DISQUS

Maya · 2 months ago

Blake: Since the days you were on the Twitch team asking tips on how to interview to this beautifully-edted and informative interview with Barker, you have come such a long way and I am so proud of you. Thank you for your fantastic coverage at Sitges.

Kelley Donoghue · 2 months ago

I love Clive Barker!! That's more on account of his Abarat series, but whatever; it was still cool to watch the interview. Kind of ALMOST makes me want to read his straight horror stuff. Almost. My inner chicken is a very large part of my psyche.

cinemaisdope · 2 months ago

Maya - Thanks for the feedback and obviously the Twitch team and you in particular were a great help in shaping my framework for interviewing. I think our approach is similar whereas so many outlets go after stock questions we go after the art of conversation to really try and dig into the film and people behind it and their stories. I'm armed with a Mini DV camera and an outdated video editing software package of iMovie, but I try and overcome these technical limitations as best I can. I'll probably post some of these video interviews up here versus just doing the YouTube compressed ones. And I should note still always a challenge to get in and get everything answered in 10 minute chunks but I'm at the point now where I don't care if its 3 minutes, I'll find a way to make it work. Working with adversity is a constant in the interview circuit and rolling with that I've found to be the one trait that sets us apart, as well as the obvious non-People Magazine-ish art of the conversation school of thinking in our approach.

Kelley - Mr. Barker is so passionate about great cinema and to interview him was amazing. While there is horror in his work at the heart of what he is about is being a great storyteller so I imagine all his work bears that shining footprint.