Well initially Spike Jonze was going to direct it but he wanted to do it after "Where the Wild Things are" and I didn't want to wait five years and I asked if I could do it and he said ok.
Jason Schwartzman is an interesting cat. Hobbling into the press conference suite with a cane and a giant grin on his face, he comments on how unique the hotel room i
Probably most familiar to audiences for his portrayal of an interpreter who suffers a mental/emotional breakdown in the climatic battle of Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan, Jeremy Davies now takes on another such non-heroic role, and gives arguably the most brilliant supporting we’ve seen all year in acclaimed and award winning filmmaker Werner Herzog’s Rescue Dawn.
Thanks to the wealth of affordable filmmaking technologies and in particular laptop video editing and online portals that upload and download short films, the folks at Sundance are at the top of the heap – the short films that are selected for the festival will be posted online once the fest resumes. This year boosts an impressive selection of American and international short films – the organizers selected 71 short films, representing 19 countries, from a whooping 4445 submissions! Sectioned off into 3 categories (dramatic, documentary, and animated) and into two sections (American & World).