Bon, you’re really good at finding a balance between social commentary and entertainment, reminding the audience of the darkest times in human history, but we’re laughing along the way. I would like to ask you about the process of putting together these themes and how they condense them within two hours.
Bon: When I write or shoot a movie, it’s not thinking about how to balance it, I don’t put them on scale and try to weigh or find the correct mix of the two. My main goal is to always entertain the audience, as it is such an effort in itself. How can I avoid wanting to withdraw my viewers for two hours? How can I tie them into my seats and focus on the screen? Hitchcock was really about that too.
Along with the other sociopolitical layers of the story, I want them to think about it just when the audience is watching entertainment and movies, or when they go home or sleep while they’re sleeping. I want them to be engrossed in what they see in the theatre. And then she said, “Oh, maybe that means that. It might actually be very similar to my own situation.” You know like a small afterthought.
I was blessed to be able to watch the film twice and I found it really interesting to see it. So I feel like you’re really leaving constant thoughts out of the film. I think that’s great.
Bon: You are my ideal audience.
