PopStar Interview With Chris Weitz Part 1
November 18, 2009 by Sara
Filed under Interviews, News
PopStar recently spoke with Weitz by telephone and in our exclusive interview about New Moon — which will open nationwide on November 20 — he discussed the challenges he faced and the ways in which he met them. Part I of the interview follows; look for Part II tomorrow on PopStar.
Some people didn’t love the first Twilight film even though it was a monster hit. They appreciated the idea of it, they loved the chemistry between Robert and Kristen, and they thought parts of the film clicked. But some moviegoers didn’t love the film as a whole. So, how much of a risk was New Moon for you, coming into an existing franchise and possibly having to stick with elements initiated by a previous filmmaker?
Well, it wasn’t really a big risk for me at all. I’m grateful to the first film for establishing the number of fans who are keen to see this one. With regard to the first film, I didn’t feel particularly bound to anything except to the cast, which I liked very much and felt happy about. So that wasn’t a problem. There were certain locations I knew we’d have to cheat, like when we went up to Vancouver instead of shooting in Portland. But other than that, not too much. The color palette is completely different on this film. It’s a very richly colored film. And it’s made with pretty much an entirely different crew. Javier Aguirresarobe is a Spanish cinematographer who’s really amazing. He shot The Others (2001) and Vicky Cristina Barcelona and The Road. He worked on this. Alexandre Desplat took over from Carter Burwell (as composer). There was kind of a change in mood from the first to the second, and the mode here is really epic romance. So, when I was speaking to Alexandre Desplat he said that his mentor was Maurice Jarre and I said, “Well, let’s not be afraid to do something like Doctor Zhivago. Let’s go very romantic, very big.”
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