They ended up keeping everything in in this interview, but I don't what possessed them into thinking that the interview needed to be such a high stress structured interview, where everything needs to be said perfectly. Perhaps it's because he was being interviewed by his own crew where everyone knows all the answers. It's a goofy interview. It can almost pass off as a skit and/or making fun of the cookie cutter cliche' interview process, but Sam's nervousness seems genuine.
Bruce would appreciate this actual response to the scene where he gives his girlfriend the "jewelry". We were viewing the movie at a drive-in theater in Michigan (a car load of teenagers)..."He gave her a magnifying glass!?!! someone chimes in..."that's so she can find his pecker "!!!!!😂
Wow, this doesn't settle down into a fairly normal interview until about four minutes in, haha. Whoever taped this in '82 could have easily edited the beginning out. :D It's cool how during the 1980s a movie was still referred to as "a picture" by people in the business. I don't hear that anymore. If anyone watches The Evil Dead for the first time it is obvious that someone talented was at the helm ... because it is something extraordinary: part gruesome thriller, part art house project, part zany comedy. There are some things in it that are marvelous: camera work and angles, musical scoring, lighting, pacing. It's a special piece of cinema.
It's cool to see the unedited, raw material because it often reveals the true character of the interviewee. They might be rude and stand-offish and then pretend to be nice once the interview starts. Raimi seems genuinely cool.
This is a common mistake. Evil Dead was completed in 1981 but not released until 1982 (overseas) and 1983 (domestic). Hell, it wasnt even called Evil Dead in '81. The few screenings (mainly festivals) they did have then it was still called Book of the Dead.
The only films he directed in my generation were the Spider-Man trilogy and Doctor Strange Multiverse of Madness. Because those movies were part of my childhood and now my adult years. So right now I’m seeing a special private screening of his the Evil Dead franchise at a local movie theater in New York
At 22:55 I think the "Einstein Story" actually involves Irvin Shapiro trading Picasso a bottle of wine for one of his paintings. I think that's what he meant by "its a non-existent story" and "he mis-phrased that." Basically making it more clear how old-school Irivn Shapiro was.
I love his remarks on criticism in the end, those self entitled hacks still exist unfortunately, and they think they’re cool by obliterating a team’s hard work. I only appreciate negative criticism when it’s constructive and has something to say that will give some direction as to where to go. If you say something like “I walked out in 5’”, you shouldn’t be trusted or employed.
