Questions by: Joanna Grillo
Film critic Robert Cashill took time out of his busy schedule of writing, blogging and stay at home dad-ing to talk with cinemaHYPE about what’s going on in the film industry today. Cashill’s resume includes editor at both Stagebill and Lighting Dimensions magazines as well as success as a freelance writer. Cashill’s blog has even been picked up by aggregator sites like Rotten Tomatoes. Born in Randolph, N.J Cashill attended North Western University and lived in Hong Kong for some time. Cashill now resides in New York City with his family.
Joanna Grillo: On your blog you have some strong feelings about 3D movies and how they are ripping off movie goers. Do you think this is just movies as the Jetsons intended or passing fad to hike up prices?
Robert Cashill: When I was a kid 3D was gone, it came back in the early 80’s with lots of good movies. I loved it, I don’t mind putting on the glasses but I think it’s a case of killing the goose that lays the golden eggs.
JG: With movies like the hangover and UP! getting more and more critical success do you think the citizen cane fans of the world are coming off their high horses to have some fun finally?
JG: I read your post about Tim Burton’s Alice in wonderland, seems like you’re not a huge fan of the box office names he went with. What are your thoughts on directors who partner with the same actors, like Burton-Depp, Apatow- Rudd, Scorsese –DiCaprio.
RC: I think it works within reason. DiCaprio and Scorsese work very well together. I didn’t think Gangs of New York worked but by the time they got to The Aviator I found Leo a very credible Howard Hughes. Shutter Island worked really well.
JG: Having done both, would you rather write freelance or on the clock?
RC: I have never been a full time writer. I have been an editor though and as an editor you end up dealing with a lot of bureaucracy.
JG: I would imagine that the Hollywood movie scene is slightly different then the New York film students but how did living and writing in Asia compare to the American movie scene?
RC: I lived in Asia 20 years ago, multiplex theaters are common now but they weren’t that big then. Hong Kong was big in the 80’s for films then handed it over to China and they picked up the industry again. Korean film is thriving now more than ever before.
JG: Any predictions for what will be worthwhile summer block buster’s?
RC: 2023 looks good 3D or not, it should be very entertaining. Inception comes out July 16th, it’s a sifi, action, romance movie with Leonardo DiCaprio, it should be really good.
Film critic Robert Cashill took time out of his busy schedule of writing, blogging and stay at home dad-ing to talk with cinemaHYPE about what’s going on in the film industry today. Cashill’s resume includes editor at both Stagebill and Lighting Dimensions magazines as well as success as a freelance writer. Cashill’s blog has even been picked up by aggregator sites like Rotten Tomatoes. Born in Randolph, N.J Cashill attended North Western University and lived in Hong Kong for some time. Cashill now resides in New York City with his family.
Joanna Grillo: On your blog you have some strong feelings about 3D movies and how they are ripping off movie goers. Do you think this is just movies as the Jetsons intended or passing fad to hike up prices?
Robert Cashill: When I was a kid 3D was gone, it came back in the early 80’s with lots of good movies. I loved it, I don’t mind putting on the glasses but I think it’s a case of killing the goose that lays the golden eggs.
JG: With movies like the hangover and UP! getting more and more critical success do you think the citizen cane fans of the world are coming off their high horses to have some fun finally?
JG: I read your post about Tim Burton’s Alice in wonderland, seems like you’re not a huge fan of the box office names he went with. What are your thoughts on directors who partner with the same actors, like Burton-Depp, Apatow- Rudd, Scorsese –DiCaprio.
RC: I think it works within reason. DiCaprio and Scorsese work very well together. I didn’t think Gangs of New York worked but by the time they got to The Aviator I found Leo a very credible Howard Hughes. Shutter Island worked really well.
JG: Having done both, would you rather write freelance or on the clock?
RC: I have never been a full time writer. I have been an editor though and as an editor you end up dealing with a lot of bureaucracy.
JG: I would imagine that the Hollywood movie scene is slightly different then the New York film students but how did living and writing in Asia compare to the American movie scene?
RC: I lived in Asia 20 years ago, multiplex theaters are common now but they weren’t that big then. Hong Kong was big in the 80’s for films then handed it over to China and they picked up the industry again. Korean film is thriving now more than ever before.
JG: Any predictions for what will be worthwhile summer block buster’s?
RC: 2023 looks good 3D or not, it should be very entertaining. Inception comes out July 16th, it’s a sifi, action, romance movie with Leonardo DiCaprio, it should be really good.
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Nice Q&A Joanna :)
My only suggestion is to be more careful with the film titles... Make sure they're capitalized where they should be. It's also good to italicize the names of films and publications to differentiate them from the rest of the text.
Kaitlin MacRae said...
April 14, 2010 at 10:10 AM
The questionnaire seemed to flow really nice. It had a natural flow of consciousness to it. Also the questions went in depth to really flush out the personality of the interviewee.
As a suggestion, a picture of the interviewee would help readers get an idea in their head of who you're talking with. This can only help your credibility and allow readers to feel more emotion when reading.
Joe Cafone
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April 14, 2010 at 10:12 AM