May 6, 2016
Movie Meltdown - Episode 347
This week we'll be talking with
our very special guest... writer/director Mick
Garris. He's had quite an interesting run in Hollywood,
and we get his take on how it all came together... and his thoughts
on what are some pretty fascinating experiences.
And as we realize there was no light
at the end of the tunnel, we also discuss... Son of Kong, Richard
Matheson, Steven Spielberg, a 460 page script shows up on your
doorstep, identifying with the monster more then the hero, Tower
Records, Green Room, Ray Bradbury, a good book can make for a bad
movie, Fangoria, it's gotta be good drama first before it's good
horror, that's the thing about writing... it costs you nothing but
time, The Invitation, a voracious reader, Stephen King, you either
have the fire or you don't, Critters 2, Cinémafantastique,
Guardians of the Galaxy, Hollywood horror, I knew it wasn't real,
but it was like fascinating, it was my introduction to something
other then the mundane, fiction as a release, the line between
brilliance and madness is a very fine one, it's not normal TV, good
horror is good drama first, Disney wanted me to go under contract,
it was our finger to the standards and practices, interviews on the
Z Channel, you take it one day at a time, working with the changing
technology, Universal Horror, Anthony Perkins, the Lincoln Tunnel,
James Gunn, 600 extras on the streets of downtown Las Vegas, the
making of Goonies, I got my first 8mm camera, envision The Thinker
out of that giant boulder, being an outsider, a nightmare in a
floating dream, 126 speaking parts, being involved in the dark
creative arts, we carried a steadicam with us and a Hollywood
desert noir murder mystery.
"...there's a lot to be said for
fear in the creative process."
For more on Mick's interviews, go to: http://www.mickgarrisinterviews.com/
For more on the film fest, go to: http://www.westernkentuckyfilmfestival.com/