Academy-award nominated writer-director Frank Darabont talks about his childhood as a refugee and immigrant; his youthful attraction to horror and fantasy; and the events and influences that lead him to pursue a career as a filmmaker.
How the hell do you make two of the most widely acclaimed films of all time and still somehow be underrated? You be Frank Darabont. Phenomenal director, almost equal in writing talent. It's been 12 years since The Mist already. PLEASE GIVE US SOMETHING INDEPENDENT OF AMC!!!!!!
I respect Frank for numerous reasons, but the top four: 1) He cares about his cast and crew, and he treats them like human beings. He fights for them. (Check out his emails from the suit where he rants against the AMC execs.) That alone is unusual. 2) His twist ending for The Mist is genius. He made it look easy, but that was a very unusual thing to pull off with Hollywood funding. 3) He's smart as hell (as witness any number of movies, including Shawshank). 4) Frank is a real storyteller in an industry that too often doesn't care about story. Also: fuck AMC
Since he started off as a crew member, I'm glad that's the case. It so happens that he and I were both crew members on my first paying job on a movie. It was a low-budget, limited crew, with a short schedule, all nights, mostly exteriors. In other words, not exactly a cushy gig.
Here i am again. Watching these videos with Frank Darabont, his words are so inspiring, he speaks to me on levels not much people could understand. Thank you again for these videos!
**Great Interview Mick** I would have loved to see Frank Darabont do a realistic historical film about Vlad Dracula (The Impaler) away from the contrived vampire myths and Saxon propaganda. There is plenty of horror in a realistic Vlad story.
Mick Garris Interviews I can only imagine. I remember my mom always had a dog eared copy of the bandaged , eye-ball covered hand on Night Shifts cover. This book is a time machine for me. These stories are ingrained into my fiber of being. Probably read it cover to cover or jumping around story to story 30 times. First story I ever read from it was Last Rung on The Ladder during a 5th grade Assesment Test. It made me cry then , and it makes me cry to this day.
SIKE01 hardwick is under contract by AMC. He can't just do that. AMC will drop him, and even if they don't, he has a great gig and doesn't want to screw it up. It sucks, but no one can do anything about it who is related to the show in any way.
