People like me

I’m enjoying the commentary on the All the Real Girls DVD. In many ways I think it’s better than what they did on the Criterion DVD of George Washington. As the writer/director, David Gordon Green, and the writer/actor, Paul Schneider, talk about their process for making the movie they remind me of my own approach to life.

When David is talking about how he, Zooey, and Paul sat in the tub listening to Sigur Ros and talking about the scene while the crew setup I understood. When David said he put Neil Young’s and Built to Spill’s version of Cortez the Killer on repeat as he wrote the last draft of the movie that made complete sense to me. Paul talks about listening to Mastodon, Michael Nyman and Afghan Whigs to inform his performance. It’s not just their music selections but the role music plays in their lives.

I feel excited. It’s like I’ve met someone new and I’ve got that feeling they are going to be friends that I understand on an intuitive level. Listening: ATRG Commentary Feeling: connected