The following is a set of questions I sent to Tara Jane O’Neil in July 2008. She replied with the answers in October 2008. The questions are specifically geared towards Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky’s 1995 indie rock film, HALF-COCKED, and Tara’s role in the film. I am not an interviewer by trade, so forgive …
“In order to explore an aspect of artifice in claims of authenticity in late 20th Century rock culture, this project explores extreme instances in which a sense of “authenticity” is achieved (or perceived) by way of completely fictional and fabricated narratives.” (USE AND INFLUENCE OF THE AMATEUR MUSICIAN NARRATIVE IN FILM, 1981-2001)
The failure of Ishtar could be called, as Mike Nichols referred to it, a “studio suicide;” a purposeful campaign against the film launched internally in order to force it into a negative light. In regards to Ishtar, this theory proposes that following a lack of financial, creative, and media-related support from the Columbia Pictures, critical and …
As of this morning, I have mailed out the last of my first round of job applications. If you are a search committee chair happening upon a prospective employee’s (me) website, welcome. … site’s acting wonkey.