 am

    preety good interview..
    as for the movie, I want a contreversial movie that some people will simply refuse to watch it. I understand why people would want this sort of ‘entry’ movie first. But what I really want is a movie from the terrorist perspecicte how intresting would that be
    Brian

  19. John Campea says:
    August 11, 2006 at 5:20 am

    Hey Mdean,

    They had a camera crew there that shot it, gave me the tapes and I edited it.

    Cheers.

    ~John

  20. Luke says:
    August 11, 2006 at 5:57 am

    great interview sort but sweet

  21. miles says:
    August 11, 2006 at 8:25 am

    excellent work sir, i bet that was a great experience.

  22. The Daily Reel says:
    August 11, 2006 at 12:30 pm

    This is a great interview. It is very natural. Great job!